Tutorial: Designing Your First Business Process

Introduction

Tutorial Goals

Tutorial Overview

Tutorial Organization

Part I Design and Run a Simple Process

Step 1: Create the Business Process Application

Create Business Process Tutorial Application

Start Designing the Process

Step 2: Specify How the Process Is Started

Create Start Node

Design Client Request Node

Specify General Settings

Specify Receive Data

Step 3: Define Conditions for Alternate Paths of Execution

Add Decision Node

Define Condition in Decision Node

Step 4: Invoke a Web Service

Create Instance of Web Service Control

Call Web Service

Receive Tax Rate from Web Service

Step 5: Run the Business Process

Step 6: Invoke a Business Process

Create Process Control for Tax Calculation Process

Change Control Send Node to Interact with Process Control

Change Control Receive Node to Interact with Process Control

Test Request Quote Process

Part II Add Complex Business Logic

Step 7: Loop Through Items in a List

Overview of XML Schemas

Design “For Each” Loop

Add “For Each” Node

Select Repeating XML Element to be Iterated

Step 8: Design Parallel Paths of Execution

Create Parallel Node

Create Logic to Assemble Price and Availability Data

Create Instances of PriceProcessor and AvailProcessor Controls

Add Control Nodes in Business Process

Design Activities on Get Price Branch

Design “Request Price” Node

Design “Receive Price” Node

Design “Create PriceList” Node

Design Activities on Get Availability Branch

Design “Request Availability” Node

Design “Receive Availability” Node

Design “Create AvailList” Node

Step 9: Create Quote Document

Convert Price List to XML Document

Convert Availability List to XML Quote Document

Combine Price and Availability Quotes

Create Instance of TutorialJoin Control

Design Process Interaction with TutorialJoin Control

Step 10: Write Quote to File System

Create Instance of File Control

Design Control Send Node to Interact with File Control

Assign File Control Properties to a Variable

Use the File Control Properties

Step 11: Send Quote From Business Process to Client

Add Client Response Node

Design Send Quote Node

Step 12: Run RequestQuote Business Process

Additional Functionality in Test Browser

Monitoring Processes in WLI Administration Console

Oracle Workshop for WebLogic Views, Functions, and Shortcuts

Oracle Workshop for WebLogic Views

Functions and Shortcuts