Guides need not be self-contained. Most guides, actually, embed externally created sets of actions, as follows:
Embedded guides
. Another separate guide is placed within the current guide.
An Embedded Guide step places one guide within another guide, and that guide runs when a user executes that step. This means that the steps defined in one guide (the embedded guide) are executed within another (the embedding guide). Embedding one guide in another is one of the more powerful and useful features within Process Designer.
Process Calls
. The actions defined in a process or subprocess are placed within the current guide. See the help on the Process Call or Subprocess steps for more information.
Service Calls
. The actions defined in a service are placed within the current guide. See the help on the Service Call step for more information..