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OracleBPM12cSubprocesses(Part1of3):
ReusableSubprocess
InthisthreepartserieswewillexploreanadditionalBPMNflow
object,thesubprocess.Bydefinition,asubprocessisanothertype
ofprocessthatcaneitherresidewithinthemainprocessoritis
calledbyanotherprocess.

Asubprocess,justlikeanormalprocesshasitsownstartandend
eventsandcanacceptdataobject,updatedataobjectsandreturn
dataobjects.Therearethreetypesofsubprocesses,Reusable
subprocesses,EmbeddedsubprocessesandEventsubprocesses.
InthisfirstpartwewilldiveintotheResuableprocess. OracleBusinessProcess
ManagementSuite12c
AResuableprocesses,asthenameimpliesisanindependent CertifiedImplementation
processthatisoftenusedtogroupcommonandrepeatedflows(and Specialist
activities)sothattheycanbereused(asopposedtore
implementedeverytimewhereneeded)andwhichcanbeinvoked OracleSOASuite12cCertified
bymultipleparentprocesseswithinthesameBPMproject.Andits ImplementationSpecialist
imperativetostressherethelastpart,withinthesameBPM
project,asaResuableprocesscannotbeused/invokedfromother OracleApplication
BPMprojects.Toachievethelatteryouwillneedtousetemplates DevelopmentFramework12c
(featurethatIwillbeblogginglater). CertifiedImplementation
Specialist
Asopposedtoanormalprocesswherecanyouuseavarietyof
eventstostartandendaprocess(forexample,messagestart OracleApplicationGrid11g
event,timerstartevent,signalstartevent,messageendevent, CertifiedImplementation
signalendevent,etc.),aReusablesubprocesscanonlystartwith Specialist
anonestarteventandcanonlyendwithanoneendevent.
OracleUnifiedBusiness
Furthermore,toinvokeaReusablesubprocessfromamain ProcessManagement11g
process,youwillneedtouseaCallactivitythatby CertifiedImplementation
implementationallowsyoutocallareusableprocesssynchronously. Specialist
Whatthismeansisthatwhentheparentprocessinvokesa
ReusableprocessitwillwaituntiltheReusablechildprocess ServiceOrientedArchitecture
completesexecutionbeforetheparentcontinuesitsflow. 11gImplementationSpecialist

However,eventhoughthetokenispassedfromtheparentprocess OracleApplication
tothesubprocess,thechildsubprocessdoesnotsharetheparent DevelopmentFramework11g
context,meaningthatthedataobjectsoftheparentprocessarenot CertifiedImplementation
availabletotheReusablechildprocess. Specialist

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Nextassigntheprocessinputandoutputargumentstothe
respectiveprocessdataobjects.Onthe"StartMessage"select 160281
"Properties","Implementation","DataAssociations"anddragsource
argument(bidId)totargetdataobject(pBidId).Dothesameforthe
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DoubleclickontheEnterQuoteDetailshumantaskandfromthe February(3)
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Openthepropertiesofthesecondhumantask(FinalizeQuote)and
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selectthehumantaskdefinitionyoucreatedabove.Bothwarnings
shoulddisappearsincebothhumantaskshavebeenimplemented.

Letsnowcreateourreusablesubprocess.Thissubprocesswilljust
serveasavalidationsubprocessandwillincludeasinglehuman
task.

Rightclickthe"BPMNProcesses"folderandfromthecontextmenu
selectnew"BPMN2.0Process".Giveyourprocessanameand
ensureyouselect"ReusableProcess"fromtheprocesstype
selectionlist.

Todemonstratecontextisolationbetweenthemainprocessandthe
subprocesslet'screateaninputandanoutputargument(quoteIdas
aninputstringargumentandanoutcomeasanoutputstring
argument).

Createtwoprocessdataobjectstostoretheinputandoutput
argumentsforreferencethroughoutthesubprocess.

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Nextassignthesubprocessinputandoutputargumentstothe
respectivesubprocessdataobjects.Onthe"StartNone"select
"Properties","Implementation","DataAssociations"anddragsource
argument(quoteId)totargetdataobject(pQuoteId).Dothesame
fortheoutputargument,mappingpOutcometooutcome.

Draganddropaninteractivehumantaskactivityontothedefault
transitionlinefromstarttoend,nameit"ValidateQuote"andcreate
anewdefinitionfortheinteractivehumantaskactivity.Specifya
name,(forexampleDualOutcomeHT)andensurethatboth
"APPROVE"and"REJECT"outcomesareselected.

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Inthehumantasktitleensurethatyouusethesubprocessinput
dataobjecttoseehowdataobjectsarepassed(viaassignments)
fromtheparentprocesstothesubprocess.

Onelastthingistoassignthehumantaskoutcometothesub
processdataobjectyou'vecreatedtostorethesubprocessreturn
argument(pOutcome).Todosoopentheinteractivehumantask
activityproperties,gototheimplementationtabandusingthedata
associationsensurethatyoucopythehumantaskoutcome
argumentvaluetothepOutcomedataobject.

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Withthesubprocesscompletewecannowgotothemain(parent)
processandcallthe"ValidateQuoteSubProcess".Toinvokea
reusablesubprocessfromamainprocessyouwillneedtousea
"Call"activity.

Thereforedraganddropa"Call"activityjustbetweenthetwo
interactivehumantaskactivities.Giveyour"Call"activityaname
(forexample"CallValidateQuoteSubProcess")andfromthe
implementationtab,intheprocessdropdownlistensureyouselect
yourreusablesubprocess.

Asalreadystatedabove,themainprocessdoesnotshareits
context(thereforeitsdataobjects)withareusablesubprocess.To
passdataobjectsfromthemainprocesstoasubprocessyouneed
tousedataassociations.

Thereforeusingthedataassociationsofthe"Call"activityensure
that,fromtheinputtab,youcopythepBidIdmainprocessdata
objecttothequoteIdinputargumentofthereusablesubprocess
andfromtheoutputtabyoucopybacktheoutcomefromthe
reusablesubprocessbacktothemainprocess.

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Wearenowreadytodeployandtestourprocess(andsubprocess).
FromtheEM(EnterpriseManager)invokeanewinstanceofyour
processandopenontheflowtrace.Yourinstanceshouldbewaiting
atthefirsthumantaskactivity.

GototheBPMWorkspaceandyoushouldseeanewtaskinyour
inbox(weblogicgiventhatyoumappedweblogicastheprocess
owner).Submitthetaskandgobacktotheflowtrace.Youshould
seethatyourinstancehasinvokedyourreusablesubprocessandis
waitingforreview.

Approve(usingtheBPMWorkspace)thenewtaskthathasbeen
createdandassignedandgobacktotheflowtrace.Youinstance
shouldhaveresumedexecutionofyourmainprocessandshouldbe
pendingatthethirdstep.

Approvethethirdandlaststepandyourinstanceshouldbe
completed.Ifyouinspecttheaudittrailoftheendactivityofyour
mainprocessyoushouldnoticethatreviewhumantaskoutcome
fromthereusablesubprocesshasbeenpassedbacktothemain
processandcopiedtothereturnargumentofthemainprocess.

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