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• See Simple Merge
• Pattern: "The convergence of two or more branches into a single subsequent branch such that each enablement of an incoming branch results in the thread of control being passed to the subsequent branch."
• Support: Not supported. A Merge Instruction is required.
• Implementation: This pattern is a variant of the Synchronization pattern. The difference is that the Merge Instruction for Synchronization expects all incoming branches to be enabled before proceeding, whereas when the Merge Instruction is used for a Simple Merge, Orders from any the connected branches can pass at any time. This The Simple Merge pattern should use the Merge Instruction with a setting not to synchronize branches.

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• Parent Orders and Child Orders are not executed in parallel: Parent Orders represent the expectation that Child Orders will become available, will be processed and will be completed. Only Parent Order will only continue after completion of Child Orders a Parent Order will continue.
• Workflows dispose of an entry point and an exit point.
  • If a number of Orders is required to start a workflow then processing occurs similarly to File Order Groups. Such Orders are considered being Child Orders and a Parent Order is generated.

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