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	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Introduction to DEM</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>introduction to DEM</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>DEM</Level1>
			<Level2>introduction</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection ID="HowtoStartProcess"><SectionTitle>How to start a process?</SectionTitle>
		<TABLE width="99%" cellspacing="5"><TBODY><TR><TH width="1000" colspan="2">Graphical representation of a process</TH>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="379">The Navigation Area includes a DEM tab. Click <Link href="/webtop/glossary/glossary#DEM" role="glossary">DEM</Link> to open the group to view the processes that you can access. You can work with DEM in the following ways: <List><ListItem>From the Navigation Area</ListItem>
							<ListItem>From the Work Area: The graphical representation of the Business Processes.</ListItem>
						</List> If you work from the graphical representation in the Work Area, the images are interactive. Some represent a process, while others represent ERP sessions or other modeled applications. The graphical representation of a process enables you to carry out your daily work. Each process is placed on a new workbook tab. To toggle between the opened processes, click the workbook tabs.</TD>
					<TD width="619">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/process.jpg" alt="process view" width="501" height="525" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
				</TR>
			</TBODY>
		</TABLE>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection ID="UsingDEM" UserType="Keyuser"><SectionTitle>To use DEM processes</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>DEM provides you with process-based navigation through the ERP application. While the <Link href="/webtop/glossary/glossary#SMB" role="glossary">static menu browser</Link>, based on application-based navigation, logically bundles applications into folders, modules, and packages, the process-based navigation bundles these applications according to your task. As a result, rather than centralizing the application itself, the task a user must perform is centralized. A diagram shows activities in a specific order. For each task, you can create a separate Business Process. In the <Link href="/webtop/glossary/glossary#DEM" role="glossary">DEM</Link> group, activities can be ERP sessions, <Link href="/webtop/glossary/glossary#URL" role="glossary">URLs</Link>, manual activities, and/or Microsoft Office applications.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If you work with DEM, you are dependent on the <Link href="/webtop/glossary/glossary#authorization" role="glossary">authorization</Link> settings created by your <Link href="/webtop/glossary/glossary#admin" role="glossary">system administrator</Link>. Your work diagram can appear entirely different from your colleague's.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>In the Navigation Area, the list of activities, which together enumerate a complete process, contains various interactive icons.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>In the Work Area, a <Link href="/webtop/glossary/glossary#locate" role="glossary">Locate</Link> button is available.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection ID="iconsDEM"><SectionTitle>The icons in thinDEM</SectionTitle>
		<TABLE width="90%" frame="vsides" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2"><TBODY><TR><TH colspan="2" width="641">A list of the DEM icons</TH>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/user16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="user" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">User</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/role16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="role" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">Role</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/demhelp16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Help" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">Online Help</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/url16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="URL" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">URL</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/manual-l-16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="manual activity" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">Manual Activity</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/application16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="application" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">Folder</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/process-folder-l-16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Process folder" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">DEM process</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/file_based16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="file base activity" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">File-Based Activity</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/process-L-16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="DEM process" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">Process</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/trigger-16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="trigger" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">Workflow Trigger</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/notauthorized16.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="forbidden" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">Not Authorized</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TD width="148">
						<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/close-but.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="close button" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></TD>
					<TD width="489">Close Process</TD>
				</TR>
			</TBODY>
		</TABLE>
	</GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>
