Workflow Status Monitor in BPM

Question

Hi,
In Oracle Workflow we're able to rewind, retry, skip activities via status monitor. Are those functions available in BPM suite 11?
When i both look at E.M and google it, i've found Oracle document named "Migrating to Oracle BPM from Oracle Workflow" , but unfortunately again i'm not able to find tips about how to update payload (wf attributes) of a process instance, rewind to previous step, retry, skip current step. Can you please share any document or tips for those issues to fully implement wf admin functionalities like in wf status monitor.  Also is it possible to integrate both work flow and bpm task list applications into a common standalone ADF task list page?
Regards
Ümit Sadegüzel

Answer 1

Hi Ümit,
With Oracle BPM you're dealing with not only the process and its interactive activities, but also the human tasks that accompany every interactive activity.  What I think will probably be most helpful to you will be the Human Task API.  Below are the links I wish I’d known about when first getting started with the APIs.  Arun Pareek and Niall Commiski’s blog posts give you practical working examples that actually work.
Although there are new REST APIs, you might want to concentrate on the SOAP and Java APIs for now.
BPM 11g Samples: This samples site has two links you might find useful (the “BPM 11g APIs” and the “BPM 11g Update task and Message based Correlation” links) http://java.net/projects/oraclebpmsuite11g/pages/Samples
Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle SOA Suite – Chapters 33 (Building a Custom Worklist Client) and 34 (Introduction to Human Workflow Services).  These document the Human Workflow Java and SOAP APIs. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28280_01/dev.1111/e10224/bp_worklistcust.htm#SOASE839
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28280_01/dev.1111/e10224/bp_workflow.htm#SOASE104
Arun Pareek has two excellent blogs on the SOAP and Java Human Workflow Service APIs.  https://beatechnologies.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/oracle-human-workflow-web-service-apis/https://beatechnologies.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/using-java-apis-for-oracle-human-workflows/
Human Task ITaskQueryService API example and JavaDoc reference - http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14571_01/apirefs.1111/e10660/oracle/bpel/services/workflow/query/ITaskQueryService.html
Oracle BPM IInstanceQueryService API JavaDoc reference - http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28389_01/apirefs.1111/e25378/oracle/bpm/services/instancequery/IInstanceQueryService.html
Oracle BPM API example to retrieve a list of instances – http://soadev.blogspot.in/2011/07/querying-oracle-bpm-process-instances.html
Niall Commiski’s blog on reassigning tasks using the Java API - http://niallcblogs.blogspot.com/2013/12/292-bpm-11g-human-task-reassignment-via.html
Niall Commiski’s blog on updating the payload in a human task using the human task api - http://niallcblogs.blogspot.com/2013/07/261-short-digression-into-human-task-api.html
Niall Commiski’s blog on Purging Instances using the Composite API -  http://niallcblogs.blogspot.com/2011/12/soabpm-apis-manipulating-composites-and.html
Niall Commiski’s blogs on the Human Workflow Java API: Oracle BPM 11g Human Workflow Service Java API – Part 1 - retrieve tasks and task information http://niallcblogs.blogspot.com/2010/11/oracle-human-workflow-service-java-api.html
Oracle BPM 11g Human Workflow Service Java API – Part 2 - retrieving payload values http://niallcblogs.blogspot.com/2010/11/human-workflow-java-api-part-2.html
Oracle BPM 11g Human Workflow Service Java API – Part 3 – retrieving tasks assigned to a user - ITaskQueryService.AssignmentFilter
http://niallcblogs.blogspot.com/2010/12/oracle-human-workflow-part-3.html
Human Workflow Java API sample (download the “workflow-118-JavaSamples” and “workflow-100-VacationRequest” zip file on this page) – this has Java API examples that add attachments, get attachments, get tasks, initiate tasks, query tasks based on different predicates, assign (route) tasks, reassign tasks, update the task’s outcome https://java.net/projects/oraclesoasuite11g/downloads/directory/HumanWorkflow?field=date&order=asc&page=2  
Hope this helps,
Dan