Common Action Block (CAB)

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Common Action Block (CAB)

A common action block is any action diagram that is not a Process Action Diagram (PAD) or a Procedure Action Diagram (PrAD). See Process Action Diagram and Procedure Action Diagram sections.

Step	Description	P	E	Objects	Considerations
1	Add a common action block.	A A A A	D D D S	Process or Procedure step or Common action block or Business system	Having Access on almost any object in your subset lets you add a common action block.
2.	Add a common action block and USE it in a Process Action Diagram.	M M	F D	Process or Process action block
3.	Add a common action block and USE it in a Procedure Action Diagram	M	D	Procedure step
4.	Add a common action block and USE it in another existing action block.	M	D	Common action block
5.	Add, change, or delete statements in a common action block.	M	D	Common action block
6.	Delete a common action block.	D M M M	D D D D	Common action block Plus USEing CABs Plus USEing process Plus USEing procedure steps	To remove a CAB, you must first remove all USE statements for the CAB from all PADs, PrADs, and CABs.