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The two types of BPFs

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The two types of BPFs

- [Phil] So you may be asking yourself why did Phil spend so much time earlier talking about the Dataverse and tables and stuff? Well, let me explain. At the time, this course is being written there are two different types of BPFs. Similar but with some very big distinctions. The original BPF is what's called an embedded business process flow. Embedded flows are more complicated and require a lot more set up before you can start building them. The newer type of flow is called an immersive flow. These are much quicker to put together but they're a little less flexible. So, which type do you want to use when? That's a darn good question. The biggest factor is that to work with embedded flows you must use an existing Dataverse. You specify which one when you create the BPF. Because their model driven embedded flows are good to use when you want to use existing data sources in your process flow especially if you're working…

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