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# How ALM Calculates Business Process Test and Flow Statuses

This section provides examples to help you understand how ALM calculates the statuses for business process tests and flows.

The status of the test or flow is determined by the status of its business components. The component with the most severe status determines the test or flow status.

The Error Status

Suppose you have a business process test that contains:

- 2 Ready components
- 1 Maintenance component
- 1 Under Development component
- 1 Error component
- 1 Not Implemented (requested) component

The test status is Error, because Error is the most severe status of a business component in the test.

The Outdated Status

Suppose you have a business process test that contains:

- 2 Ready components, one of which is outdated and moved to the Obsolete folder in the component tree.
- 1 Maintenance component
- 1 Under Development component
- 1 Error component
- 1 Not Implemented (requested) component

The test status is Outdated, because an obsolete component is more severe than the Error status.

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