A process system links together a logical set of component objects into an iWay process flow to create an application. These nodes are interconnected in an application by edges along which documents flow. An edge segment stretches from the output terminal of one node to the input terminal of the next node. The following image shows a single process flow node with an input terminal, into which input documents enter the node, and two output terminals, from which the document leaves the node. The processing within the node determines from which terminal the document leaves the node.

Application flows are published to iWay Service Manager for run time and stored in the iWay configuration repository.