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# Adding subprocesses
There are two ways a subprocess can be added
### "Start Sub Process" action
* Drag and drop **Start Sub Process** from Actions section
* On the "Create New Step Action" popup screen, choose a Process
* Provide other Subprocess settings:\
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**Version -** user can select specific process version.\
**Lock Parent -** the parent step will not proceed until this sub-flow is complete.\
**Restart Process -** the system will restart the sub process if it was started before.\
**Inherit variables -** user can use variables set in parent flow inside the sub flow.
* Provide at least one **condition** to search the records to begin the workflow.
{% hint style="info" %}
If user configures Subprocess on the same Data Source object, the following condition will be added automatically:
**Name** = name of the field that determines unique record, usually it is "ID" or "Record ID"\
**Operator** = "equals"\
**Value** = merge field calling the field that determines unique record
{% endhint %}
**Save** action.
### Create a sub-process from within a process
* Lasso several steps and turn them into a sub-process via context menu:
{% hint style="info" %}
Note that only steps that are connected together can be transformed to sub-process. If steps have no direct connections, they will not allow to create a sub-process:
{% endhint %}