EM Console Service/Reference Property for Endpoint Ignored

Question

We are trying to use the BPEL Service\Reference Properties to set the Endpoint for one of our web services (and were under the impression that the reference properties can be modified at runtime in the EM Console). However, the default soap:address location is being picked up from the WSDL within the BPEL process when testing, and the service reference properties set at runtime completely ignored. Is there something else we need to set to test the BPEL process with an updated endpoint? We want to avoid changing the WSDL imported in the BPEL process and creating a new compile for each environment we want to deploy to.  We are on version 11.1.1.6.0.

Answer 1

To use the endpoint property you need to define the property endpoint in the composite under the partnerlink. like this.
reference name="HelloWorldSample" ui:wsdlLocation="HelloWorldSample.wsdl">
    <interface.wsdl interface="http://xmlns.oracle.com/TestApplication/First/BPELProcess1#wsdl.interface(BPELProcess1)"/>
    <binding.ws port="http://xmlns.oracle.com/TestApplication/Second/BPELProcess1#wsdl.endpoint(bpelprocess1_client_ep/BPELProcess1_pt)"
                location="http://localhost:8001/soa-infra/services/default/First/bpelprocess1_client_ep?WSDL">
      <property name="endpointURI">http://localhost:8001/soa-infra/services/default/Second/bpelprocess1_client_ep</property>
    </binding.ws>
  </reference>
You can also use the deployment config plan for each environment to change the endpoint urls of each wsdls.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14571_01/integration.1111/e10224/sca_lifecycle.htm