The EXIT step exits the entire flow service, a single flow step, or an iteration of LOOP or REPEAT. Specifically, it may exit from the nearest ancestor LOOP or REPEAT step, an iteration of the nearest ancestor LOOOP or REPEAT step, a specified ancestor step, the parent step, or the entire flow service.

The EXIT step can throw an exception if the exit is considered a failure. When an exception is thrown, user-specified error message text is displayed by typing it directly or by assigning it to a variable in the pipeline.