Diagram examples
Every diagram here was generated from a plain-language description. Open any one to see its structure live.
Flowchart of a month-end close process, from cutting off AP/AR and posting invoices to reconciliations, accruals, controller review, correcting entries, period lock, and financial package distribution.
Flowchart of the Erie doctrine analysis for deciding whether a federal court applies federal or state law, including constitutional provisions, federal statutes, Federal Rules, substantive issues, forum shopping, and state-created rights.
Flowchart of a hiring process from job requisition and headcount approval through sourcing, phone screening, interviews, assessments, background checks, offer acceptance, and first day onboarding. It also shows rejection, revision, withdrawal, and return-to-pipeline paths.
A network troubleshooting flowchart for a laptop with no internet, covering Wi-Fi status, correct SSID, router/modem restart, DHCP renewal, ping testing, DNS fixes, and browser or VPN checks before escalation.
Flowchart for analyzing personal jurisdiction when challenged: it checks traditional bases, the forum’s long-arm statute, general jurisdiction based on being at home, and specific jurisdiction through minimum contacts, related claims, and fairness.
A yes/no incident triage flowchart for deciding how urgently to handle a production issue. It routes by user impact, available workarounds, and estimated fix time to immediate action, a scheduled fix, or the backlog.
Flowchart for evaluating hyponatremia starting with serum sodium below 135, then sorting by serum and urine osmolality, volume status, and urine sodium. It distinguishes pseudohyponatremia, translocational causes, and true hypotonic hyponatremia with renal, extrarenal…
Flowchart of a sales pipeline from lead intake through qualification, discovery, demo, proposal, objections, contract negotiation, and onboarding. It also shows alternate paths for nurture, closed-lost, and closed-won outcomes.
A personal finance flowchart that maps paycheck decisions in order: cover essentials, build a starter emergency fund, capture any 401(k) match, pay off high-interest debt, expand savings, and then move to retirement and brokerage investing.
Context diagram for the Music Institute Management System showing how five external roles—system administrator, center manager, registration clerk, accountant, and auditor—interact with the central system via 27 information flows.
Flowchart classifying the nervous system into central and peripheral divisions, with the brain under the CNS and somatic and autonomic branches under the PNS. The autonomic system is further split into sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric divisions.
Flowchart tracing how a bill moves through Congress, from introduction and committee review to votes in both chambers, conference committee, and presidential action. It also shows where a bill can fail, be vetoed, pocket vetoed, or become law.
Flowchart of the scientific method, from observing a phenomenon and asking a question through research, hypothesis, experiment, data analysis, and conclusions. It also shows branching to replication or revising the hypothesis based on results.
Flowchart of glycolysis showing how glucose is converted step by step into pyruvate, including key enzyme-catalyzed reactions, ATP-producing stages, and the net energy output.
Flowchart of photosynthesis showing how sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide feed into light-dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle to produce oxygen and glucose. It also traces glucose into respiration, starch storage, and cellulose production.
Flowchart showing an if-else statement and an if-else-if grading ladder. It branches on whether a value is non-negative, then checks score thresholds to print A, B, C, or F before continuing to the end.
Flowchart of a while loop: variables are initialized, a condition is checked before each iteration, the loop body runs, variables are updated, and control exits to continue after the loop when the condition is false.
State diagram of the TCP connection lifecycle, showing how a socket moves through states such as LISTEN, SYN_SENT, ESTABLISHED, FIN_WAIT, CLOSE_WAIT, and TIME_WAIT during setup and teardown.
State machine for an elevator, showing transitions between idle, door operations, moving up or down, and emergency stop states from start to end.
State machine diagram for a vending machine, showing transitions from idle to accepting coins, item selection, dispensing, and returning change, plus start, end, and out-of-service states.
Activity diagram of a student course registration workflow: logging into the portal, checking enrollment eligibility, searching the catalog, validating prerequisites and seat availability, handling waitlists and schedule conflicts, then finalizing the schedule and tuition.
Activity diagram of an online shopping flow, from browsing products and adding items to the cart through checkout, payment validation, order fulfillment, delivery, and possible returns. It includes decision points for stock, login, payment failure, and customer satisfaction.
Activity diagram of an ATM session, from card insertion and PIN verification to withdrawals, balance checks, deposits, receipts, and card ejection. It also shows invalid card handling, failed PIN attempts, and card retention after too many errors.
Sequence diagram for a library book borrowing workflow, showing interactions between the member, librarian, library system, book catalog, and member database during a loan request.