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Reference Common Action Blocks

Common action blocks see blocks of logic that more than one process or Procedure Action Diagram can reference through SET USING and USE actions. Existing action blocks or diagrams can USE a defined action block. The business system in which you create or scope the action block does not own it.

When you create a new elementary process in the activity model, the process appears in two places:

• As an Analysis Process Action Diagram
• As a Design action block

When you create a new action block in Analysis or Design, the action block appears in two places:

• As an Analysis action block
• As a Design action block

The following illustration shows Relationships between Action Blocks and Action Diagrams in Business Systems: