7 Using Oracle BPEL Process Manager

This chapter describes how to use Oracle BPEL Process Manager to create business process workflows.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Section 7.1, "Introduction to Oracle BPEL Process Manager"

• Section 7.2, "Creating an Application and a BPEL Project"

• Section 7.3, "Invoking a Web Service"

• Section 7.4, "Using an Assign Activity"

• Section 7.5, "Creating a Transformation"

• Section 7.6, "Communicating with a Database"

• Section 7.7, "Creating Conditional Branching Using a Switch Activity"

• Section 7.8, "Using Business Rules and a Decide Activity"

• Section 7.9, "Creating a Parallel Flow"

• Section 7.10, "Handling Faults"

• Section 7.11, "Using Sensors for Monitoring"

• Section 7.12, "Creating a Human Workflow Task"

• Section 7.13, "Creating an Email Notification"

• Section 7.14, "Compiling and Deploying a BPEL Process"