The BPEL Project

The BPEL process defines how data is processed and specifies where in the automated workflow the human intervention occurs. It also defines how the results of the human task are processed once the task is complete. Worklist Manager tasks are incorporated into a BPEL process through an Invoke activity. The BPEL process uses the WSDL document created for the Worklist Manager project for the partner link to the task.

When a running BPEL process comes to a Worklist Manager task, the task is written to the Worklist Manager database and the BPEL process is not completed until a WLM user claims and completes the task. The BPEL process checks the Worklist Manager database for the status of the task in order to determine whether the task is complete and the process can be continued.