What are true statements about smart services?

Smart services in Appian are indeed specialized business services that enable developers to incorporate advanced functionalities within their applications. They are designed to extend the capabilities of a process model beyond simple tasks and provide specific, reusable functions tailored for various business needs.

For instance, smart services often encapsulate complex operations, such as data manipulation, integration with external systems, and automation of tasks. These services significantly simplify the development process, allowing developers to focus on higher-level orchestration without getting lost in the details of underlying implementations.

In the context of the other statements, while some of them describe elements related to processes, they either lack specificity about the role of smart services or mischaracterize what they entail.

Smart services are not exclusively human tasks or standard process components like events and gateways, which are fundamental building blocks in process design. However, they can work in conjunction with those elements to enhance overall process execution by adding capabilities that would not be feasible through basic tasks alone.