What's New in This Guide for Release 11.1.1.6.x

For Release 11.1.1.6.x, this guide has been updated in several ways. The following table lists the sections that have been added or changed. If a feature was not available in the first release of 11.1.1.6.x, the last columns denote which documentation release contains the update.

For a list of known issues (release notes), see the "Known Issues for Oracle SOA Products and Oracle AIA Foundation Pack" at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/docs/soa-aiafp-knownissuesindex-364630.html.

Sections	Changes Made	11.1.1.6.0
Chapter 4 Working with BPM Projects
Section 4.4, "Sharing Projects with Other Users"	Section revised to describe new security model for sharing BPM projects and determining which Business Process Composer users can view, edit, or deploy a project.	X
Section 4.5.5, "How to Share a Project with Other Users"	Section added to describe the procedures to share a BPM project with other Business Process Composer or Oracle BPM Studio users.	X
Section 4.5.11, "How to View the History of Changes Made to a Project"	Section added to describe how to view the history of changes made to a BPM project.	X
Section 4.5.12, "How to View and Edit Project Properties"	Section added to describe how to view and edit BPM project properties.	X
Section 4.5.13, "How to Mark a Project as a Favorite"	Section added to describe how to mark a project as a favorite.	X
Section 4.7.1, "Introduction to Project Roles"	Section added to describe how to create and use project roles. Project roles are used to model the users or groups that are responsible for performing the work performed by you business process	X
Chapter 5 Working with Processes and the Process Editor
Section 5.2.3, "Introduction to the BPMN Component Palette"	Section added to describe the BPMN component palette.	X
Section 5.5, "Working with Business Catalog Components"	Section revised to describe procedures for working with the BPMN component catalog.	X
Section 5.6, "Working with Draft Processes"	Section added to describe how to work with draft processes.	X
Section 5.8, "Importing and Exporting Process Models"	Section revised to describe how to import process models and convert them to BPMN.	X
Chapter 7 Importing BPMN Processes from a BPA Repository
Chapter 7, "Working with the Project Life Cycle"	Chapter added to document more advanced functionality related to the project life cycle. This includes sections on importing and exporting projects, working with project templates, and deploying projects.	X
Section 7.5, "Deploying a Project"	Section added to describe how to generate a deployment plan. This section was also revised to reflect changes to project deployment.	X
Chapter 9 Advanced Business Process Composer Functionality
Chapter 9, "Advanced Business Process Composer Functionality"	Chapter added to document Business Process Composer functionality that is primarily used by process developers.	X
Chapter 9, "Advanced Business Process Composer Functionality"	Chapter added to document Business Process Composer functionality that is primarily used by process developers.	X
Chapter 12 Performing Administrative Tasks
Section 12.2, "How to Assign Global Roles"	Section revised to reflect changes to security model for projects shared using the BPM repository.	X
Appendix B Preparing Processes for Import into BPM
Appendix B, "Preparing Processes for Import into BPMN"	Appendix added to describe best practices when importing processes into BPM. This appendix provides information on how to prepare Visio and XPDL process flows for conversion to BPMN.	X