Update BPEL Process

Question

Is there a way to update the default design-time property (expiration date) of a BPEL Process human task prior to it being instantiated via an API call? How would you update multiple human tasks' expiration date for a single BPEL Process instance?
Thank you!

Answer 1

Correct. It is part of a taskDefinition, but I think
information in the taskDefinition (.task file) is
written to the ORABPEL schema tables. Specifically,
the ORABPEL.PROCESS table contains information of all
deployed processes and ORABPEL.WFTASK has invoked
tasks. However, I'm looking for and cannot find a
table that contains tasks that are deployed but NOT
yet invoked.Based on what I know, Entire bpel process is stored as BLOB in process table, but there is no expanded version in database. WFTASK is used for invoked task, which is not you want.
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I'm not quiet sure I understand you when you mention
using XPATH. Basically, I want to create Web Service
method, in addition to other Worklist operations,
that would update a deployed process task expiration
date prior to the task been invoked. So, I want this
WS to allow users to update the expiration date after
the process has been design (when XPATH is used) and
deployed to the BPEL Manager Server, but before it is
invoked.
Yes, you can look at designer for xpath, it will be evaluated against each invocation. I believe you can certainly use that functionality to implement your use case.
I'm hope I'm clear....