Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Intended Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

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

Part I Introduction to Oracle Business Process Composer

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 Business Process Management Workspace (Process Workspace)
    • 1.3.3.2 Oracle Business Process Management Process Spaces (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 Projects
  • 1.6.4 Use Case: Using Business Process Composer to Revise Oracle Business Rules
  • 1.6.5 Use Case: Using The Oracle Business Process Analysis 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
  • 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 Business Process Composer

• 3.1 Oracle Business Process Composer Overview
  • 3.1.1 Oracle Business Process Composer Use Cases
• 3.2 Overview of the Application Development Life Cycle
  • 3.2.1 Workflow: Create Projects Based on Project Templates
  • 3.2.2 Workflow: Creating New Projects
  • 3.2.3 Workflow: Editing Business Rules at Run Time
• 3.3 Signing On to Oracle Business Process Composer
  • 3.3.1 How to Sign On to Oracle Business Process Composer
• 3.4 Introduction to the Business Process Composer Application Interface
  • 3.4.1 Introduction to the Business Process Composer Toolbar
  • 3.4.2 Introduction to the Business Process Composer Welcome Page
    • 3.4.2.1 Project Views
    • 3.4.2.2 Project Browser
    • 3.4.2.3 Control Panel
    • 3.4.2.4 Search
  • 3.4.3 Introduction to the Business Process Composer Main Menu

Part II
Using Oracle Business Process Composer

4 Working with BPM Projects

• 4.1 Introduction to Oracle BPM Projects
  • 4.1.1 Introduction to Project Components and Resources
    • 4.1.1.1 Editable Project Resources
    • 4.1.1.2 The Business Catalog
• 4.2 Introduction to the Oracle BPM Repository
• 4.3 Introduction to the Project Welcome Page
  • 4.3.1 Introduction to the Project Information Pane
  • 4.3.2 Introduction to the Project Component Pane
  • 4.3.3 Introduction to the Quickstart Menu
  • 4.3.4 Introduction to the Recent Activity Browser
  • 4.3.5 Introduction to the Snapshot Browser
  • 4.3.6 Introduction to the Organization Browser
  • 4.3.7 Introduction to the Oracle Business Process Composer Editors
    • 4.3.7.1 Process Editor
    • 4.3.7.2 Activity Guide Editor
    • 4.3.7.3 Human Task Editor
    • 4.3.7.4 Business Rules Editor
    • 4.3.7.5 Data Associations Editor
    • 4.3.7.6 Expression Editor
  • 4.3.8 Introduction to the Supporting Browsers and Editors
    • 4.3.8.1 Project and Process Validation Browser
    • 4.3.8.2 Documentation Editor
    • 4.3.8.3 Approval Workflow Browser
• 4.4 Sharing Projects with Other Users
  • 4.4.1 Private and Public Projects
  • 4.4.2 Edit Mode
  • 4.4.3 Project Roles
• 4.5 Creating and Working with Projects
  • 4.5.1 How to Access the Project Welcome Page
  • 4.5.2 How to Create a New Project
  • 4.5.3 How to Open a Project Using the Application Welcome Page
  • 4.5.4 How to Open a Project Using the Main Menu
  • 4.5.5 How to Share a Project with Other Users
  • 4.5.6 How to Edit a Shared Project
  • 4.5.7 How to Save Changes to a Project
  • 4.5.8 How to Validate a Project
  • 4.5.9 How to Discard Changes to a Shared Project
  • 4.5.10 How to Close a Project
  • 4.5.11 How to View the History of Changes Made to a Project
  • 4.5.12 How to View and Edit Project Properties
  • 4.5.13 How to Mark a Project as a Favorite
• 4.6 Using Guided Business Processes to Create Project Milestones
  • 4.6.1 Introduction to Guided Business Processes
    • 4.6.1.1 Introduction to Activity Guides and Milestones
  • 4.6.2 How to Configure the Activity Guide and Create Project Milestones
• 4.7 Defining the Roles Used in a Project
  • 4.7.1 Introduction to Project Roles
  • 4.7.2 Working with Project Roles

5
Working with Processes and the Process Editor

• 5.1 Introduction to Business Processes
• 5.2 Introduction to the Process Editor
  • 5.2.1 Introduction to the Process Editor Toolbar
  • 5.2.2 Introduction to the Process Editor Canvas
  • 5.2.3 Introduction to the BPMN Component Palette
  • 5.2.4 Introduction to the Business Catalog
• 5.3 Working with Business Processes
  • 5.3.1 How to Create a New Business Process
  • 5.3.2 How to Open a Business Process
  • 5.3.3 How to Delete a Business Process
    • 5.3.3.1 What You Need to Know About Deleting a Business Process
• 5.4 Working with Flow Elements
  • 5.4.1 How to Add a Flow Object from the Component Palette
  • 5.4.2 How to Cut, Copy or Delete a Flow Object
  • 5.4.3 How to Paste a Flow Object in a Process
  • 5.4.4 How to Add a Sequence Flow to a Process
  • 5.4.5 How to Delete a Sequence Flow
    • 5.4.5.1 What You Need to Know About Deleting a Sequence Flow
  • 5.4.6 How to Edit the Properties of a Flow Object
  • 5.4.7 How to Assign a Custom Icon to a Flow Object
• 5.5 Working with Business Catalog Components
  • 5.5.1 How to Assign a Business Catalog Component to a Flow Object
  • 5.5.2 How to Create New Human Tasks in the Business Catalog
• 5.6 Working with Draft Processes
  • 5.6.1 Introduction to Draft Processes
  • 5.6.2 How to Mark a Flow Object as Draft
• 5.7 Documenting Your Process
  • 5.7.1 Introduction to the Documentation Editor
    • 5.7.1.1 Inserting Links in Your Documentation
  • 5.7.2 How to Add Documentation to Your Process
  • 5.7.3 How to Add Notes to a Process
• 5.8 Importing and Exporting Process Models
  • 5.8.1 Importing Process Models into Oracle BPM
  • 5.8.2 Exporting BPMN Processes to Oracle Tutor

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 How to Add Roles and Swimlanes to Your Process
  • 6.1.4 How to Edit Swimlane Properties
  • 6.1.5 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 Specifying the Start Events for Different Types of Processes
    • 6.2.1.2 Using Multiple Start Events in a Process
    • 6.2.1.3 Using Multiple End Events in a Process
  • 6.2.2 Defining How a Process Instance is Triggered
  • 6.2.3 Introduction to the None Start Event
    • 6.2.3.1 The None Start Event in Context
    • 6.2.3.2 Data Associations
  • 6.2.4 Introduction to the Message Start Event
    • 6.2.4.1 The Message Start Event in Context
    • 6.2.4.2 Using Process Input and Output Arguments
  • 6.2.5 Introduction to the Signal Start Event
    • 6.2.5.1 The Signal Start Event in Context
  • 6.2.6 Introduction to the Timer Start Event
  • 6.2.7 Introduction to the Error Start Event
  • 6.2.8 Introduction to the None End Event
    • 6.2.8.1 The None End Event in Context
  • 6.2.9 Introduction to the Error End Event
  • 6.2.10 Introduction to the Message End Event
  • 6.2.11 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
  • 6.3.4 Introduction to the Update Task
• 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 Notification Task
  • 6.4.3 Introduction to the Call Activity
    • 6.4.3.1 Reusable Processes
  • 6.4.4 Introduction to the Send Task
    • 6.4.4.1 The Send Task in Context
  • 6.4.5 Introduction to the Receive Task
    • 6.4.5.1 The Receive Task in Context
    • 6.4.5.2 Starting a Process with the Receive Task
  • 6.4.6 Using the Send and Receive Tasks to Communicate Between Processes
  • 6.4.7 Introduction to the Message Throw Event
  • 6.4.8 Introduction to the Message Catch Event
  • 6.4.9 Using Message Throw and Catch Events 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 Rule 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 and Inline Handlers to Organize Your Process
  • 6.9.1 Introduction to Subprocesses
    • 6.9.1.1 Subprocesses and Sequence Flows
    • 6.9.1.2 Subprocesses in Context
    • 6.9.1.3 Looping Subprocesses
  • 6.9.2 Introduction to Inline Handlers
• 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

7 Working with the Project Life Cycle

• 7.1 Importing and Exporting Projects
  • 7.1.1 How to Import a Project from Your Local File System
  • 7.1.2 How to Export a Project to Your Local File System
• 7.2 Using BPM Project Templates
  • 7.2.1 Introduction to Project Templates
    • 7.2.1.1 Introduction to Edit Policies
    • 7.2.1.2 Introduction to Using Data Objects and Variables in Project Templates
  • 7.2.2 Creating a Project Based on a Project Templates
• 7.3 Using Project Snapshots
  • 7.3.1 Introduction to Project Snapshots
  • 7.3.2 Working with Project Snapshots
    • 7.3.2.1 How to Create a New Project Snapshot
    • 7.3.2.2 How to View the Contents of a Project Snapshot
    • 7.3.2.3 How to Return to the Active Version of a Project
    • 7.3.2.4 How to Delete a Project Snapshot
    • 7.3.2.5 How to Export a Project Snapshot
    • 7.3.2.6 How to Deploy a Project Snapshot
• 7.4 Configuring Approval Workflow for a Project
  • 7.4.1 Introduction to Approval Workflow
  • 7.4.2 Working with Approval Workflow
    • 7.4.2.1 How to Configure Approval Workflow for a Project
• 7.5 Deploying a Project
  • 7.5.1 Who Can Deploy Projects?
  • 7.5.2 How to Deploy a Project to Run Time
  • 7.5.3 How to Deploy a Project Using an Approval Workflow
  • 7.5.4 How to Edit a Deployed Project
  • 7.5.5 How to Generate a Project SAR File
  • 7.5.6 How to Generate a Deployment Plan

8
Using Oracle Business Rules

• 8.1 Introduction to Oracle Business Rules
  • 8.1.1 Introduction to Rule Conditions
  • 8.1.2 Introduction to Rule Actions
  • 8.1.3 Introduction to Decision Tables
  • 8.1.4 Introduction to Facts and Bucketsets
  • 8.1.5 Introduction to Rulesets
  • 8.1.6 Introduction to Decision Functions
  • 8.1.7 Introduction to Decision Points
  • 8.1.8 Introduction to Dictionaries
• 8.2 Introduction to the Business Process Composer Rules Editor
• 8.3 Viewing and Editing Business Rules in Business Process Composer
  • 8.3.1 How to Open a Business Rule
  • 8.3.2 How to Add a Bucketset
  • 8.3.3 How to Edit an Existing Bucketset
  • 8.3.4 How to View Globals in the Oracle Rules Dictionary
  • 8.3.5 How to Add a Rule to a Ruleset
• 8.4 Editing Oracle Business Rules at Run Time
• 8.5 Assigning a Rule to a Business Rules Task

Part III
Advanced Business Process Composer Functionality

9
Advanced Business Process Composer Functionality

• 9.1 Working with Services
  • 9.1.1 How to Create New Services in the Business Catalog
• 9.2 Defining Conversations
  • 9.2.1 Introduction to Conversations
  • 9.2.2 Working with Conversations
    • 9.2.2.1 How to define a conversation
    • 9.2.2.2 How to set the default conversation
    • 9.2.2.3 How to define a conversation for a BPMN flow object
    • 9.2.2.4 How to view a collaboration diagram

10
Working with Data Objects and Expressions

• 10.1 Introduction to Data Objects
  • 10.1.1 Introduction to Process and Project Data Objects
  • 10.1.2 Using Data Objects in New BPM Projects
  • 10.1.3 Using Data Objects in Projects Based on Project Templates
  • 10.1.4 Introduction to Data Associations
  • 10.1.5 Introduction to the Data Associations Editor
• 10.2 Working with Data Objects and Data Associations
  • 10.2.1 How to Create a Data Object
  • 10.2.2 How to Delete a Data Object
    • 10.2.2.1 What You Need to Know About Deleting Data Objects
  • 10.2.3 How to Configure Data Associations for a Flow Object
• 10.3 Working with Business Indicators and Counter Marks
  • 10.3.1 Introduction to Business Indicators and Counters
  • 10.3.2 Introduction to Counter Marks
  • 10.3.3 How to Add a New Counter Mark to a Process
  • 10.3.4 How to Delete a Counter Mark
• 10.4 Introduction to Expressions
  • 10.4.1 Types of Expressions
  • 10.4.2 Simple Expressions
    • 10.4.2.1 Operator Types
    • 10.4.2.2 Operator Precedence
• 10.5 Defining Process Input and Output
  • 10.5.1 How to Define the Input Arguments for a Process
  • 10.5.2 How to Define Data Associations for a Message Start Event
  • 10.5.3 How to Define the Output Arguments for a Process
  • 10.5.4 How to Define Data Association for a Message End Event
• 10.6 Introduction to the Expression Editor
• 10.7 Working with Expressions
  • 10.7.1 How to Define a Simple Expression for a Conditional Sequence Flow
  • 10.7.2 How to Define a Simple Expression in Data Associations

11
Working with Human Tasks

• 11.1 Understanding Human Tasks
  • 11.1.1 Introduction to Routing and Participants
    • 11.1.1.1 Participant Types
    • 11.1.1.2 Routing Types
    • 11.1.1.3 Outcome
  • 11.1.2 Introduction to Participant Assignment
  • 11.1.3 Introduction to Duration
• 11.2 Introduction to the Human Task Editor
• 11.3 Working with Human Tasks
  • 11.3.1 How to Create New Human Task
  • 11.3.2 How to Open a Human Task
  • 11.3.3 How to Add Participants to a Human Task
  • 11.3.4 How to Configure the Outcome for Parallel Routing
  • 11.3.5 How to Assign Users, Groups, or Roles to a Participant
  • 11.3.6 How to Define the Duration for a Participant
  • 11.3.7 How to Define the Duration for a Human Task
  • 11.3.8 How to Create Task Data for a Human Task
  • 11.3.9 How to Specify the Presentation of a Human Task

12
Performing Administrative Tasks

• 12.1 Introduction to Business Process Composer Administration
• 12.2 How to Assign Global Roles
• 12.3 How to Delete a Project or Project Template
• 12.4 How to Configure Sharing for a Project
• 12.5 How to Release the Lock on a Shared Project
• 12.6 How to Import a Project Template

A BPMN Flow Object Property Reference

• A.1 Common Properties
  • A.1.1 Basic Properties
  • A.1.2 Implementation Properties
• A.2 Interactive Properties
  • A.2.1 Interactive Activities
  • A.2.2 Manual Task
• A.3 Activity Properties
  • A.3.1 Service Task
    • A.3.1.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.3.2 Send Task
    • A.3.2.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.3.3 Receive Task
    • A.3.3.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.3.4 Business Rule Task
    • A.3.4.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.3.5 Script Task
  • A.3.6 Call Activity
    • A.3.6.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.3.7 Subprocesses
    • A.3.7.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.3.8 Inline Handlers
• A.4 Gateway Properties
  • A.4.1 Exclusive Gateway
  • A.4.2 Inclusive Gateway
  • A.4.3 Parallel Gateway
  • A.4.4 Complex Gateway
  • A.4.5 Event-Based Gateway
• A.5 Event Properties
  • A.5.1 The None Start Event
  • A.5.2 The Message Start Event
    • A.5.2.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.3 The Timer Start Event
    • A.5.3.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.4 The Signal Start Event
    • A.5.4.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.5 The Error Start Event
    • A.5.5.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.6 None Catch Event
  • A.5.7 Message Catch Event
    • A.5.7.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.8 Timer Catch Event
    • A.5.8.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.9 Error Catch Event
    • A.5.9.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.10 Message Throw Event
    • A.5.10.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.11 Signal Throw Event
    • A.5.11.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.12 None End Event
  • A.5.13 Message End Event
    • A.5.13.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.14 Signal End Event
    • A.5.14.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.15 Error End Event
    • A.5.15.1 Implementation Properties
  • A.5.16 Terminate End Event
• A.6 Measurement Mark Properties
• A.7 Sequence Flow Properties
  • A.7.1 Default Sequence Flow
  • A.7.2 Normal Sequence Flow
  • A.7.3 Conditional Sequence Flow

B Preparing Processes for Import into BPMN

• B.1 Preparing a Visio File to Import as a BPMN Process
  • B.1.1 How to Update VisioUserMap.xml
  • B.1.2 Valid BPMN Element Values
  • B.1.3 BPMN Element Attributes
• B.2 How to Customize XPDL Import Using XSL Doc
• B.3 Preparing an XPDL File for Import as a BPMN Process
  • B.3.1 Handling Namespaces
  • B.3.2 Handling Relative Coordinates
  • B.3.3 Handling Extended Attributes
  • B.3.4 Handling redrawConnections
  • B.3.5 Handling isRelativeObjectCoordinates
  • B.3.6 Removing Invisible Elements
  • B.3.7 Handling the Orientation Attribute
  • B.3.8 Specifying the View Type for Subprocesses
  • B.3.9 Handling the Object Pin
  • B.3.10 Modifying the Height and Width of Activities
  • B.3.11 Modifying the Height and Width of Lanes
  • B.3.12 Modifying the Height and Width of Pools
  • B.3.13 Location of Activities
  • B.3.14 Including Missing Elements
  • B.3.15 Checking the Correctness of Activities