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Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
What's New In This Release
Structure
Related Documents
Conventions
Part I Introduction to Oracle Business Process Composer
1
Oracle Business Process Management Suite Overview
1.1
Introduction to the Oracle Business Process Management Suite
1.2
Oracle BPM User Personas
1.3
Oracle BPM Suite Components
1.3.1
Process Modeling and Implementation
1.3.1.1
Oracle BPM Studio
1.3.1.2
Oracle Business Process Composer
1.3.1.3
Oracle Metadata Service (MDS)
1.3.1.4
Oracle BPM Projects
1.3.2
Oracle BPM Run Time Components
1.3.2.1
Oracle BPM Engine
1.3.2.2
Oracle Human Workflow
1.3.2.3
Oracle Business Rules
1.3.2.4
Oracle WebLogic Application Server
1.3.2.5
Oracle Enterprise Manager
1.3.3
Oracle BPM Suite Process Participant Applications
1.3.3.1
Oracle BPM WorkSpace
1.3.3.2
Oracle BPM Process Spaces
1.3.4
Other Oracle BPM Suite Components
1.3.4.1
Process Analytics
1.3.4.2
Guided Business Processes
1.4
Oracle Business Process Analysis (BPA) Suite
1.5
Introduction to the Application Development Life Cycle
1.5.1
Process Modeling
1.5.2
Implementation
1.5.3
Deployment
1.5.4
Oracle BPM Run Time
1.6
Oracle BPM Use Cases
1.6.1
Use Case: Using BPM Studio to Create Project Templates
1.6.2
Use Case: Using BPM Studio to Model Processes and Deploy an Application
1.6.3
Use Case: Using Business Process Composer to Create Process Blueprints
1.6.4
Use Case: Using Business Process Composer to Revise Oracle Business Rules
1.6.5
Use Case: Using The Oracle BPA Suite to Model Your Business Processes
2
Overview of Business Process Design
2.1
Introduction to Business Process Management Notation (BPMN)
2.1.1
What is Business Process Management Notation (BPMN)
2.1.2
Business Processes
2.1.2.1
Process Instances
2.1.2.2
Process Tokens
2.1.3
Flow Objects
2.1.3.1
Tasks
2.1.3.2
Events
2.1.3.3
Gateways
2.1.3.4
Sequence Flows
2.1.4
Data Objects
2.2
Introduction to the Sales Quote Example Project
2.2.1
Breakdown of the Sales Quote Example
2.2.1.1
Initiate Sales Quote
2.2.1.2
Determine Business Practice Review
2.2.1.3
Approve Quote
2.2.1.4
Approvals Outcome
3
Introduction to Oracle Business Process Composer
3.1
Oracle Business Process Composer Overview
3.1.1
Oracle Business Process Composer Use Cases
3.2
Overview of the Application Development Life Cycle
3.2.1
Workflow: Create Projects Based on Project Templates
3.2.2
Workflow: Creating Project Blueprints
3.2.3
Workflow: Editing Business Rules at Run Time
3.3
Signing On to Oracle Business Process Composer
3.4
Using the Oracle Business Process Composer Welcome Page
3.4.1
Using the Oracle BPM Metadata Services Repository Browser
3.5
Introduction to the Oracle Business Process Composer Interface
3.5.1
The Application Menu
3.5.2
The Project Navigator, Project Menus, and the Project Toolbar
3.5.2.1
Project Navigator
3.5.2.2
Project Menus
3.5.2.3
Project Toolbar
3.5.3
Editors
3.5.3.1
Process Editor
3.5.3.2
Activity Guide Editor
3.5.3.3
Business Rules Editor
3.5.3.4
Data Associations Editor
3.5.3.5
Expression Editor
3.5.4
Additional Browsers and Editors
3.5.4.1
Project and Process Validation Browser
3.5.4.2
Documentation Editor
3.5.4.3
Approval Workflow Browser
Part II Using Oracle Business Process Composer
4
Working with Projects and Project Templates
4.1
Introduction to Oracle BPM Projects
4.1.1
Introduction to Project Resources
4.1.1.1
Editable Project Resources
4.1.1.2
The Business Catalog
4.1.2
Introduction to the Oracle BPM MDS Repository
4.2
Introduction to Project Editing and the Project Menu
4.2
Introduction to the Oracle BPM Metadata Service (MDS) Browser
4.2.1
Introduction to the Project Navigator
4.2.2
Introduction to the Project Menu
4.2.2.1
Normal Mode
4.2.2.2
Edit Mode
4.3
Creating and Working with Projects
4.3.1
How to Create a New Project
4.3.2
How to Open a Project Using the Project Browser
4.3
How to Save Changes to a Project
4.3.3
How to Publish a Project to the Oracle BPM Metadata Service Repository
4.3.4
How to Configure Project Autosave
4.3.5
How to Discard Changes to a Project
4.3.6
How to Export a Project to Your Local File System
4.4
Working with Project Templates
4.4.1
Introduction to Edit Policies
4.4.1.1
Process Level Edit Policies
4.4.1.2
Component Level Edit Policies
4.4.2
Using Data Objects and Variables in Project Templates
4.5
Validating a Project
4.6
Introduction to Project Deployment
4.6.1
Introduction to the Deployer Security Role
4.6.2
Introduction to Approval Routing
4.7
Deploying an Oracle BPM Project to Run Time
4.7.1
How to Deploy a Project to Oracle BPM Run Time
4.7.2
How to Deploy a Project Using an Approval Workflow
4.7
How to Edit a Deployed Project
4.7.3
How to Export a Project as a SAR File
5
Working with Processes and the Process Editor
5.1
Working with Processes
5.1.1
Introduction to Business Processes
5.1.1.1
Types of Processes
5.1.2
How to Create a New Business Process
5.1.3
How to Open a Business Process
5.1.4
How to Delete a Business Process
5.1.4.1
What You Need to Know About Deleting a Business Process
5.2
Introduction to the Process Editor
5.2.1
The Process Editor Toolbar
5.2.2
The Process Editor Canvas
5.2.3
The Component Palette
5.2.3.1
Basic Flow Elements
5.2.3.2
BPMN Flow Elements
5.2.3.3
Business Catalog
5.3
Working with Flow Elements
5.3.1
Adding a Flow Element from the Component Palette
5.3.2
Adding a Flow Element from a Component Menu
5.3.3
Adding Sequence Flows to a Process
5.3.4
Deleting a Flow Element
5.3.4.1
What You Need to Know About Deleting a Flow Element
5.3.5
Adding Tasks Directly from the Business Catalog
5.4
Documenting Your Process
5.4.1
Introduction to the Documentation Editor
5.4.1.1
Inserting Links in Your Documentation
5.4.2
How to Add Documentation to Your Process
6
Modeling Business Processes with Oracle BPM
6.1
Using Swimlanes to Organize Your Process
6.1.1
Introduction to Roles
6.1.1.1
Roles in Context
6.1.2
Introduction to Swimlanes
6.1.2.1
Swimlanes in Context
6.1.3
Adding Roles and Swimlanes to Your Process
6.1.4
Sharing Roles Between Business Process Composer and BPM Studio
6.2
Defining the Start and End Point of a Process
6.2.1
Introduction to Start and End Events
6.2.1.1
Default Start Events for Process Patterns and Subprocesses
6.2.1.2
Defining How a Process Instance is Triggered
6.2.1
Using Multiple Start Events in a Process
6.2.1.3
Using Multiple End Events in a Process
6.2.2
Introduction to the None Start Event
6.2.2
The None Start Event in Context
6.2.2.1
Data Associations
6.2.3
Introduction to the Message Start Event
6.2.3.1
The Message Start Event in Context
6.2.3.2
Using Process Input and Output Arguments
6.2.4
Introduction to the Signal Start Event
6.2.4.1
The Signal Start Event in Context
6.2
Introduction to the Timer Start Event
6.2.5
Introduction to the None End Event
6.2.5.1
The None End Event in Context
6.2.6
Introduction to the Error End Event
6.2.7
Introduction to the Message End Event
6.2.8
Introduction to the Terminate End Event
6.3
Adding User Interaction to Your Process
6.3.1
Introduction to Human Workflow
6.3.1.1
Introduction to Human Tasks
6.3.2
Introduction to The User Task
6.3.2.1
The User Task in Context
6.3.2
Using Interactive Activities
6.3.2.2
Using the User Task in Project Templates
6.3.3
Introduction to the Manual Task
6.3.3.1
The Manual Task in Context
6.4
Communicating With Other Processes and Services
6.4.1
Introduction to the Service Task
6.4.1.1
The Service Task in Context
6.4.1.2
Implementing Reusable Services in Project Templates
6.4.2
Introduction to the Send Task
6.4.2.1
The Send Task in Context
6.4.3
Introduction to the Receive Task
6.4.3.1
The Receive Task in Context
6.4.3.2
Starting a Process with the Receive Task
6.4.4
Using the Send and Receive Tasks to Communicate Between Processes
6.4.5
Introduction to the Message Throw Event
6.4.6
Introduction to the Message Catch Event
6.4.7
Using Message Throw and Catch to Communicate Between Processes
6.5
Adding Business Logic Using Oracle Business Rules
6.5.1
Introduction to Oracle Business Rules
6.5.2
Introduction to the Business Rules Task
6.5.2.1
The Business Rule Task in Context
6.6
Controlling Process Flow Using Sequence Flows
6.6.1
Introduction to Sequence Flows
6.6.2
Introduction to Unconditional Sequence Flows
6.6.3
Introduction to Conditional Sequence Flows
6.6.4
Introduction to Default Sequence Flows
6.7
Controlling Process Flow Using Gateways
6.7.1
Introduction to Gateways
6.7.1.1
Split-Merge Pairs
6.7.2
Introduction to the Exclusive Gateway
6.7.2
The Exclusive Gateway in Context
6.7.2.1
Splitting and Merging Exclusive Gateways
6.7.3
Introduction to the Inclusive Gateway
6.7.3.1
Splitting and Merging Inclusive Gateways
6.7.4
Introduction to the Parallel Gateway
6.7.4.1
The Parallel Gateway in Context
6.7.4.2
Splitting and Merging Parallel Gateways
6.7.5
Introduction to the Complex Gateway
6.7.6
Introduction to the Event Based Gateway
6.8
Controlling Process Flow Using Intermediate Events
6.8.1
Introduction to Intermediate Events
6.8.2
Introduction to the Timer Catch Event
6.8.3
Introduction to the Error Catch Event
6.9
Using Subprocesses to Organize Your Process
6.9.1
Subprocesses and Sequence Flows
6.9.2
Subprocesses in Context
6.9.3
Looping Subprocesses
6.10
Changing the Value of Data Objects in Your Process
6.10.1
Introduction to the Script Task
6.10.1.1
The Script Task in Context
6.11
Measuring Process Performance Using Measurement Marks
6.11.1
How to Add a Measurement Mark to a Process
6.12
Using Guided Business Processes to Set Project Milestones
6.12.1
Introduction to Guided Business Processes
6.12.1.1
Introduction to Activity Guides and Milestones
6.12.2
Working with Guided Business Processes
7
Working with Data Objects and Expressions
7.1
Introduction to Data Objects
7.1.1
Introduction to Process and Project Data Objects
7.1
Using Data Objects in Project Blueprints
7.1.2
Using Data Objects in Projects Based on Project Templates
7.1.3
Introduction to Data Associations
7.1.4
Introduction to the Data Association Editor
7.2
Working with Data Objects and Data Associations
7.2.1
How to Create a Data Object
7.2.2
How to Delete a Data Object
7.2.2.1
What You Need to Know About Deleting Data Objects
7.2.3
How to Configure Data Associations for a Flow Object
7.3
Introduction to Expressions
7.3.1
Operator Precedence
7.3.2
Introduction to the Expression Editor
7.4
Defining Expressions
7.4.1
How to Define an Expression for a Conditional Sequence Flow
7.4.2
How to Define Expressions in Data Associations
8
Using Oracle Business Rules
8.1
Introduction to Oracle Business Rules
8.1.1
Introduction to Rule Conditions
8.1.2
Introduction to Rule Actions
8.1.3
Introduction to Decision Tables
8.1.4
Introduction to Facts and Bucketsets
8.1.5
Introduction to Rulesets
8.1.6
Introduction to Decision Functions
8.1.7
Introduction to Decision Points
8.1.8
Introduction to Dictionaries
8.2
Introduction to the Business Process Composer Rules Editor
8.3
Viewing and Editing Business Rules in Business Process Composer
8.3.1
How to Open a Business Rule
8.3
How to Add a Bucketset
8.3.2
How to Edit an Existing Bucketset
8.3.3
How to View Globals in the Oracle Rules Dictionary
8.3
How to Add a Rule to a Ruleset
8.4
How to Edit the Oracle Business Rules at Run Time
8.5
Assigning a Rule to a Business Rules Task
9
Performing Administrative Tasks
9.1
Managing Security Roles Using Business Process Composer
9.1.1
Default Security Roles in Oracle BPM
9.2
Assigning Users and Groups to Security Roles
9.2.1
What You Need to Know About Security Role Assignment
9.3
Managing Projects
9.3.1
What You Need to Know About Managing Projects
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