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# States

 This chapter depict the states of all BPM objects.

To determine if a Process is running or finished apply the following rules:\
**Running:** if any started path has not reached an end event yet.\
**Finished:** if all started path has reached an end event.\
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**General Rule:** \
If any transition has **no** children and the **end artifact** of that transition is **not** an end event --> that execution path is pending.\
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**Exception to the General Rule**:\
When timer in **not** activated then the parent transitions of the timer will **not** have any children transitions and **this is an exception to the above rule**.