How to debug a bpel process

Question

I'm a new user in the jdeveloper community :)
i want to debug a bpel process ,for example the "AmazonFlow" sample project.
but it asking for a "default run target" path, what kind of a file it expect? i guess it's a kind of a file that consume input for the bpel process? is it always expect a default run target?
thanks

Answer 1

user573208;
It is not possible to use the normal Debug menus in JDeveloper, you have to do what Mark says, deploy the process to a BPEL (or SOA Suite) server, and do a test run of the process. You will find plenty of documentation on how to set up the server, and initiate a process.
When the server is up and running, the process is deployed, and a test instance has been started, debugging is actually very easy. In a development environment, you will use the server's BPEL Console to debug the process, instead of sensors (much easier). The default logging options give you full access to your data at any point of the process, it's out of the box and easily understood.
Generally, the visual Flow view gives you the best overview, and you have full access to the content of variables, the request and response data of web service calls, fault details, etc. (at any point in the process) by clicking the different elements (icons) of the process flow.
The other tabs (Audit, Debug) work the same way, but in a less visual manner.
-Rune