Meaning of Symbols in Data Flow Diagrams

Active profile. The first icon on the far left shows that the data comes from a database.. The second icon indicates whether the profile has a time-driven Input Agent Agent (alarm clock icon) or an event-driven one (lightning bolt symbol). After that, the type of the Input Agent is displayed in brackets. At the end you will find the name of the profile.

Inactive profile. Note: All other inactive entries (CI, ASM, Response Routes, ...) are also indicated by a dashed line.

Selected profile. Information about this profile is displayed in the upper left corner of the diagram.

Profiles (and Content Inspection entries and ASM entries) that have been deleted or can no longer be found are shown in red.

Response Route number 2. Multiple Response Routes to the same object are shown separated by commas (e.g. 2,3).

Subsequent profile in HTTP Response Route.

Error profile in HTTP Response Route.

Subsequent profile for processing errors.

Name of the subsequent profile in HTTP Response Routes is specified with a variable.

A profile is used as a data profile in a Portal main profile.

Call of profile, database, SAP, LDAP, AS400 or file manipulation via function. Except for a profile or a file manipulation, the alias of the called instance is also displayed.

Use of phase 4 (database). On the right the alias is displayed.

Calling a subsequent profile at the end of a time-driven profile.

Calling a subsequent profile in case of an error in a time-driven profile.

The evaluation profile of the option Check signing.

Content Inspection entry (Content Inspector Manager or Content Inspector).

Connection from Content Inspector Manager to Content Inspector.

Content Inspector connection.

ASM entry.

SAP dispatcher profile connection.

Mail distribution rule.

EDIFACT CONTRL message in case of an error.

Response Route of type File with option Is backup of target data.