Configuring BPEL and workflow

Hi,
I am very new the BPEL Technology. Can anyone guide me how to "Configuring BPEL and Workflow".
Thanks in Advance..
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Balaji S

Hi,
You can also get information here :-
http://www.huihoo.com/oracle/docs/B14099_19/integrate.1012/b14448/appx_owb.htm
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Hi , sorry for my english , i am new working with BPEL and i want to know , if oracle bpel replace oracle workflow and it make´s that with TaskManager service or if you know some tecnology that make it ??
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thats means ... if i have a project with workflow , in this time , BPEL probably it´s not the better answer , because the client has full oracle infraestructure , database oracle , ias and portal and pl like front end, with a big effort of developers in portal , if they want new wfl , we need to continue work with older oracle workflow to oracle BPEL will be the new core of fusion middlewear ??

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Hi Everyone,
I am newbie, don't know if its the right place to post this thread.
I want to prepare paper on differences in Oracle Service Bus, BPEL and human workflow, can anybody help me.
Till now i came to know all these things are very different, no poit comparing them but still need differences
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http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/bpel/htdocs/orabpel_faq.html
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I had the same question before. You might like to look over these threads
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we might together reach a better clear idea since Oracle has two products:
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Oracle E-Business Suite Applications Technology Readme for Release 12.1.3 (R12.ATG_PF.B.delta.3, Patch 8919491) (Doc ID 1066312.1)
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ours is a RAC+ASM+PCP -enabled
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if($javaCmd =~ /jre/) {
return ("-mx256m -Djava.security.egd=file:///dev/urandom", 0);
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Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 Readme [ID 1080973.1]
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$AD_TOP/admin/template/adgendbc_ux.sh
For txkExecSetJaznCredentials.pl, this file was modified:
$FND_TOP/patch/115/bin/txkSetJaznCredentials.pl
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Hi Experts,
I am facing 1 problem in SAP SRM 7 ehp1. I am configuring Process controlled workflow. Previous workflow settings was Application controlled workflow as its been upgraded from SRM 5. If i run a RFX (BUS2200) cycle in application controlled workflow environment, it works flawlessly.
But when i change my workflow framework to process controlled workflow for all Business Objects. I face a dump when I am creating an RFX. The dump on the portal is:
http://dl3803.ltisap.com:8040/sap/bc/webdynpro/sapsrm/wda_l_fpm_oif
DATREF_NOT_ASSIGNED
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Method: /SAPSRM/IF_PDO_META_CONSUMER~GET_ACTION_METADATA of program /SAPSRM/CL_PDO_META_BO_RFQ_ADVCP
Method: /SAPSRM/IF_PDO_META_CONSUMER~GET_ACTION_METADATA of program /SAPSRM/CL_PDO_META_HANDLER===CP
Method: UPDATE_ACTIONS of program /SAPSRM/CL_CH_WD_MAP_IDENT====CP
Method: /SAPSRM/IF_CLL_MAPPER~REFRESH of program /SAPSRM/CL_CH_WD_MAP_IDENT====CP
Method: /SAPSRM/IF_CLL_MAPPER~REFRESH of program /SAPSRM/CL_CH_WD_IDEN_MAP_RFQ=CP
Method: OVERRIDE_LEAVE_INIT_SCREEN of program /SAPSRM/CL_FPM_OVRIDE_OIF=====CP
& when i check in st22. I get the dump as:
Category               ABAP Programming Error
Runtime Errors         DATREF_NOT_ASSIGNED
ABAP Program           /SAPSRM/CL_PDO_DYN_MDA_WF_ADJ=CP
Application Component SRM-EBP-PD
Date and Time          17.12.2011 15:46:56
and get dump at:
1 method PARTICIPATING_IN_ACTIVE_WF.
2   " this method returns ABAP_TRUE if the logon user has an active work item,
3   " i.e. he participates in an active approval workflow process.
4
5   DATA lv_curr_workitem_id    TYPE /sapsrm/wf_workitem_id.
6   DATA lr_process_info        TYPE ref to /SAPSRM/S_PDO_WF_PROCESS_INFO.
7
8   " the default:
9   rv_participates_in_active_wf = abap_false.
10
11   " The scenario is not valid for application-controlled workflow:
12   " Any agents who may edit the document (approver and requester)
13   " enter "Edit" mode right-away. No special handling possible.
14   lr_process_info = io_apf_md_context->get_process_info_ref( ).
>>>   IF lr_process_info->wf_version NE /sapsrm/if_wf_process_c=>GC_APF_VERSION_0200.
16     return.
17   endif.
18
19   " check if a valid workitem exists
20   lv_curr_workitem_id = io_apf_md_context->get_workitem_id( ).
21   IF lv_curr_workitem_id IS INITIAL.
22     RETURN.
23   ENDIF.
the only configuration I change in the system is I changed the workflow framework to process controlled workflow.
Kindly help.
Thanks
Anand

Hello Anand,
As per standard SAP recommendations the application-controlled workflow framework is only intended to be used if you are upgrading from SAP SRM 5.0 or earlier and you need to continue using your existing work-flows.
The default workflow framework setting is the process-controlled workflow from SRM 6.0 on-wards and the user will be provided a option to switch to the application-controlled workflow framework. The option to switch to process-controlled workflows is available only after you have once switched to application-controlled work flows but there will be a big caution that " If you switch from the application-controlled workflow framework to the process-controlled workflow framework; once a process-controlled workflow has been run, it is not supported that you switch back to application-controlled work-flows".
As per the details given i got a feel that we have tried executing the scenario by switching between application and process controlled workflow and hence the system have become inconsistent and its dumping.
I suggest you to raise a OSS ticket to SAP to resolve the issue.
Best Regards,
Rahul

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Hi all,
What is the difference between Business Process and Workflow? i have googled it and I don't really understand that complicated definition? Is there any examples to illustrate the difference between the both?

Hi,
I will try to put here , my perspective of this. If somebody knows better, they can update further on this.
Business process is purely on the perspective of the users. It may or maynot have anything to do with the system. When a draw a business flow diagram, we dont take care of how each and every process is handled in the system. The best illustration is an example of authorisation.
Let me say that I create a Purchase requisition. Once it is released a PO will be created by procurement managerD
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Here not only the process, but also how the work is delegated across various entities of the process is mentioned.
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Hi MasterBird,
There is no documentation to explain the difference of the custom form and workflow between SharePoint Online and SharePoint On-Premise. For your issue, you can have a look at the following blog:
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https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Office-365-known-issues-6b380978-84ce-49af-be5d-f7cda0fe28f9?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#__sharepoint_online_preview
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I was after any view points / pointers into peoples experiences into deployment of BPEL and ESB into a clustered Oracle iAS SOA suite environment, where there are two or more nodes running BPEL, ESB etc with a corresponding OHS Loan Balancers. I have been unable to find any specific information with regards to recommendations into the best ways to deploy into a clustered environment.
My viewpoints are there are two alternative approaches that could be used, both of which use ANT deployment scripts to register / deploy the various services.
(1) Leaving all nodes up in the cluster and using a properties file to specify the relevant details, deploy to one environment allowing the load balancer to distribute the software to the respective nodes in the cluster
(2) Deploy to each of the nodes in turn ensuring all other nodes in the cluster are taken down during each separate deployment
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I don't believe there is any real information on deployments in a cluster in those documents.
There is a note on metalink 457654.1 which says to apply to each node, while doing this shut down the other servers. From experience this worked for some configuration and not others.
Can you say what cluster deployment you used, e.g. 10.1.3.1 or 10.1.3.3 with BPEL and ESB-RT in the same oc4j?
Also what version are you on. If you are on 10.1.3.4 using the 10.1.3.3 deployment configuration you don't need to shutdown the nodes. And you can get away with just deploying to one node but make sure your <ORACLE_HOME>/bpel/system/config/collaxa-config.xml file has been set to cluster = true. Look at metalink note 746251.1.
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ESB can be applied to just one node.
Make sure that all your endpoints are pointing to the load balancer and not the actual node themselves.
Also you connect string is different in your build.properties make sure of the following
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oc4jinstancename = default_group
local.oc4jinstancename = oc4j_soa (or the oc4j container with BPEL)
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Configure BPEL 10.1.2.0.2 with JDeveloper 10.1.2.1

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