Interactive activity, external task example???

Hi,
I'm trying to search for a simple external task example, however it is totally imposible to find anything ... :(
I would like to make a few questions about it. When you create an external task in a interactive activity, you can specify an URL where the request will be redirected when you click on a external task, but how do you send the information about the specific process you want to work with in the URL? is it possible to pass parameters to this URL ? which is exactly the correct use of the external URL configuration? if I pass the control to an external system, how this system is able to know which BPM process instance to work with?
Regards,
Antonio.

Hi,
I've recently found out that Aqualogic simply sends the information about the process as request parameters to the external system:
taskIn:0
activity:TareaExterna
instanceId:/ExpenseReport#Default-1.0/6/0
participantId:Peter Jones
Very easy, however it is quite frustrating not finding anything about it. I agree with you that it is an upcoming technology, however the documentation of a product should have a minimum of quality, specially coming from an important company as BEA. They offer a functionality and simply do not explain how it works.
In any case, thanks a lot for answering my question!! :)
Best regards,
Antonio.

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Hi Rodrigo
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In JavaApp
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2. Call activityPrepare on this papisession, and get hold of the variables passed from step 3 above
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HTH

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Or, I add a due transition / deadline to all interactive activities. If the deadline is reached to any of them, an exception will start.
Or, if any activity is expired, it should go to a specific activity. How to do that?
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Equivalent of Global Interactive Activity in 11g

Hello,
Is there an equivalent of Global Interactive (not Global Creation) activity in OBPM 11g? What I intend to do is to be able to have certain stand alone activities in the workflow bounded independently to different taskflows (there taskflows are associated with the business process but not directly linked to it). E.g. Let's say I have a requirement that the 'Manager' role in the workflow should be able to assign the primary process participants to different Line of Businesses based on day to day needs. All I need is a UI to achieve this. But I am also trying to leverage BPM roles so that only 'Managers' are able to see this link in their workspace / worklist and able to access this UI. We have previously implemented this using 'Global Interactive' in 10g. All we did was to place the activity in a manager swimlane and associate a screenflow to it. Trying to understand what 11g has to offer for this requirements.
Thanks,
Gaurav

One of the things that helps end-users train themselves on a process is to present a picture of where a work item instance that they are working on is located in the process. This is commonly referred to as the “you are here” map. In Oracle BPM 10g, this is done like this:
1.     Add a Global Interactive activity to an abstract role (role with a name).
2.     Name this new Global activity “You are here”.
3.     Click Runtime in the left pane and check the "Has instance access" (do not check the checkbox labeled “Use activity for instance presentation").
4.     Click the OK button.
5.     Right mouse click this new activity and select Main task from the popup.
6.     Change the Implementation type to "Show Process Image".
7.     Click OK.
8.     Save the project and reload the project.
9.     Start the WorkSpace again. Log out and relogin.
10.     On the right side of the inbox, for an existing work item instance click the "Select action" dropdown.
11.     Click the new "You are here" action.
12.     Note the red flag above the activity where this work item instance is located in the process.
Hope this helps,
Dan

Problem with WebService to Create Interaction Activity

Hi everybody,
I am currently trying to create a new Interaction Activity using WSNavigator. However, I haven´t managed referencing an existing account. I always get the answer "Enter   Activity partner". The Interaction Activity can be created, but without an Account.
Can anybody tell me which information I have to provide in my request to make an account reference or where I can obtain this information? I have already tried out all variations, but nothing has worked so far. Documentation doesn´t provide any information on this.
This is one example I have tried out (but as I said only one of many).

The concrete error message is the following:
<Item>
          <TypeID>119(COM_PARTNER)</TypeID>
          <SeverityCode>3</SeverityCode>
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        </Item>
What does "119(COM_PARTNER)" mean?

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