Many of these additional flowchart symbols are best utilized when mapping out a process flow diagram for apps, user flow, data processing, etc.
| Database symbol | Represents data housed on a storage service that will likely allow for searching and filtering by users. | |
| Paper tape symbol | An outdated symbol rarely ever used in modern practices or process flows, but this shape could be used if you’re mapping out processes or input methods on much older computers and CNC machines. | |
| Summing junction symbol | Sums the input of several converging paths. | |
| Predefined process symbol | Indicates a complicated process or operation that is well-known or defined elsewhere. | |
| Internal storage symbol | Commonly used to map out software designs, this shape indicates data that is stored within internal memory. | |
| Manual input symbol | Represents the manual input of data into a field or step in a process, usually through a keyboard or device. Example scenario includes the step in a login process where a user is prompted to enter data manually. | |
| Manual operation symbol | Indicates a step that must be done manually, not automatically. | |
| Merge symbol | Combines multiple paths to become one. | |
| Multiple documents symbol | Represents multiple documents or reports. | |
| Preparation symbol | Differentiates between steps that prepare for work and steps that actually do work. It helps introduce the setup to another step within the same process. | |
| Stored data symbol | Also known as “Data Storage” symbol, this shape represents where data gets stored within a process. | |
| Delay symbol | Represents a segment of delay in a process. It can be helpful to indicate the exact length of delay within the shape. | |
| Or symbol | Just as described, this shape indicates that the process flow continues two paths or more. | |
| Display symbol | This shape is useful to indicate where information will get displayed within a process flow. | |
| Hard disk symbol | Indicates where data is stored within a hard drive, also known as direct access storage. |