Deadline branch in BPM

Hi
I am using transport acknowledgement in my BPM.i am using deadline branch to cancel the process after 1 min ( if i receive -ve ACK) and i also need to send an alert also.
question:
can we use 2 control steps in deadline branch first control step to cancel the process and 2nd control step to send an alert?
if it is not possible with only deadline branch do we need to go for exception branch?
Thanks

can we use 2 control steps in deadline branch first control step to cancel the process and 2nd control step to send an
alert?
Throw Alert should come before Cancel Process.
if it is not possible with only deadline branch do we need to go for exception branch?
Normally the Deadline Branch Thows an Exception and then the Exception Branch catches this exception and executes the included exception-handling like Throw Alert/ Cacncel Process......we throw an Exception as an indication that the process has failed to achieve its functionality....we then cancel it so that it does not block execution of other messages.
Cancelling the process & Throwing Alert in Deadline Branch is possible just that in moni there wont be an indication that something has gone wrong.
Regards,
Abhishek.

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