Mapping sensor data to process flows

Hi,
I´ve implemented a sensor-action that uses a JMS-queue to report its data. I´ve specified a few sensors in the process I´m calling as well as all processes called by that first one.
This is ment to monitor the process workflow resulting in a graph that represents the flow of the different processes visited.
To get to the point: when that first process is called twice (or even more often) at a time I get a whole bunch of sensor data, but cannot distinquish their origin - either from the first flow or the second one. Since I´m using not only one process I cannot use the instance-id as a reference. I was thinking of passing sort of a generated id (timestamp) through all processes.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Max

You can use a wrl file with the 3D picture control. How you map your values is optional. I have used color coded sphere at the locations of interest.
Have fun,
Ben
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Sorry for the late reply, but I was off for the Holidays. Anyway.
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So I cache all the needed info in some lists and then print/reconcile it.
Having an extra open connection can cause some concurrency problems, but this was designed to run batch and send back an e-mail with results.
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2-activities are replaced so they will be out of position when you enter the process flow editor
2-there was a bug in scripting related to SQLLoader mappings. I don't know if this has been fixed; so you can have problems with these.
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# Retrieve transitions of a proc. flow activity
proc get_map_pf_transitions {\
     p_conn \
     p_process_flow_id \
     p_map_activity_id \
     p_pf_act_trans
     upvar $p_pf_act_trans v_pf_act_trans
     set v_query "select
     cast(decode (tr.source_activity_id, ?, 'OUTGOING','INCOMING') as varchar2(50)) TRANSITION_DIRECTION,
process_id, process_name,
transition_id, transition_name, business_name, description, condition,
                     source_activity_id, source_activity_name,
                        target_activity_id, target_activity_name
from all_iv_process_transitions tr
       where tr.process_id = ?
       and (tr.source_activity_id = ?
              or tr.target_activity_id = ?)
            order by source_activity_id";
     set v_stmt [ $p_conn prepareCall $v_query ]
     $v_stmt {setLong int long} 1 $p_map_activity_id
     $v_stmt {setLong int long} 2 $p_process_flow_id
     $v_stmt {setLong int long} 3 $p_map_activity_id
     $v_stmt {setLong int long} 4 $p_map_activity_id
     set v_resultset [ $v_stmt executeQuery ]
     # set to -1 so it goes to 0 when entering loop
     set v_transindex -1
     set v_temptran [list ]
     while { [ $v_resultset next ] == 1 } {
         incr v_transindex;
         lappend v_temptran \
              [ list \
                   [$v_resultset getString TRANSITION_NAME] \
                   [$v_resultset getString DESCRIPTION] \
                   [$v_resultset getString CONDITION] \
                   [$v_resultset getString TRANSITION_DIRECTION] \
                   [$v_resultset getString SOURCE_ACTIVITY_NAME] \
                   [$v_resultset getString TARGET_ACTIVITY_NAME] \
    lappend v_pf_act_trans $v_temptran
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proc get_map_pf_parameters {\
     p_conn \
     p_map_activity_id \
     p_pf_act_parameters
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     parameter_owner_id, parameter_owner_name,
     PARAMETER_OWNER_ID, PARAMETER_NAME, DATA_TYPE, DEFAULT_VALUE parameter_value,
     BUSINESS_NAME, DESCRIPTION
     from ALL_IV_PROCESS_PARAMETERS pa
       where pa.parameter_owner_id = ?";
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     $v_stmt {setLong int long} 1 $p_map_activity_id
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     # set to -1 so it goes to 0 when entering loop
     set v_paramindex -1
     set v_tempparam [list ]
     while { [ $v_resultset next ] == 1 } {
         incr v_paramindex;
         lappend v_tempparam \
              [ list \
                   [$v_resultset getString PARAMETER_NAME] \
                   [$v_resultset getString DATA_TYPE] \
                   [$v_resultset getString PARAMETER_VALUE] \
                   [$v_resultset getString DESCRIPTION] \
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# all parameters are lists which are appended, except the connection
proc get_map_pf_unbound { \
     p_conn \
     p_upd_types \
     p_maps \
     p_pf_paths \
     p_pf_proc_names \
     p_pf_act_names \
     p_pf_act_parameters \
     p_pf_act_trans
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     upvar $p_maps v_maps
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     upvar $p_pf_proc_names v_pf_proc_names
     upvar $p_pf_act_names v_pf_act_names
     upvar $p_pf_act_parameters v_pf_act_parameters
     upvar $p_pf_act_trans v_pf_act_trans
# query to retrieve unbound mappings (actually, I use views in the DB ... )
     set v_mapquery "with proc_maps as (
      select
   '/'||md.project_name||'/'|| information_system_name || '/' ||
                            pk.package_name pf_fqual_procpath,
   md.project_id pf_project_id,
   md.project_name pf_project_name,
   md.information_system_id pf_module_id,
   md.information_system_name pf_module_name,
   pk.package_id pf_package_id,
   pk.package_name pf_package_name,
   pr.process_id pf_process_id,
   pr.process_name pf_process_name,
   a.activity_id pf_activity_id,
   a.activity_name pf_activity_name,
   a.business_name pf_act_business_name,
   a.description pf_act_description,
   a.activity_type pf_act_activity_type,
   a.bound_object_id pf_act_bound_object_id,
   a.bound_object_name pf_act_bound_object_name
    from all_iv_process_activities a,
                                 all_iv_processes pr,
                            all_iv_packages pk,
                            all_iv_process_modules md
             where
             a.activity_type in (
                'PlSqlMapProcessNoteTag', /* type for PLSQL mappings */
                'SqlLdrProcessNoteTag' /* SQLLOADER mappings */)
             and a.process_id = pr.process_id
             and pk.package_id = pr.package_id
             and md.INFORMATION_SYSTEM_ID = pk.schema_id
maps as (
       select
     '/'||md.project_name||'/'||md.information_system_name||
     '/'|| mp.MAP_NAME mp_fqual_mapname,
       md.PROJECT_ID mp_project_id,
       md.PROJECT_NAME mp_project_name,
       md.INFORMATION_SYSTEM_ID mp_module_id,
       md.INFORMATION_SYSTEM_NAME mp_module_name,
       mp.MAP_ID mp_map_id,
       mp.MAP_NAME mp_map_name,
       mp.BUSINESS_NAME MP_BUSINESS_NAME ,
       mp.DESCRIPTION MP_DESCRIPTION
        from all_iv_xform_maps mp,
                  all_iv_information_systems md
                where mp.INFORMATION_SYSTEM_ID = md.INFORMATION_SYSTEM_ID
select * from (
/* case 1: mapping name has changed */
select
'1-CHANGEDNAME' changetype,
a.*,m.* from proc_maps a, maps m
                where a.pf_act_bound_object_id = m.mp_map_id
                  and a.pf_act_bound_object_name <> m.mp_map_name
                  union all
/* case 2: there's a new mapping with the old name... I'll reconcile only if
   the old mapping was dropped: otherwise you'll be in case 1:
   IMPORTANT- NOTE: I'll reconcile with a new mapping with the same name even
                  if found in a different module.
select
'2-REPLACED' changetype,
a.*,mnew.* from proc_maps a,
                                 maps mnew,
                            maps mold
                where a.pf_act_bound_object_id <> mnew.mp_map_id
             and a.pf_act_bound_object_name = mnew.mp_map_name
             /* verify that mapping is in the current project */
             and mnew.mp_project_id = a.pf_project_id
             and a.pf_act_bound_object_id = mold.mp_map_id (+)
             and mold.mp_map_id is null
                     union all
/* case 3: no matching mapping. I'll warn the user that the activity is not bound nor bindable */
   select
   '3-MISSING' changetype,
   a.*,mnew.* from proc_maps a, maps mnew, maps mold
                where
                 a.pf_act_bound_object_name = mnew.mp_map_name (+)
             and a.pf_project_id = mnew.mp_project_id (+)
             and a.pf_act_bound_object_id = mold.mp_map_id (+)
             and mnew.mp_map_id is null
             and mold.mp_map_id is null)
             order by changetype, pf_fqual_procpath, pf_process_name, pf_activity_name";
# query to retrieve connections between pflow activities
     set v_transquery "select
process_id, process_name,
transition_id, transition_name, business_name, description, condition,
                     source_activity_id, source_activity_name,
                        target_activity_id, target_activity_name
from all_iv_process_transitions tr
       where tr.process_id = ?
       and (tr.source_activity_id = ?
              or tr.target_activity_id = ?)
            order by source_activity_id";
     set v_mapstmt [ $p_conn prepareCall $v_mapquery ]
     set v_resultset [ $v_mapstmt executeQuery ]
     # set to -1 so it goes to 0 when entering loop
     set v_mapindex -1
     while { [ $v_resultset next ] == 1 } {
         incr v_mapindex;
         lappend v_upd_types [$v_resultset getString CHANGETYPE]
         set v_fqualmapname [$v_resultset getString MP_FQUAL_MAPNAME]
         lappend v_maps $v_fqualmapname
         set v_pf_activity_id [$v_resultset getLong PF_ACTIVITY_ID]
         set v_pf_process_id [$v_resultset getLong PF_PROCESS_ID]
          lappend v_pf_paths [$v_resultset getString PF_FQUAL_PROCPATH]
          lappend v_pf_proc_names [$v_resultset getString PF_PROCESS_NAME]
          lappend v_pf_act_names [$v_resultset getString PF_ACTIVITY_NAME]
          puts "Retrieving activity parameters...";
          get_map_pf_parameters $p_conn $v_pf_activity_id $p_pf_act_parameters
          puts "Retrieving activity transitions...";
          get_map_pf_transitions $p_conn $v_pf_process_id $v_pf_activity_id $p_pf_act_trans
#          lappend v_pf_act_properties
#          lappend v_pf_act_trans
           puts "All data retrieved for activity:";
           puts "[lindex $v_pf_paths $v_mapindex]/[lindex $v_pf_proc_names $v_mapindex]/[lindex $v_pf_act_names $v_mapindex]";
           puts "Type: [lindex $v_upd_types $v_mapindex]";
}And here's some example client code to load problem activities info, print it and reconcile (replace) activities.
# open extra connection to access OWB public views
set v_connstr "OWBREP/[email protected]:1521:ORCL"
set v_jdbcconnstr "jdbc:oracle:thin:$p_connstr"
java::call java.sql.DriverManager registerDriver [java::new oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver ]
set v_conn [java::call java.sql.DriverManager getConnection $v_jdbcconnstr ]
# retrieve and cache activity data
set v_upd_types [list ]
set v_maps [list ]
set v_pf_paths [list ]
set v_pf_proc_names [list ]
set v_pf_act_names [list ]
# activity parameters - will be a nested list
set v_pf_act_parameters [list ]
# activity transitions - will be a nested list
set v_pf_act_trans [list ]
get_map_pf_unbound $v_conn \
v_upd_types \
v_maps \
v_pf_paths \
v_pf_proc_names \
v_pf_act_names \
v_pf_act_parameters \
v_pf_act_trans \
$v_conn close
#print results
foreach \
     v_upd_type $v_upd_types \
     v_map $v_maps \
     v_pf_path $v_pf_paths \
     v_pf_proc_name $v_pf_proc_names \
     v_pf_act_name $v_pf_act_names \
     v_pf_act_parameterz $v_pf_act_parameters \
     v_pf_act_tranz $v_pf_act_trans \
     puts "*** Reconcile type: $v_upd_type";
     puts "Activity: $v_pf_path/$v_pf_proc_name/$v_pf_act_name"
     puts "Candidate mapping: $v_map"
# types of activities I can reconcile
set v_reconc_possible_types [ list "1-CHANGEDNAME" "2-REPLACED" ]
set v_currentpath ""
OMBCONN $v_connstr
#reconcile
foreach \
     v_upd_type $v_upd_types \
     v_map $v_maps \
     v_pf_path $v_pf_paths \
     v_pf_proc_name $v_pf_proc_names \
     v_pf_act_name $v_pf_act_names \
     v_pf_act_parameterz $v_pf_act_parameters \
     v_pf_act_tranz $v_pf_act_trans \
     if { [lsearch $v_reconc_possible_types $v_upd_type ] == -1 } {
     # skip non-reconcilable activities
          continue;
     puts "Reconciling $v_pf_path/$v_pf_proc_name/$v_pf_act_name "
     puts "with mapping $v_map ..."
     if { $v_pf_path != $v_currentpath } {
          OMBCC '$v_pf_path'
          set v_currentpath $v_pf_path
     # drop and replace activity
     puts "Dropping activity...";
     OMBALTER PROCESS_FLOW '$v_pf_proc_name' \
          DELETE ACTIVITY '$v_pf_act_name';
     puts "Re-creating activity...";
     # don't change activity name - maybe should inherit mapping name (if no collisions)
     OMBALTER PROCESS_FLOW '$v_pf_proc_name' ADD MAPPING ACTIVITY '$v_pf_act_name' \
               SET REF MAPPING '$v_map';
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     puts "Adding transitions...";
     foreach v_tran $v_pf_act_tranz {
          set v_TRANSITION_NAME [lindex $v_tran 0 ]
         set v_DESCRIPTION [lindex $v_tran 1 ]
         set v_CONDITION [lindex $v_tran 2 ]
          set v_SOURCE_ACTIVITY_NAME [lindex $v_tran 4 ]
          set v_TARGET_ACTIVITY_NAME     [lindex $v_tran 5 ]
          OMBALTER PROCESS_FLOW '$v_pf_proc_name' ADD TRANSITION '$v_TRANSITION_NAME' \
               FROM ACTIVITY '$v_SOURCE_ACTIVITY_NAME' \
               TO '$v_TARGET_ACTIVITY_NAME' \
               SET PROPERTIES (TRANSITION_CONDITION, DESCRIPTION) VALUES \
                    ('$v_CONDITION','$v_DESCRIPTION');
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     puts "Setting parameters...";
     foreach v_param $v_pf_act_parameterz {
          set v_PARAMETER_NAME [lindex $v_param 0 ]
         set v_PARAMETER_VALUE [lindex $v_param 2 ]
         set v_DESCRIPTION [lindex $v_param 3 ]
         OMBALTER PROCESS_FLOW '$v_pf_proc_name' MODIFY ACTIVITY '$v_pf_act_name' \
              MODIFY PARAMETER '$v_PARAMETER_NAME' SET \
               PROPERTIES (VALUE,DESCRIPTION) VALUES ('$v_PARAMETER_VALUE','$v_DESCRIPTION') ;
     puts "Reconcile complete for $v_pf_path/$v_pf_proc_name/$v_pf_act_name";
}I hope I haven't lost too much in cutting and pasting! Anyway if something is not clear, ask freely. I don't use OWB built-in process flows any more, but I should remember enough to explain my own code.
Antonio

Process flow execute "complete" in Runtime Audit Browser but it hangs

I create a process flow that contain 4 sub-process flow, each sub-process flow contains several mapping. Each mapping in the process flow will be executed one by one if previous mapping execute successfully. If any error or warning, it will be ended with "End_Error" or "End_Warning". And I deploy the process flow to the workflow server successfully.
Sometimes the process will hang in some certain mapping when execute the process flow. After long time waiting, the status of process flow execution in Audit Browser will be "Complete", but in fact, the sub-porcess ended with that mapping and the next mappings will not be execute. This can be monitored in the Audit browser, as if the whole process "break" at that mapping.
In workflow monitor, I found the workflow has not complete yet. The status of that mapping node is "Notified", not "complete". So I have to abort the workflow in the monitor.
Sometimes when I try again it will be ok. If I deploy the process to another instance that in dw instance, it will also be ok. The dw instance use owb recommend parameters when we install db instance. All the mapping use the default parameters except "Default operation mode", here we use "row based".
Can somebody give me some hint?
Thanks.
OWB 10g rel 1, db: 10g rel2, workflow: 2.6.4

Hi Naidu
Yes you are absolutely right. When you press the cancel button in the GUI, the runtime repository does not get the signal that he is been asked to stop and abort. The GUI cancels himself but the background oracle process is still on !!!. The only way to do is to kill the oracle session. Another way I tried to tackle is
go to the directiry OWB/10.1/owb/rtp/sql and run the file @list_request.sql in sqlplus. Note that you have to login as runtime repositiry owner. After you get the audit id, run the file abort_exec_request.sql and supply the audit id that you obtained by running list_requests.sql. Sometimes it does not work also . Hence the best method is to kill the process

How to pass execution_audit_id of the process flow to an external process

Hi,
I'd like to execute this sql
SELECT EXECUTION_AUDIT_ID
FROM RUNTIME_OWNER.ALL_RT_AUDIT_EXECUTIONS
within a process flow, and pass the returned value to an external process(within the same process flow) which is a unix script. Is this doable? How can it be accomplished?
Thanks!

Hi Patrick,
Yes, I did look at those threads, but they don't help me with what I am trying to accomplish. Here is the design
The map runtime audit id value is used to uniquely name a file created by one map. Within the process flow, which contains the map that creates this file, I need to rename the file using a suffix string provided by the user. So, if file created is med_admin_1234 (1234 is map runtime audit id), and suffix is "fac_a", then new filename is med_admin_fac_a. For this renaming functionality I am using a Unix script (file is created in a Unix server), but I need to pass the map runtime id that's part of the initial name in order to rename the file. Makes sense? Within the process flow, I need to retrieve a value (instead of an input parameter, have like an output parameter instead). Not sure this is doable, but asking just in case.
Thanks.

How to schedule Process Flow in OWB10gR2 ?

Hi,
I have a mapping and a corresponding process flow that has the mapping within. Both the mapping and process flow are deployed successfully and they also execute successfully when executed from control center.
Now I want to run the process flow daily at 4 am in the morning. I have created a schedule and defined the parameters. Then for the process flow, I have added the schedule to the "Referred Calander". Then in control center I got a new object with _JOB as suffix. I deployed that as well and that was successfull. This implies that I have now a job that is scheduled to run daily at 4 am.
But the next day when I checked the target table that the mapping (wrapped in the process flow which in turn was scheduled to run at 4 am ) was supposed to insert some records, there was no record at all !!! Seemed to me that the job was not kicked off at all at the specified time.
I am using --
OWB client version : 10.2.0.1.31
OWB repository version : 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Workflow Version : 2.6.4.0.0
Database version : 10g Enterprise edition release 10.2.0.1.0
Does anyone have any idea how do I make this arrangement running?
Regards,
Swagata

Chino -
Once you start the job, do you have to leave the "Job Details" window open in order for teh scheduled task to run?
thanks for the help ....
txb

Process Flow - mapping not inserting data

I have a process flow that executes three mappings in sequence i.e Map1 -> Map2 -> Map3.
However, sometimes the process flow will execute and no data will be inserted by MAP2, other times it runs ok. If I run the mappings directly data is always inserted.
The only workaround I've found is to add a WAIT of 10sec between Map1 and Map2 in the process flow.
Has anyone come across anything like this and how did you work around or fix it?
OWB 10.2.0.3 btw.
Cheers
Si
PS. transitions are ok.

Hi
If you have any map inputs make sure they are also declared in the processflow map - you basicly need to bind them.
You probably need to investigate from the beginning to understand your result of incoherent data.
What I would to first is.
1. Generete an intermediete code - choose your table as outgroup.
2. Review the code - are there any loading hints ?
3. Debug the map
Check your locations.
If everything seems right then the problem should lay on your workflow manager.
Remember that the workflow manager has only one namespace, so watchout for mapping name. I had strange executions on my PF because one of my maps had a "½" in the name.
Check the settings of the map - if you have enterd a set based run in your map and a row based run in the processflow.
Remember the setting in the processflow is the "superior" one
Just ideas what you can do.
Cheers

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