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About Service Workflow Processes

A service workflow process is a transient workflow. That is, it runs to completion in a short period of time, all at once without stopping or pausing for any other event or activity. A service workflow process cannot wait, not for run-time events, and not by pausing for time. A service workflow process cannot have user interact steps. A service workflow process can be part of any other type of workflow process as a subprocess. A service workflow process executes a set of operations upon invocation of an event. One example of a service workflow is a workflow for sending an email.