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Basic Flowchart Symbols and Meaning

Flowchart Symbols and Meaning, workflow diagram symbols, process flow diagram symbols
Flowcharts are the best for visually representation the business processes and the flow of a custom-order process through various departments within an organization. ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Flowcharts solution offers the full set of predesigned basic flowchart symbols which are gathered at two libraries: Flowchart and Flowcharts Rapid Draw. Among them are: process, terminator, decision, data, document, display, manual loop, and many other specific symbols. The meaning for each symbol offered by ConceptDraw gives the presentation about their proposed use in professional Flowcharts for business and technical processes, software algorithms, well-developed structures of web sites, Workflow diagrams, Process flow diagram and correlation in developing on-line instructional projects or business process system. Use of ready flow chart symbols in diagrams is incredibly useful - you need simply drag desired from the libraries to your document and arrange them in required order. There are a few serious alternatives to Visio for Mac, one of them is ConceptDraw PRO. It is one of the main contender with the most similar features and capabilities.
How to Build a Flowchart
How to Build a Flowchart

Entity Relationship Diagram Symbols

Entity Relationship Diagram Symbols
The semantic modeling method nowadays is successfully applied in database structure design. It is effective method of modeling the data structures, which is based on the meaning of these data. As a tool of semantic modeling, there are used different types of Entity-Relationship Diagrams. Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is applied to visually and clearly represent a structure of a business database. The main components of ERDs are: entity, relation and attributes. An entity is a class of similar objects in the model, each entity is depicted in the form of rectangle and has the name expressed by a noun. Relation is shown in the form of non-directional line that connects two entities. There are several notation styles used for ERDs: information engineering style, Chen style, Bachman style, Martin Style. The Entity Relationship Diagram symbols used for professional ERD drawing are predesigned by professionals and collected in the libraries of the Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) solution for ConceptDraw PRO software.
The vector stencils library "Composition charts" contains 6 templates: 2 pie charts, 2 divided bar charts and 2 double divided bar charts.
The vector stencils library "Composition indicators" contains 6 templates of visual indicators.
Use these design elements to visualize composition comparison of your data in your visual dashboard created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
"A pie chart (or a circle graph) is a circular chart divided into sectors, illustrating numerical proportion. In a pie chart, the arc length of each sector (and consequently its central angle and area), is proportional to the quantity it represents. While it is named for its resemblance to a pie which has been sliced, there are variations on the way it can be presented. ...
An obvious flaw exhibited by pie charts is that they cannot show more than a few values without separating the visual encoding (the “slices”) from the data they represent (typically percentages). When slices become too small, pie charts have to rely on colors, textures or arrows so the reader can understand them. This makes them unsuitable for use with larger amounts of data. Pie charts also take up a larger amount of space on the page compared to the more flexible alternative of bar charts, which do not need to have separate legends, and can also display other values such as averages or targets at the same time. ...
Most subjects have difficulty ordering the slices in the pie chart by size; when the bar chart is used the comparison is much easier. Similarly, comparisons between data sets are easier using the bar chart. However, if the goal is to compare a given category (a slice of the pie) with the total (the whole pie) in a single chart and the multiple is close to 25 or 50 percent, then a pie chart can often be more effective than a bar graph." [Pie chart. Wikipedia]
The example "Design elements - Composition charts and indicators" is included in the Composition Dashboard solution from the area "What is a Dashboard" of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Composition charts and visual indicators
Composition charts and visual indicators, pie chart, mini pie chart indicator, double divided bar, divided bar indicator, divided bar,
Used Solutions
The vector stencils library "Status indicators" contains 41 visual status indicators. Each status indicator can visualize one of 2-6 information states and have a caption.
Use it to create your business performance dashboards in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Status Dashboard solution from the area "What is a Dashboard" of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
2-State Alert, Red
2-State Alert, Red, 2-state alert,
2-State Alert, Yellow
2-State Alert, Yellow, 2-state alert,
2-State Alert, Green
2-State Alert, Green, 2-state alert,
2-State Alert, Blue
2-State Alert, Blue, 2-state alert,
3-State Alert 1
3-State Alert 1, 3-state alert,
3-State Alert 2
3-State Alert 2, 3-state alert,
4-State Alert 1
4-State Alert 1, 4-state alert,
4-State Alert 2
4-State Alert 2, 4-state alert,
5-State Alert 1
5-State Alert 1, 5-state alert,
5-State Alert 2
5-State Alert 2, 5-state alert,
Forth-Back 1
Forth-Back 1, direction alert indicator,
Forth-Back 2
Forth-Back 2, direction alert indicator,
Back-Forth 1
Back-Forth 1, direction alert indicator,
Back-Forth 2
Back-Forth 2, direction alert indicator,
Up-Down 1
Up-Down 1, direction alert indicator,
Up-Down 2
Up-Down 2, direction alert indicator,
Down-Up 1
Down-Up 1, direction alert indicator,
Down-Up 2
Down-Up 2, direction alert indicator,
Arrows Up-Down 1
Arrows Up-Down 1, direction alert indicator,
Arrows Up-Down 2
Arrows Up-Down 2, direction alert indicator,
Arrows Down-Up 1
Arrows Down-Up 1, direction alert indicator,
Arrows Down-Up 2
Arrows Down-Up 2, direction alert indicator,
Traffic Light Vertical 1
Traffic Light Vertical 1, traffic light,
Traffic Light Vertical 2
Traffic Light Vertical 2, traffic light,
Traffic Light Horizontal 1
Traffic Light Horizontal 1, traffic light,
Traffic Light Horizontal 2
Traffic Light Horizontal 2, traffic light,
Progress Lights, Green
Progress Lights, Green, progress indicator,
Progress Lights, Yellow
Progress Lights, Yellow, progress indicator,
Progress Lights, Red
Progress Lights, Red, progress indicator,
5-Stars Rating
5-Stars Rating, rating indicator, stars,
Progress Bar, Blue
Progress Bar, Blue, progress indicator, progress bar,
Progress Bar, Green
Progress Bar, Green, progress indicator, progress bar,
Progress Bar, Yellow
Progress Bar, Yellow, progress indicator, progress bar,
Progress Bar, Red
Progress Bar, Red, progress indicator, progress bar,
Access
Access, access indicator, alert indicator,
Quality
Quality, quality indicator, alert indicator,
Switch
Switch, switch indicator, alert indicator,
Speed
Speed, speed indicator,
Light Emitting
Light Emitting, light emitting indicator,
Shapes Alert 1
Shapes Alert 1, shapes alert indicator,
Shapes Alert 2
Shapes Alert 2, shapes alert indicator,
Used Solutions

status dashboard, status indicators Status Dashboard

status dashboard, status indicators
Status dashboard solution extends ConceptDraw PRO software with templates, samples and vector stencils libraries with graphic indicators for drawing the visual dashboards showing status data.

comparison chart, indicators Comparison Dashboard

comparison chart, indicators
Comparison dashboard solution extends ConceptDraw PRO software with samples, templates and vector stencils library with charts and indicators for drawing the visual dashboard comparing data.

composition charts Composition Dashboard

composition charts
Composition dashboard solution extends ConceptDraw PRO software with templates, samples and vector stencils library with charts and indicators for drawing visual dashboards showing data composition.

Performance Indicators

Performance Indicators
ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software offers the useful tools of the Sales Dashboard solution from the Marketing area for easy creating professional looking live dashboards which allow to track the business sales activity and progress thanks to representing the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on them.

Types of Flowcharts

Types of Flowcharts
A Flowchart is a graphical representation of process, algorithm, workflow or step-by-step solution of the problem. It shows the steps as boxes of various kinds and connects them by arrows in a defined order depicting a flow. There are twelve main Flowchart types: Basic Flowchart, Business Process Modeling Diagram (BPMN), Cross Functional Flowchart, Data Flow Diagram (DFD), IDEF (Integrated DEFinition) Flowchart, Event-driven Process Chain (EPC) Diagram, Influence Diagram (ID), Swimlane Flowchart, Process Flow Diagram (PFD), Specification and Description Language (SDL) Diagram, Value Stream Mapping, Workflow Diagram. Using the Flowcharts solution from the Diagrams area of ConceptDraw Solution Park you can easy and quickly design a Flowchart of any of these types. This solution offers a lot of special predesigned vector symbols for each of these widely used notations. They will make the drawing process of Flowcharts much easier than ever. Pay also attention for the included collection of ready Flowchart examples, samples and quick-start templates. This is business process improvement tools. If you are looking for MS Visio for your Mac, then you are out of luck, because it hasn't been released yet. However, you can use Visio alternatives that can successfully replace its functions. ConceptDraw PRO is an alternative to MS Visio for Mac that provides powerful features and intuitive user interface for the same.
How to Simplify Flow Charting
How to Simplify Flow Charting
The vector stencils library "Mac OS X Lion user interface" contains 52 UI design elements.
Use it for designing Mac OS X Lion graphic user interface (GUI) of software for Apple computers in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Graphic User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Title Bar
Title Bar, title bar,
Title Bar Inactive
Title Bar Inactive, title bar,
Window
Window, window,
Window Inactive
Window Inactive, window,
Window Title Bar
Window Title Bar, window,
Window Title Bar (Inactive)
Window Title Bar (Inactive), window,
Full Screen Button
Full Screen Button, full screen button,
Exit Full Screen Button
Exit Full Screen Button, exit full screen button,
Window without Bar
Window without Bar, window,
Window (Narrow Toolbar)
Window (Narrow Toolbar), window,
Window Inactive (Narrow Toolbar)
Window Inactive (Narrow Toolbar), window,
Panel (Hud Window)
Panel (Hud Window), panel,
Panel (Hud Window) (Inactive)
Panel (Hud Window) (Inactive), panel,
Box 1
Box 1, box,
Box 2
Box 2, box,
Field
Field, field,
List View 1
List View 1, list view,
List View 2
List View 2, list view,
Scroll Bar Vertical
Scroll Bar Vertical, scroll bar,
Scroll Bar Horizontal
Scroll Bar Horizontal, scroll bar,
Main Menu
Main Menu, main menu,
Menu Bar
Menu Bar, menu bar,
Menu
Menu, menu,
Vertical Line
Vertical Line,
Horizontal Line
Horizontal Line,
Apple Menu
Apple Menu, Apple menu,
Arrow mark
Arrow mark, arrow,
Combo Box
Combo Box, combo box,
Pop Up Menu
Pop Up Menu, pop up menu,
Text Field
Text Field, text input field,
Count Button
Count Button, count button,
Search Field
Search Field, search field,
Check Box
Check Box, check box,
Check Box
Check Box, check box,
Group of Check Boxes
Group of Check Boxes, group of check boxes,
Radio Button
Radio Button, radio button,
Radio Button
Radio Button, radio button,
Group of Radio Buttons
Group of Radio Buttons, group of radio buttons,
Linear Slider (round thumb)
Linear Slider (round thumb), linear slider,
Linear Slider (directional thumb)
Linear Slider (directional thumb), linear slider,
Circular Slider
Circular Slider, circular slider,
Color Well
Color Well, color well,
Relevance Indicator
Relevance Indicator, relevance indicator,
Rating Indicator
Rating Indicator, rating indicator,
Indeterminate Progress Bar
Indeterminate Progress Bar, progress bar,
Determinate Progress Bar
Determinate Progress Bar, progress bar,
Continuous Capacity Indicator
Continuous Capacity Indicator, capacity indicator,
Discrete Capacity Indicator
Discrete Capacity Indicator, capacity indicator,
Discrete Capacity Indicator (yellow)
Discrete Capacity Indicator (yellow), capacity indicator,
Discrete Capacity Indicator (red)
Discrete Capacity Indicator (red), capacity indicator,
Asynchronous Progress Indicator
Asynchronous Progress Indicator, progress indicator,
Circular Progress Indicator
Circular Progress Indicator, progress indicator,
Used Solutions