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Flowchart Symbols
PUBLISHED ON October 10, 2012

What do the different

flowchart shapes mean?
Which flowchart shape should you use? If you are
new to flowcharting, the large number of shapes
can be intimidating. This page should help in
making your decision. Most charts can be drawn
with the first five basic flowchart shapes listed. The
others are optional and often only confuse people.

The following is a basic overview, with descriptions

and meanings, of the most common flowchart
symbols – also commonly called flowchart
shapes, flow diagram symbols or process mapping
symbols, depending upon what type of diagram
you’re creating. The table below lists the flowchart
symbol drawing, the name of the flowchart symbol
in Microsoft O"ce (with aliases in parentheses),
and a short description of where and how the
flowchart symbol is used.

Process/OperationSymbols

NAME
SYMBOL DESCRIPTION
(ALIAS)

Process
ShowaProcessoractionstep.Thisisthemostcommonsymbolinbothprocessflowchartsand
processmaps.

APredefinedProcesssymbolisamarkerforanotherprocesssteporseriesofprocessflowstepsthat
Predefined areformallydefinedelsewhere.Thisshapecommonlydepictssub-processes(orsubroutinesin
Process programmingflowcharts).Ifthesub-processisconsidered"known"butnotactuallydefinedina
(Subroutine) processprocedure,workinstruction,orsomeotherprocessflowchartordocumentation,thenitis
bestnottousethissymbolsinceitimpliesaformallydefinedprocess.

Alternate Astheshapenamesuggests,thisflowchartsymbolisusedwhentheprocessflowstepisanalternate
Process tothenormalprocessstep.Flowlinesintoanalternateprocessflowsteparetypicallydashed.

Delay TheDelayflowchartsymboldepictsanywaitingperiodthatispartofaprocess.Delayshapesare
commoninprocessmapping.

Preparation Asthenamesstates,anyprocessstepthatisaPreparationprocessflowstep,suchasaset-up
operation.

ManualOperationsflowchartshapesshowwhichprocessstepsarenotautomated.Indata
Manual processingflowcharts,thisdataflowshapeindicatesaloopingoperationalongwithalooplimit
Operation symbol(whichisnotsupportedbyMicrosoftOffice,butaManualOperationsymbolrotated180°will
dothetrick.

The Most Commonly used

Flowchart Symbols
The majority of flowcharts rely on just a few of the
process-related symbols to do all the heavy
lifting: Terminator, Process, Decision,Document,
and Connector.

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