Receive choice (BPEL) in BPMN

Hello Experts,
I`m converting a process from non-SAP integration system which is using BPEL for process description into SAP PO (which is using BPMN of course).
I`m wondering how can I convert BPEL activity RECEIVE CHOICE into SAP BPMN.
Receive choice is something like CASE ... WHEN statement in ABAP. You set the sender Service Interface with multiple operations into it and it will choose which branch is the right one, according to which operation was called by sender system.
I found that SAP implementation of BPMN has big restriction according to standard BPMN or BPEL - you can set only one operation of only one service interface as input point of BPMN process.
Is there some design pattern or work around how to convert that BPEL activity into SAP BPMN?
Thank you
VB

I read that excellent article of Volker before, and it is possible solution for that problem, but only in a case that I need to aggregate few messages of not so different message types.
But it is not my case - I need to trigger my process for almost twenty message types (almost twenty operations on my service interface), and if I would make super message type (combined message type of all message types) it would have hundreds of fields and such a message would be so huge to work with and really unflexible to future changes.
So - simple aggregator pattern is not suitable for me, because it consumes multiple messages of one message type (one operation) and that upgraded aggregator pattern (after some changes) can be a solution, but due to high number of operations (message types) - it is somewhat unpractical.
Neverthless, that I dont need to aggregate these messages, but I need some kind of DISPATCHER pattern.
I have one service interface with multiple operations and want to dispatch right process for actual operation of that SI. I cannot believe that BPMN doesnt have such a trivial functionality.
vb

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My bpel console hits openldap but does not write log the same way. It shows that the user does not have enough privileges. So basically I don't see what is being done by my LDAP classes.

Weird transformation

Hi, when I transform to BPEL this BPMN diagram:
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9082/bpmnjz2.png
this is the result
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2194/bpelrj1.jpg
a) how can I get rid of those terminates? I know that one solution (an ugly one) is to remove it from JDeveloper, but I want to do it from BPA
b) Why it repeats the final reply 3 times?
Thanks
Neuquino

HI Neuquino,
This is not a bug. Look carefully at the logic of your process. You can reach the Order_Booked in three different cases.
As for terminates, agian they are there because you have three outcomes after the while loop - case A, B and default. One could argue that we dont need a default case - however if you look at it from implementation perspective, it does require a default use case branch.
Also it is three invocations of the same service and not three actal implementations required.
Cheers
Vishal

Business Catalog updated with BPEL refs, not with BPMN refs

When adding BPEL processes to the SCA component you see the Business catalog modules "References" and "Services" are updated. However, when adding BPMN processes the Business catalog is not updated (and btw you cannot check "Expose as an web service" when creating a BPMN process like you can with BPEL processes). In my opinion the current solution seems incomplete: viewing the "Exposed services" lane of my composite.xml I should expect all of them in the Business Catalog, not only the BPEL ones. It seems Oracle's work behind the Business Catalog component has not finished yet or is there some logic behind this behaviour?
I am working with version 11.1.1.6
Edited by: GSmink on Jul 9, 2012 5:12 AM
corrected spelling errors

Dan,
No I did not use Reusable or Manual processes, I use processes (asyn) with a Message Start event, and yes, I see them nicely in the Composite's Exposed Services and the wsdl's in the project's SOA Content folder. But my 'concern' is why the Business Catalog (BC) is not populated with BPMN processes like it is with BPEL processes. In the "Services" module of the BC I see the submodule BPEL with my BPEL processes so I had expected a submodule BPMN with my BPMN processes. From a business perspective I certainly would also see my business processes in the BC, so for me it seems 'unbalanced'
(I ran against this issue when using correlation:
In the process receiving an 'in flight' message I defined a Message catch event step in where I defined in the box "Message Exchange" Type :"Define Interface". Then building the process that throws the message to the in-flight process instance I defined the Message Throw event step and in that step I had expected to be able to use the Message Exchange Type "Use Interface" but that was not possible because I could only select BPEL services.
I solved this by selecting "Process call" in stead of "Use Interface".)

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