Call/Invoke an OWB Process Flow from a Windows Command/batch

Hi everyone,
I'm newbie in Oracle Warehouse Builder and I've developed some process flows to load data from one database to another.
One of these process, called "MAIN", is the beginning of the execution. I need to call these process flow (MAIN) from the Windows Command Line
or batch (.bat file) to schedule in Windows Sckeduler Tasks.
Anyone have an idea to how to do this?
Thanks a lot!
Edited by: Maximiliano García on 24/02/2012 05:41 PM
Edited by: Maximiliano García on 24/02/2012 05:41 PM

Check this blog post here that shows how to execute via sqlplus, which you will then be able to wrapper in a batch script or whatever to schedule.
https://blogs.oracle.com/warehousebuilder/entry/how_to_execute_process_flow_from_sqlplus
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