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Contents
List of Examples
List of Figures
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
Part I Introduction to Oracle BPM Studio
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) Repository
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 BPM Studio
3.1
Overview of Oracle BPM Studio
3.1.1
Oracle BPM Studio Use Cases
3.1.2
Introduction to JDeveloper Roles
3.2
Overview of the Application Development Life Cycle
3.2.1
Introduction to Modeling, Implementation, and Deployment
3.2.2
Workflow: Modeling, Implementing, and Deploying an Application
3.2.3
Workflow: Creating Applications Based on Process Blueprints
3.2.4
Workflow: Creating Project Templates
3.2.5
Workflow: Integration between the Oracle BPM Suite and Oracle BPA
3.3
Introduction to the Oracle BPM Studio User Interface
3.3.1
Oracle BPM Project Navigator
3.3.2
Application Navigator
3.3.3
BPMN Process Editor
3.3.4
BPMN Component Palette
3.3.5
Oracle BPM MDS Browser
3.3.6
Structure View
3.3.7
Simulation View
3.3.8
Log Window
3.3.9
Documentation Window
Part II Using Oracle BPM Studio
4
Working with Projects and Project Templates
4.1
Introduction to Oracle BPM Projects
4.1.1
Introduction to Project Resources
4.1.2
Sharing Projects Between Oracle BPM Users
4.2
Creating and Working with Projects
4.2.1
How to Create a New Project
4.2.2
How to Open a Project from the File System
4.2.3
How to Export a Project
4.2.4
How to Import a Previously Exported Project
4.2.5
How to Edit Project Preferences
4.3
Introduction to Project Templates
4.3.1
Introduction to Edit Policies
4.3.1.1
Process Level Edit Policies
4.3.1.2
Activity Edit Policies
4.3.2
Using Data Objects and Variables in Project Templates
4.3.3
Using the Business Catalog in Project Templates
4.4
Working with Project Templates
4.4.1
How to Create a New Project Template
4.4.2
How to Create a Project Template from an Existing BPM Project
4.4.3
How to Set the Edit Policies for a Process in a Project Template
4.4.4
How to Set the Edit Policies for an Activity in a Project Template
4.5
Using the Oracle BPM Metadata Service (MDS) Repository
4.5.1
Introduction to the Oracle Metadata Service (MDS) Repository
4.5.2
Introduction to the Oracle BPM Metadata Service (MDS) Repository
4.5.3
Introduction to the Oracle BPM Metadata Service Browser
4.5.4
How to Configure a Connection to the Oracle BPM Metadata Service Repository
4.5.5
How to Refresh the Oracle BPM MDS Repository
4.5.6
How to Publish a Project or Project Template to Oracle BPM MDS
4.5.7
How to Checkout a Project in Oracle BPM MDS
4.5.8
How to Lock or Unlock a Project in Oracle BPM MDS
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
5.1.5
How to Edit Process Preferences
5.2
Introduction to the Process Editor
5.3
Working with Flow Objects in Your Process
5.3.1
How to Add Flow Objects from the Process Editor Toolbar
5.3.2
How to Add Flow Objects from the Component Palette
5.3.3
How to Edit Flow Object Properties
5.4
Documenting Your Process
5.4.1
Introduction to the Documentation Editor
5.4.2
How to Add Documentation to Your Process
Part III Modeling a 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
6.2.1.3
Using Multiple Start Events in a Process
6.2.1.4
Using Multiple End Events in a Process
6.2.2
Introduction to the None Start Event
6.2.2.1
The None Start Event in Context
6.2.2.2
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
6.2.5
Introduction to the Timer Start Event
6.2.6
Introduction to the None End Event
6.2.6.1
The None End Event in Context
6.2.7
Introduction to the Error End Event
6.2.8
Introduction to the Message End Event
6.2.9
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
6.3.2.2
Using Interactive Activities
6.3.2.3
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 Call Activity
6.4.2.1
Reusable Processes
6.4.2.2
Behavior of the Call Activity When Calling a Reusable Process
6.4.3
Introduction to the Send Task
6.4.3.1
The Send Task in Context
6.4.4
Introduction to the Receive Task
6.4.4.1
The Receive Task in Context
6.4.4.2
Starting a Process with the Receive Task
6.4.5
Using the Send and Receive Tasks to Communicate Between Processes
6.4.6
Introduction to the Message Throw Event
6.4.7
Introduction to the Message Catch Event
6.4.8
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
6.7.2.1
The Exclusive Gateway in Context
6.7.2.2
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
6.7.6.1
Starting a Process with an 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
Modeling Your Organization
7.1
Introduction to Organizations
7.1.1
Introduction to the Organization Editor
7.2
Introduction to Roles
7.3
Introduction to Organizational Charts
7.3.1
Introduction to Organizational Units
7.3.2
Introduction to Calendars
7.3.3
Introduction to Holidays
7.4
Working with Roles
7.4.1
How to Create a New Role
7.4.2
How to Add Members to a Role
7.5
Working with Organizations
7.5.1
How to Create an Organizational Unit
7.5.2
How to Create a Calendar
7.5.3
How to Create Holidays
8
Handling Information in Your Process Design
8.1
Introduction to Handling Information in Your Process Design
8.1.1
Basic Data Objects versus Complex Data Objects
8.2
Introduction to Data Objects
8.2.1
Supported Data Types for Data Objects
8.2.2
Default Values
8.3
Working with Process Data Objects
8.3.1
How to Add a Process Data Object
8.3.2
How to Edit a Process Data Object
8.3.3
How to Delete a Data Object
8.3.4
How to Assign a Value to a Process Data Object
8.4
Introduction to Activity Instance Attributes
8.5
Working with Activity Instance Attributes
8.6
Introduction to Subprocess Data Objects
8.7
Working with Subprocess Data Objects
8.7.1
Adding a Data Object to a Subprocess
8.7.2
Editing a Data Object in a Subprocess
8.7.3
Deleting a Data Object from a Subprocess
8.8
Introduction to Project Data Objects
8.8.1
Business Indicators
8.8.2
Supported Data Types for Project Data Objects
8.9
Working with Project Data Objects
8.9.1
How to Add a Project Data Object
8.9.2
How to Edit a Project Data Object
8.9.3
How to Delete a Project Data Object
8.9.4
How to Assign a Value to a Project Data Object
8.10
Introduction to Arguments
8.11
Naming Conventions
8.12
Scope and Access
8.13
Introduction to Data Associations
8.13.1
Introduction to the Data Association Editor
8.14
Introduction to Transformations
8.15
Defining Transformations
8.15.1
How to Define a Transformation
8.15.2
What Happens When You Define a Transformation
9
Importing BPMN Processes from a BPA Repository
9.1
Introduction to Importing Processes from the BPA Repository
9.2
Creating a BPM Project from a BPA Project
9.2.1
How to Configure a BPA Project to Use It from Oracle BPM
9.2.2
How to Create a BPM Project from a BPA Project
9.2.3
How to Add a BPA Server
9.2.4
What Happens When You Create a BPM Project from a BPA Project
Part IV Analyzing Process Performance
10
Running Simulations in Oracle BPM
10.1
Introduction to Running Simulations in Oracle BPM
10.1.1
Simulation Models and Simulation Definitions
10.2
Creating Simulation Models
10.2.1
How to Create and Configure a Simulation Model
10.3
Configuring Boundary Events
10.4
Creating Simulation Definitions
10.4.1
How to Create a Simulation Definition
10.5
Running Simulations
10.5.1
How to Run a Simulation
10.5.2
What Happens When You Run a Simulation
10.5.3
Understanding the Simulation View
10.6
Analyzing the Results of a Simulation
10.6.1
How to Analyze the Results of a Simulation Using a Chart
10.6.2
How to Generate a Simulation Report
10.6.3
What Happens when You Generate a Simulation Report
11
Using Process Analytics
11.1
Introduction to Process Analytics
11.1.1
Process and Activity Performance Metrics
11.1.2
Workload Metrics
11.1.3
Human Resource Metrics
11.2
Typical Process Analytics Workflow
11.3
Configuring Projects, Processes and Activities to Generate Sampling Points
11.3.1
How to Configure the Sampling Point Generation of a Project
11.3.2
What Happens When You Configure a Project To Generate Sampling Points
11.3.3
How to Configure the Sampling Point Generation for a Process
11.3.4
What Happens When You Configure the Sampling Point Generation for a Process
11.3.5
How to Configure the Sampling Point Generation for an Activity
11.3.6
What Happens When You Configure the Sampling Points for an Activity
11.4
Adding Business Indicators to Projects
11.4.1
How to Add a Business Indicator to a Project
11.4.2
What Happens When You Add a Business Indicator to a Process
11.5
Adding Measurement Marks to Processes
11.5.1
How to Add Single Measurement Marks to a Process
11.5.2
What Happens When You Add a Single Measurement to a Process
11.5.3
How to Measure a Business Indicator in a Process Section Using Measurement Marks
11.5.4
What Happens When You Measure a Business Indicator in a Process Section Using Measurement Marks
11.6
Adding Counters to the Activities in a Process
11.6.1
How to Add a Counter Mark to an Activity in a Process
11.6.2
What Happens When You Add a Counter Mark to an Activity in a Process
11.6.3
How to Delete a Counter Mark
11.6.4
What Happens When You Delete a Counter Mark
11.7
Configuring Cubes Generation in a Project
11.7.1
BPM Process Cubes
11.7.2
How to Configure BPM Process Cubes Generation in a Project
11.7.3
What Happens When You Enable BPM Process Cubes in a Project
11.8
Enabling Oracle BAM in a Project
11.8.1
How to Enable Oracle BAM in a Project
11.8.2
What Happens When You Enable Oracle BAM
Part V Working with Business Components
12
Using the Business Catalog
12.1
Introduction to the Business Catalog
12.1.1
Non-Synthesized Components
12.1.2
Synthesized Components
12.1.3
Adding Components to the Business Catalog
12.1.4
Using Modules to Organize Business Components
12.1.4.1
Predefined Modules
12.2
Adding a New Module
12.2.1
How to Add a New Module
12.2.2
What Happens When You Add a New Module
12.3
Deleting a Module
12.3.1
How to Delete a Module
12.3.2
What Happens When You Delete a Module
12.4
Customizing Synthesized Types
12.4.1
How to Customize a Synthesized Type
12.4.2
What Happens When You Customize a Synthesized Type
13
Modeling Business Objects
13.1
Introduction to Business Objects
13.1.1
Types of Business Objects
13.1.2
Benefits of Modeling Using Business Objects
13.1.3
Naming Conventions for Business Objects
13.2
Working with Business Objects
13.2.1
How to Add a Business Object
13.2.2
What Happens When You Add a Business Object
13.2.3
How to Modify a Business Object
13.2.4
How to Delete a Business Object
13.2.5
What Happens When You Delete a Business Object
13.2.6
How to Document a Business Object
13.2.7
What Happens When You Document a Business Object
13.3
Using a Business Object in a Process
13.3.1
How to Use a Business Object in a Process
13.3.2
What Happens When You Use a Business Object in a Process
13.4
Adding Business Objects Based on a XML Schema Element or Type
13.4.1
How to Add a Business Object Based on a XML Schema Element or Type
13.4.2
What Happens When You Create a Business Object Based on an XML Schema Element or Type
13.4.3
How to add an XML Schema to Your BPM Project
13.4.4
What Happens When You Add a Schema File to Your Project
13.5
Introduction to Business Object Attributes
13.5.1
Supported Data Types for Business Object Attributes
13.5.2
Naming Conventions for Business Object Attributes
13.6
Working with Business Object Attributes
13.6.1
How to Add a Business Object Attribute
13.6.2
How to Delete a Business Object Attribute
13.6.3
How to Document a Business Object Attribute
13.6.4
What Happens When You Document a Business Object Attribute
14
Using Human Tasks
14.1
Introduction to Human Tasks in BPM
14.1.1
Typical Design Workflow
14.2
Assigning an Existing Human Task to a User Task
14.2.1
How to Assign an Existing Human Task to a User Task
14.2.2
What Happens When You Assign an Existing Human Task to a User Task
14.2.3
How to Associate the Process Payload to the Human Task Payload
14.3
Creating a Human Task from Oracle BPM Studio
14.3.1
How to Create a Human Task from Oracle BPM Studio
14.3.2
How to Configure the Outcome of a Human Task
14.3.3
How to Add a Parameter to Human Task
14.3.4
How to Configure the Outcome Target of a Human Task
14.3.5
What Happens When You Create a Human Task from Oracle BPM Studio
14.4
Creating a Human Task Using the SOA Human Task Editor
14.4.1
How to Specify an e-mail Address for the Recipient of a Notification
14.5
Editing a Human Task from Oracle BPM Studio
14.5.1
How to Edit a Human Task Using the Oracle BPM Simplified Editor
14.5.2
How to Edit a Human Task Using the SOA Human Task Editor
14.6
Using Human Task Patterns in Oracle BPM
15
Working with Services and References
15.1
Introduction to Services and References
15.1.1
Introduction to Services
15.1.2
Introduction to References
15.1.3
Introduction to Callbacks
15.2
Introduction to Service Adapters in Oracle BPM
15.3
Introduction to Oracle Mediator in Oracle BPM
15.4
Introduction to BPEL Processes in Oracle BPM
15.5
Using Services in Oracle BPM
15.6
Using References in Oracle BPM
15.7
Customizing Services and References
15.7.1
How to Customize a Service or a Reference
15.7.2
How to Customize an Operation
15.7.3
What Happens When You Customize a Service or a Reference
16
Using Business Rules
16.1
Introduction to Business Rules in Oracle BPM
16.1.1
Using Business Rules in a BPMN Process
16.2
Assigning an Existing Business Rule to a Business Rule Task
16.2.1
How to Assign an Existing Business Rule to a Business Rule Task
16.2.2
What Happens When You Assign an Existing Business Rule to a Business Rule Task
16.2.3
How to Edit the Business Rule Associated to a Business Rule Task
16.3
Creating a Business Rule from Oracle BPM Studio
16.3.1
How to Create a Business Rule from Oracle BPM Studio
16.3.2
How to Add Input and Output Arguments When Creating a Business Rule Component
16.3.3
How to Configure the Advanced Properties When Creating a Business Rule Component
16.3.4
What Happens When You Create a Business Rule Task from Oracle BPM
Part VI Controlling the Process Flow
17
Controlling the Process Flow
17.1
Introduction to Controlling the Process Flow
17.1.1
Gateways
17.1.2
Timer Events
17.1.3
Errors
17.1.4
Message Events
17.1.5
Send and Receive Tasks
17.1.6
Loop Markers
17.1.7
Multi-Instance Loop Markers
17.2
Introduction to Loop and Multi-Instance Markers in Subprocesses
17.2.1
How to Configure Loop Markers
17.2.2
How to Configure Multi-Instance Markers
18
Adding Delays, Deadlines, and Time Based Cycles to Your Process
18.1
Introduction to Timer Events
18.2
Adding a Delay to the Process Flow
18.2.1
How to Add a Delay to the Process Flow
18.2.2
What Happens When You Add a Delay to the Process Flow
18.3
Designing a Process to Start Based on a Time Condition
18.3.1
How to Design a Process to Start Based on a Time Condition
18.3.2
What Happens When You Design a Process to Start Based on a Time Condition
18.4
Configuring a Deadline for an Activity
18.4.1
How to Configure a Deadline for an Activity
18.4.2
What Happens When You Configure a Deadline for an Activity
18.5
Configuring a Deadline for a BPMN Process
18.5.1
How to Configure a Deadline for a BPMN Process
18.5.2
What Happens When You Configure a Deadline for a BPMN Process
18.6
Running Additional Activities
18.6.1
How to Run Additional Activities While an Activity is Running
18.6.2
What Happens When You Run Additional Activities While an Activity is Running
18.6.3
How to Run Additional Activities While a Process is Running
18.6.4
What Happens When You Run Additional Activities While a Process is Running
18.7
Configuring Timer Events
18.7.1
How to Configure a Timer Event To Use a Specific Date and Time
18.7.2
What Happens When You Configure a Timer Event to Use a Specific Date and Time
18.7.3
How to Configure a Timer Event to Use an Interval
18.7.4
What Happens When You Configure a Timer Event to Use an Interval
19
Handling Errors
19.1
Introduction to Error Handling
19.1.1
Handling Errors Using Exceptions
19.2
Using Business Exceptions
19.3
Using System Exceptions
19.4
Typical Flow of an Exception
19.4.1
Typical Flow of an Exception Thrown in a Task
19.4.2
Typical Flow of an Exception in a Subprocess
19.4.3
Typical Flow of an Exception in a Reusable Process
19.5
Handling Exceptions in a Business Process
19.5.1
How to Handle an Exception Using a Boundary Error Catch Event
19.5.2
What Happens When You Handle an Exception Using a Boundary Catch Event
19.5.3
How to Handle an Exception Using an Event Subprocess
19.5.4
What Happens When You Handle an Exception Using an Event Subprocess
19.5.5
How to Configure an Error Event to Catch Business Exceptions
19.5.6
How to Configure a Catch Event to Catch System Exceptions
19.6
Throwing Exceptions in Subprocesses or Reusable Processes
19.6.1
How to Throw an Exception
19.6.2
What Happens When You Throw an Exception
19.6.3
How to Create a Business Exception
19.6.4
What Happens When You Create a Business Exception
19.6.5
How to Configure the ErrorInfo Attribute in a Business Exception
19.7
Handling Exceptions in Subprocesses
19.8
Handling Errors in a Peer Process Using Message Events
19.8.1
How to Handle Errors in a Peer Process Using Message Events
19.8.2
What Happens When You Handle Errors in a Peer Process Using Message Events
20
Communicating With Other BPMN Processes and Services
20.1
Introduction to Communication with Other BPMN Processes and Services
20.1.1
Introduction to Synchronous and Asynchronous Operations
20.2
Communicating With Other BPMN Processes and Services Using Message Events
20.3
Using Message Events to Invoke Asynchronous Services and Asynchronous BPMN Processes
20.3.1
How to Invoke Asynchronous Service Operation Using Message Events
20.3.2
How to Receive the Callback Operation of an Asynchronous Service Using Message Events
20.3.3
What Happens When You Invoke an Asynchronous Service Operation Using Message Events
20.3.4
How to Invoke an Asynchronous BPMN Process Operation Using Message Events
20.3.5
How to Invoke the Callback Operation of an Asynchronous BPMN Process Using Message Events
20.3.6
What Happens When You Invoke an Asynchronous BPMN Process Using Message Events
20.4
Using Message Events Configured as Boundary Events
20.5
Using Service Tasks to Invoke Synchronous Operations in Services and BPMN Processes
20.5.1
How to Invoke a Synchronous Service Operation Using a Service Task
20.5.2
What Happens When You Invoke a Synchronous Service Operation Using a Service Task
20.5.3
How to Invoke a Synchronous BPMN Process Operation Using a Service Task
20.5.4
What Happens When You Invoke a Synchronous BPMN Process Operation Using a Service Task
20.6
Communicating With Other BPMN Processes and Services Using Send and Receive Tasks
20.7
Using Send and Receive Tasks to Invoke Asynchronous Services and Asynchronous BPMN Processes
20.7.1
How to Use a Send Task to Invoke an Asynchronous Service Operation
20.7.2
How to Use the Receive Task to Invoke the Callback Operation of an Asynchronous Service
20.7.3
What Happens When You Invoke an Asynchronous Service Using Send and Receive Tasks
20.7.4
How to Use the Send Task to Invoke an Asynchronous BPMN Process Operation
20.7.5
How to Use a Receive Task to Invoke the Callback Operation of an Asynchronous BPMN Process
20.7.6
What Happens When You Invoke an Asynchronous BPMN Process Using Send and Receive Tasks
20.8
Introduction to Invoking a Process Using Call Activities
20.9
Invoking a Process Using Call Activities
20.9.1
How to Invoke a Process Using Call Activities
20.10
Introduction to Communication Between Processes Using Signal Events
20.11
Communicating Between Processes Using Signal Events
20.11.1
How to Broadcast a Signal to Multiple Processes
20.11.2
What Happens When You Broadcast a Signal
20.11.3
How to Configure Your Process React to a Specific Signal
20.11.4
What Happens When You Configure a Process To React to a Specific Signal
21
Defining the Process Interface
21.1
Defining the Process Interface
21.2
Using Message Events to Define the BPMN Process Interface
21.2.1
Using Message Events to Define the Callback Interface for BPMN Processes
21.3
Using Message Events to Define Asynchronous Operations in a BPMN Processes
21.3.1
How to Configure the Start Operation of a BPMN Process as Asynchronous Using Message Events
21.3.2
How to Define a Callback Operation Using Message Events
21.3.3
What Happens When You Configure a BPMN Process Start Operation as Asynchronous Using Message Events
21.3.4
How to Add an Asynchronous Operation to a BPMN Process Interface Using Intermediate Message Events
21.3.5
What Happens When You Add an Asynchronous Operation to a BPMN Process Interface Using Message Events
21.4
Using Message Events to Define a Synchronous Operation in a BPMN Processes Interface
21.4.1
How to Configure the Start Operation of a BPMN Process as Synchronous Using Message Events
21.4.2
How to Configure the End Event of a Synchronous Process
21.4.3
What Happens When You Configure the Start Operation of a BPMN Process as Synchronous Using Message Events
21.5
Using Message Events with an Interface from the Business Catalog to Define Your Process Interface
21.5.1
How to Use an Interface from the Business Catalog to Define an Operation in a BPMN Process Interface Using Message Start and Catch Events
21.5.2
How to Configure a Message End or a Message Throw Event to Use an Interface from the Business Catalog Using Message Events
21.5.3
What Happens When You Use an Interface from the Business Catalog to Define an Operation
21.6
Defining the BPMN Process Interface Using Send and Receive Tasks
21.6.1
Defining the Callback Interface for BPMN Processes Using a Send Task
21.7
Defining Asynchronous Processes Operations Using Send and Receive Tasks
21.7.1
How to Define an Asynchronous Process Operation Using Send and Receive Tasks
21.7.2
How to Add an Asynchronous Process Operation to the Process Interface Using a Receive Task
21.7.3
How to Define a Callback Process Operation Using a Send Task
21.7.4
What Happens When You Define an Asynchronous Operation Using Send and Receive Tasks
21.8
Using Send and Receive Tasks to Define a Synchronous Operation in a BPMN Process
21.8.1
How to Configure a Process Operation as Synchronous Using Send and Receive Tasks
21.8.2
What Happens When You Define a Synchronous Operation Using Send and Receive Tasks
21.9
Using Send and Receive Tasks with an Interface from the Business Catalog to Define Your Process Interface
21.9.1
How to Use an Interface from the Business Catalog to Define an Operation in a BPMN Process Interface Using Send and Receive Tasks
21.9.2
How to Configure a Message End or a Message Throw Event to Use an Interface from the Business Catalog Using Send and Receive Tasks
21.9.3
What Happens When You Use Send and Receive Tasks with an Interface from the Business Catalog to Define an Operation
21.10
Defining the Process Input and Output
21.10.1
How to Add Input and Output Arguments to a BPMN Process
21.10.2
How to Edit the Input and Output Arguments of a BPMN Process
21.10.3
How to Delete an Input or Output Argument of a BPMN Process
22
Writing Expressions
22.1
Introduction to Expressions in Oracle BPM
22.2
Writing Conditions in Conditional Sequence Flows
22.2.1
How to Implement a Conditional Sequence Flow
22.3
Writing Expressions in Complex Gateways
22.3.1
How to Implement a Complex Gateway
22.4
Writing Expressions in Timer Events
22.4.1
How to Use an Expression in a Timer Event
22.5
Writing Expressions in Data Associations
22.5.1
How to Use an Expression in a Data Association
22.6
Writing Conditions in Loop and Multi-Instance Markers in Subprocesses
22.6.1
How to Configure Loop Markers
22.6.2
How to Configure Multi-Instance Markers
22.7
Writing Expressions and Conditions Using the Simple Expression Builder
22.7.1
How to Use a Data Object in an Expression
22.7.2
How to Use a Function in an Expression
22.8
Simple Expression Builder Supported Operators
22.8.1
Operators Precedence
22.9
Simple Expression Builder Supported Functions
22.9.1
String Functions
22.9.1.1
length
22.9.1.2
concatenation
22.9.1.3
contains
22.9.1.4
startsWith
22.9.2
Numeric Functions
22.9.2.1
floor
22.9.2.2
ceil
22.9.2.3
round
22.9.2.4
abs
22.9.3
DateTime and Interval Functions
22.9.3.1
now
22.9.3.2
addition
22.9.3.3
subtraction
22.9.3.4
year
22.9.3.5
month
22.9.3.6
day
22.9.3.7
hours
22.9.3.8
minutes
22.9.3.9
seconds
22.9.3.10
timezone
22.10
Writing Expressions Using the XPath Expression Builder
22.10.1
How to Add a Variable to an XPath Expression
22.10.2
How to Use a Function in an XPath Expression
22.11
Using Arrays
22.11.1
Accessing an Attribute of an Element Within an Array
22.11.2
Obtaining the Length of an Array
22.12
Using Literals
22.12.1
Using String Literals
22.12.2
Using Time Literals
22.12.3
Using Interval Literals
22.12.4
Using Array Literals
22.13
XPath BPM Extension Functions
22.13.1
getActivityInstanceAttribute
22.13.2
getDataInput
22.13.3
getDataObject
22.13.4
getDataOutput
22.13.5
getGatewayInstanceAttribute
22.13.6
getProcessInstanceAttribute
Part VII Using SOA Components
23
Using SOA Composites with BPM Projects
23.1
Introduction to SOA Composites
23.1.1
Understanding the Relationship Between SOA Composites and SOA Components
23.1.2
Working with SOA Components
23.1.3
BPMN Process in SOA Composites
23.1.4
How Do BPMN Errors Affect the SOA Composite Status
23.2
Opening the SOA Composite in a BPM Project
23.2.1
How to Open the SOA Composite in a BPM Project
23.3
Opening BPMN Processes from the SOA Composite in a BPM Project
23.3.1
How to Open a BPMN Process from the SOA Composite in a BMP Project
23.4
Adding a BPMN Process from the SOA Composite Editor
23.4.1
How to Add a BPMN Process from the SOA Composite Editor
23.4.2
What Happens When You Add a BPMN Process from the SOA Composite Editor
23.5
Integrating with BPEL Processes Using the SOA Composite
23.6
Adding a BPMN Process as a Partner Link in a BPEL Process
23.6.1
How to Add a BPMN Process as a Partner Link in a BPEL Process
23.6.2
What Happens When You Add a BPMN Process as a Partner Link in a BPEL Process
23.7
Connecting to a BPMN Process Using Web Services
23.8
Building a BPM Project
23.8.1
How to Build a BPM Project
23.8.2
What Happens When You Build a BPM Project
24
Working with Guided Business Processes
24.1
Introduction to Guided Business Processes
24.1.1
Guided Business Process Design Time Architecture
24.1.2
Components of a Guided Business Process
24.1.3
Guided Business Process Run-Time Architecture
24.1.3.1
Client Tier
24.1.3.2
Business Logic Tier
24.1.3.3
Data Tier
24.2
Guided Business Process Use Cases
24.2.1
Online Public Sector Form Processing
24.2.2
Online Loan Application Procedure
24.3
Standards and Guidelines for Working with Guided Business Processes
24.4
The Typical Flow of Developing a Guided Business Process
24.5
Introduction to Developing a Guided Business Process
24.6
Developing a BPMN Guided Business Process
24.6.1
How to Develop a BPMN Guided Business Process
24.6.2
What Happens When You Develop a BPMN Guided Business Process
24.6.3
How to Add a New Milestone to a Guided Business Process
24.6.4
What Happens When You Add a Milestone to a Guided Business Process
24.6.5
How to Add a User Task to a Milestone
24.6.6
What Happens When You Add a User Task to a Milestone
24.6.7
How to Move a User Task to Another Milestone
24.6.8
What Happens When You Move a User Task to Another Milestone
24.6.9
How to Order the Milestones in a BPMN Guided Business Process
24.6.10
What Happens When You Order the Milestones in a Guided Business Process
24.6.11
How to Delete a Task from a Guided Business Process
24.6.12
What Happens When You Delete a Task from a Guided Business Process
24.6.13
How to Delete a Milestone
24.6.14
What Happens When You Delete Milestone
24.6.15
How to Configure an Optional Task
24.6.16
What Happens When You Configure an Optional Task
24.6.17
How to Configure a Parallel Task Flow in a BPMN Guided Business Process
24.6.18
How to Branch the Task Flow in a BPMN Guided Business Process
24.6.19
How to Configure a Task to Display a Blocked Icon
24.6.20
What Happens When You Configure a Task to Display a Blocked Icon and Message
24.6.21
How to Configure an Icon for a Guided Business Process
24.6.22
What Happens When You Configure an Icon for a Guided Business Process
24.6.23
How to Configure an Icon for a Milestone
24.6.24
What Happens When You Configure an Icon for a Milestone
24.6.25
How to Configure the Display Mode for a Guided Business Process
24.6.26
What Happens When You Configure the Display Mode for a Guided Business Process
24.6.27
How to Configure the Display Mode for a Milestone
24.6.28
What Happens When You Configure the Display Mode for a Milestone
24.6.29
How to Configure the Display Mode for a User Task
24.6.30
What Happens When You Configure the Display Mode for a User Task
24.6.31
How to Configure the Task Access Mode for a Guided Business Process
24.6.32
What Happens When You Configure the Task Access Mode for a Guided Business Process
24.6.33
How to Localize a BPMN Guided Business Process
24.6.34
How to Localize a Milestone
24.6.35
How to Localize a User Task
24.6.36
What Happens When You Localize a Guided Business Process
24.7
Configuring Activity Guide Properties
24.8
Deploying an Guided Business Process to Oracle Weblogic Server
24.8.1
How to Deploy a Guided Business Process
24.8.2
What Happens When You Deploy a Guided Business Process to Oracle WebLogic Server
24.9
Testing Guided Business Processes
24.9.1
What Happens When You Create a Guided Business Process Instance
25
Building a Guided Business Process Client Application
25.1
Introduction to Building a Guided Business Process Client Application
25.2
Developing a Guided Business Process Client Application with Oracle ADF
25.2.1
How to Develop a Guided Business Process Client Application
25.2.2
What Happens When You Develop a Guided Business Process Application with Oracle ADF
25.2.3
What Happens at Run Time: How a Guided Business Process Application Is Developed with Oracle ADF
25.3
Securing the Guided Business Process Client Application
25.4
Localizing a Guided Business Process Client Application
25.4.1
How to Configure the Supported Locales for a Guided Business Process Client Application
25.5
Guided Business Process Run-time APIs
25.5.1
Guided Business Process query Service API
25.5.2
JNDI Names for the Guided Business Process Enterprise Java Beans
25.6
Developing an Example of a User Interface for Guided Business Process Tasks Using Guided Business Process Run-Time Services
25.7
Using Guided Business Process Logging
25.7.1
How to Enable Client Side Logging
25.7.2
How to Enable Server-Side Logging
25.7.3
Configuring Log Levels
25.7.4
How to View Guided Business Process Log Messages
25.7.5
Understanding Guided Business Process Log Messages
26
Using Approval Management
26.1
Introduction to Approval Management
26.1.1
AMX Components
26.2
Understanding Approval Management Concepts
26.2.1
Task
26.2.2
Service Data Objects
26.2.3
Stages
26.2.4
List Builders
26.2.5
Task Operations
26.2.6
Business Rules for Approval
26.2.6.1
List Creation
26.2.6.2
Approver Substitution
26.2.6.3
List Modification
26.3
Designing Approval Management Tasks in Oracle JDeveloper
26.3.1
Introduction to the Modeling Process
26.3.2
Before You Begin
26.3.3
Specifying General Information
26.3.3.1
Task-Title Globalization
26.3.4
Specifying Task Parameters
26.3.4.1
How to Create Service Data Object (SDO) References
26.3.4.2
How to Define Entity Parameters
26.3.4.3
How to Define Collections
26.3.5
Specifying Mapped Attributes
26.3.5.1
About Attribute Labels and Attribute-Label Mappings
26.3.5.2
How to Define Attribute-Label Mappings
26.3.6
Specifying Routing and Approval Policies
26.3.6.1
How to Model and Configure Stages
26.3.6.2
How to Model Task Participants
26.3.6.3
How to Model and Configure List Builders
26.3.6.4
How to Use Business Rules to Specify List Builders
26.3.6.5
How to Use Assignment Context
26.3.6.6
How to Aggregate Task Approvals
26.3.7
Defining Escalation and Renewal Policies
26.3.8
Specifying Notification Settings
26.3.9
Using Advanced Settings
26.3.9.1
How to Add Callbacks for Notes, Attachments, and Validation
26.3.9.2
How to Define Security Access Rules
26.4
Using the End-to-End Approval Management Samples
26.5
Using Approval Management Features of the Oracle BPM Worklist and Workspace
26.5.1
How to Use Task Forms
26.5.1.1
Header View
26.5.1.2
Task Payload View
26.5.1.3
Task History View
26.5.1.4
Comments and Attachments View
26.5.2
How to Create Mapped Attribute Labels
26.5.2.1
Importing and Exporting Attribute-Label Definitions
26.5.2.2
Internationalizing Attribute Labels
26.5.3
Administering Approval Groups
26.5.3.1
How to View Approval Groups
26.5.3.2
How to Search for an Approval Group
26.5.3.3
How to Add a Static Approval Group
26.5.3.4
How to Add a New Member to a Static Approval Group
26.5.3.5
How to Delete a Member from an Approval Group
26.5.3.6
How to Move an Approval Group's Members
26.5.3.7
How to Nest Approval Groups
26.5.3.8
How to Rename an Approval Group
26.5.3.9
Using Dynamic Approval Groups
26.5.3.10
How to Delete an Approval Group
26.5.4
Using Task Configuration
26.5.4.1
How to Edit Event-Driven Settings
26.5.4.2
How to Edit Data-Driven Settings
26.5.5
Using the Task Listing Region
26.5.5.1
How to Embed the Task Listing Region in an Application
26.5.5.2
How to Use Task Listing Region Parameters
26.5.6
How to Use the Task History Region to Preview Approvers
26.6
Using the User Metadata Migration Utility
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