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2.143 Bind Entity Dialog - General Tab

Use to select the entity variable to act as the data handle to access and plug in different data provider service technologies.

Note: This feature is only available in BPEL 1.1 projects.

The entity variable can be used with an Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) Business Component data provider service using service data object (SDO)-based data. The entity variable enables you to specify BPEL data operations to be performed by an underlying data provider service. The data provider service performs the data operations in a data store behind the scenes and without use of other data store-related features provided by Oracle BPEL Process Manager (for example, the database adapter). This action enhances Oracle BPEL Process Manager runtime performance and incorporates native features of the underlying data provider service during compilation and runtime.

Element	Description
Name	Enter a name or accept the default value of `BindEntitynumber`. This becomes the name for this activity in the designer.
Entity Variable	Click the Search icon to select an entity variable. If you have not created an entity variable, select the second Variables folder in the Variable Chooser dialog and click the Add icon.
Add icon	Click to add a key. The key points to the data in the Oracle ADF Business Component data provider service. Oracle BPEL Process Manager fetches the key when access to the data is required. When complete, your selection displays in the Unique Keys table.
Edit icon	Click to edit a selected key.
Delete icon	Click to delete a selected key.
Unique Keys	Displays the QNames and value expressions for the defined keys.