Ways to trigger a BPEL process

Hi,
How many ways we can trigger a BPEL Process in 11g?
Thanks,
kpr
Edited by: 975937 on Mar 11, 2013 10:26 AM

There are multiple ways to accomplish. You can use adapters to do polling on multiple sources. You could also write JAVA to invoke a BPEL composite, which is just a web service call.
Are you looking for a specific way?

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We want to schedule a bpel process to run daily .So we want to trigger it from a database job.
Is it possible to call a bpel process from database..?
Or
Is there any way to schedule a bpel process from bpel server it self.
Thank you
Gayaz

If you know about DBMS_JOBs then I would say the easiest way to invoke a BPEL process is via the AQ adapter. You just need to populate an AQ and a way you go. The good thing about this is that if SOA SUite is down when the schedule is run you don't need to retry, it will be picked up when it comes online again.
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Trigger a BPEL Process using Email in SOA 11g

Hi All,
Greetings to SOA Gurus!!!
We are currently working on an Upgrade Project from SOA 10g to 11g and we have a requirement to upgrade a BPEL process which got triggered using an email in SOA 10g. We are not sure how we can achive this in SOA 11g instance. Any help on this is highly appreciated.
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Saravana

Hi Saravana,
This feature is not out yet in 11g and is available only through Preview version.
http://technology.amis.nl/2012/05/18/proces-email-with-the-new-ums-adapter-of-soa-suite-ps5/
You can use the above (without claiming support though) or can deploy OSB to do the same.
http://beatechnologies.wordpress.com/tag/message-flow-with-email-trigger/
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Re: Trigger (Start) BPEL Process upon Email Notification

Hi,
Is it possible to trigger a BPEL using SMS Notofication?
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11g does not have polling adapter for SMS. However you could have a Java listener for the messaging(SMS) system and that java listener could invoke BPEL as a service.

How to call a BPEL process from Oracle Apps Java Concurrent program

Hello,
I need to trigger a BPEL process from Oracle Apps. Can anybody tell me how to do that? I have two triggering option--
1. On button click from a Form 6i screen
2. Using Java Concurrent program.
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Debkanta

I am not sure how concurrent program works, but may be one of the way might work out, let me know if Java Concurrent Program works a bit different way
- [if async] Through concurrent program, you can insert message token to db or aq, and BPEL can be instantiated from there
or
- If it supports pure java call, then you can look at multiple documents (e.g. http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/bpel/pdf/orabpel-Tutorial7-InvokingBPELProcesses.pdf) to invoke your process
- You can also use oracle db utility to invoke soap operation and get the result back
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Question: How to call a BPEL process from a PL/SQL procedure

Hi All,
Greetings to all BPEL people. I have a question on how can we call a BPEL process from a PLSQL procedure. It might be a stupid question but i wanted to know whether this fetaure is available in BPEL as our scenario requires us to explore if this functionality is available in BPEL.
Please let me know and also if possible please send me the links for the tutorials if it is available.
Thanks In Advance,
Dibya

Yes u can do it. there are two ways.
1) First one is using utl_http package of PL/SQL
In this case u can create SOAP request message & send it as Http request to your deployed BPEL process.
This package provides some methods like
set_header,write_text,get_response,read_text etc..
Following is part of code which may be helpful to you.
create or replace package body test_book_order_sub_pkg
is
FUNCTION test_book_order_sub(p_subscription_guid IN RAW,
p_event IN OUT WF_EVENT_T
                                        Return VARCHAR2 IS
soap_request varchar2(30000);
soap_respond varchar2(30000);
http_req utl_http.req;
http_resp utl_http.resp;
launch_url varchar2(240) ;
     begin
     DBMS_OUTPUT.Put_Line('Subscription : Order has been booked');
     soap_request:='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<soap:Header/>
<soap:Body xmlns:ns1="http://xmlns.oracle.com/BES_BookOrder">
<ns1:BES_BookOrderProcessRequest>
<ns1:input>725</ns1:input>
</ns1:BES_BookOrderProcessRequest>
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</soap:Envelope>';
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('http://172.28.5.191:8888/orabpel/default/BES_BookOrder/1.0',
'POST',
'HTTP/1.1'
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utl_http.set_header(http_req, 'Content-Length', length(soap_request)) ;
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utl_http.end_response(http_resp) ;
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/mishit

Invoking a BPEL Process via Java Remote Client

Hi everyone!
I want to invoke a BPEL process from my Java Application which is not running on the same Application-Server (not the same Java RE) as the BPEL processmanager does.
For Applications running on the same AS there is the IDeliveryService class to which you can send a XML-request in order to invoke a BPEL process.
Is the only way to invoke a BPEL Process from an external application to use a webservice client or is there a similar class for java remote clients?
For access to the users worklist I use
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it works fine an I thought there might be a similar way to invoke a bpel process via remote too.
If anyone knows if it's possible or not please tell me ;)
Thanks in advance
Markus

Hello,
Here is the code I use:
Properties props = new Properties();
Locator locator = null;
props.put("orabpel.platform", "ias_10g" );
props.put("java.naming.factory.initial","com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIInitialContextFactory" );
props.put("java.naming.provider.url","opmn:ormi://host:port/orabpel" );
props.put("java.naming.security.principal", "adminuser" );
props.put("java.naming.security.credentials", "mdp" );
String securityCredentials = "adminuser";
String selectedDomain = "default";
locator = new Locator(selectedDomain,securityCredentials,props);
IBPELProcessHandle procs[] = locator.listProcesses();
The error is:
Exception in thread "main" java.rmi.UnmarshalException: Error deserializing return-value: java.io.InvalidClassException: com.oracle.bpel.client.BPELProcessHandle; local class incompatible: stream classdesc serialVersionUID = 5429682712928177644, local class serialVersionUID = 8176841433835717563
at com.oracle.bpel.client.util.ExceptionUtils.handleServerException(ExceptionUtils.java:82)
at com.oracle.bpel.client.Locator.listProcesses(Locator.java:309)
Thanks for help.
Edited by: 857737 on 14 sept. 2012 10:00

Invoking bpel process from java in oracle soa/bpm 11g

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We have some java code to invoke bpel process in oracle BPM 10g following the instructions in http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_19/integrate.1012/b14448/invoke.htm.
Basically the steps are:
1) get a Locator (com.oracle.bpel.client.Locator)
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3) call IDeliveryService method request or post with input message and get the response back.
Recently we want to migrated from oracle bpm 10g to oracle soa/bpm 11g. But I can not find the similar API in 11g. It seems now some adapter/binding need to be added in exposed service lane in soa composite view, for example, ADF-BC, direct binding etc, in order to allow java to invoke a bpel process. Here are two very useful links from Edwin about the detail how this is implemented.
http://biemond.blogspot.com/2009/11/invoking-soa-suite-11g-service-from.html
http://biemond.blogspot.com/2009/11/calling-soa-suite-direct-binding.html?showComment=1285198033913#comment-c1055322845511794252
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1) what are the choices and the official/best way to invoke a bpel process in oracle soa/bpm 11g from java?
2) does user need to add an adapter/binding in exposed service lane in order to let the bpel service be called in java?
3) what is the real difference between a bpm application and soa application in 11g?
I will really appreciate any expert's opinion.
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Bin

Thanks for your reply and confirmation, really appreciate it.
Yes, I found the difference of the invoking process API and was able to invoke bpel process using direct and ADF-BC binding by following Edwin's blog. But I have not found any official reference to compare this API difference between 10g and 11g ( I will mark this question as answered if anyone can find an official source from oracle, need to prove it to the team). The API to work with human task workflow seems pretty much the same between 10g and 11g.

How to run a BPEL process in jdeveloper tool instead of BPEL process manage

is there a way to run the bPEL process in jdeveloper itself ?

Not really, Oracle introduced test seuite in 10.1.3.3 which allows you to test without calling the endpoints. Probably not really what you are after but may be helpful down the track.
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/integrate.1013/b28981/testsuite.htm
cheers
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How to rename a bpel process

Hi All,
Could any one suggest if there is any way to rename a bpel process?
Regards,
Satish

An age old question:
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if your process is called 'OldName'. cd to the project directory 'OldName' and run the following commands. It will do the search and replace for you in 3 easy steps.
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find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/OldName/NewName/g' {} \;
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find . -name 'OldName*' -exec rename OldName NewName {} \;
# 3. Rename the directory
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Understanding asynchronous BPEL processes and threading

Hi everybody,
I have a question regarding asynchronous BPEL processes and threading.
I have an asynchronous BPEL process which delivers a message (picked up from a JMS topic) to a repository (via for instance an ICAN server). This transaction must be time-sensitive, i.e. first-in is first-out.
If I have several threads running concurrently I have no guarantee that the messages are delivered in the same order that they where generated. It seems that the suggested way around this problem is to use single-threading.
So here's the part that I do not understand:
An asynchronous request does not wait for a response. If I use single-threading then what happens to that single-thread if for some reason (for instance the ICAN server is not responding) the BPEL instance is dehydrated? Is the thread still allocated for waiting for the first response or does it go back and pick up the next thing on the topic? If the next thing on the topic is picked up then how can I be sure that the messages are delivered in the correct order? If the thread is still allocated to the single instance then does that not kindda go against the whole concept of an asynchronous process?
I hope some one can explain this to me.
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
Mathias
PS. This question is an attempt of a different angle on another forum thread: Asynchronuos BPEL - how to get the order of messages right?

Hi again,
A quick follow up question:
Is there any way to have several BPEL processes running on the same server with different settings for how many threads to use?
It seems that the only way to set number of threads used by BPEL is to use the configuration in the BPEL console? This is an domain setting - which means that all processes deployed to the server is effected the same way?
I am asking because I am facing a scenario where I need one BPEL process to read from a AQ queue (well actually a topic) with a single thread and another BPEL process - deployed to the same BPEL server - to read from the same AQ queue with multiple threads.
Does anyone have any idea of how to do this? Can it be done?
Any suggestions, hints or reference to any documentation would be very much appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
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Invoke BPEL process and display result in BAM chart?

Hi,
I was wondering if there is any way to invoke a BPEL process and display the result back in BAM chart (Active Studio).
I have in mind the Actionable Reports and getting the BPEl process populate the BAM Data Object to show the result back. Let me know if there's anything to connect these ideas to do the whole thing.
The reason for this requirement is to have a single User Interface for having BAM charts and a query operation (synchronous BPEL process).
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Please refer the following document for more details.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/integration/bam/10.1.3/TechNotes/TechNote_BAM_CallingExternal_WebServices.pdf
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Is there some way in 11 G "BPEL" process manager, to see the output after "transform".
I am using "transform" to map data, however unable to see what is going in the output
please advice
thanks
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"updated output variable x", is there some other view where we can see, what values got updated in the output variable,
I am asking this because lot of logic goes while transforming the variables which creates lot of errors, so how to check
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Thanks,
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This is what a Service Bus is all about, it abstracts all this information from the process at hand, so if the consumer or the producer change their definitions you only need to change the Service Bus and this is in one location.
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Copy and Modify the BPEL Process

Does anyone know a good way of copying a BPEL process and modifying it? For example, copy the BPEL_ProcessA and rename it to BPEL_ProcessB and then customizing the BPEL_ProcessB.

Hmm, not enough Clemens.
Easiest way to copy:
1. make new BPEL project with the desired name
2. close JDeveloper
3. delete all files from the new directory
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