List of Figures

1-1 The Oracle BPM Suite
1-2 Stages of the Oracle BPM Application Development Life Cycle
2-1 The Sales Quote Example Project
2-2 Initiate Sales Quote
2-3 Determine Business Practice Review
2-4 Approve Quote
2-5 Approval Outcome
3-1 Modeling, Implementation, and Deployment from Studio
3-2 Using Oracle Business Process Composer to Create Project Blueprints
3-3 Using BPM Studio to Create Project Templates
3-4 Using Studio to Implement Processes from Oracle BPA
3-5 Oracle BPM Studio
3-6 BPM Project Navigator
3-7 Application Navigator
3-8 Process Editor
3-9 Component Palette
3-10 Property Inspector
3-11 Oracle BPM MDS Browser
3-12 Structure View
3-13 Thumbnail View
3-14 Simulation View
3-15 Documentation WIndow
4-1 The Oracle BPM MDS Browser
4-2 BPM MDS Navigator with Project Status Panel Opened
5-1 The Process Editor
5-2 Status Bar of Process Editor
5-3 Process Editor With Message Area Expanded
5-4 Process Editor With Error and Warning Messages
5-5 Data Associations Dialog
5-6 The Documentation Editor
6-1 A Simple Business Process Split Across Two Swimlanes
6-2 The Update Task
6-3 Using Multiple Start Events within a Process
6-4 The None Start Event
6-5 The None Start Event within the Sales Quote Example Process
6-6 The Message Start Event
6-7 The Message Start Event within the Sales Quote Example Process
6-8 The Signal Start Event
6-9 The Timer Start Event
6-10 The None End Event
6-11 The None End Event within the Sales Quote Example Process
6-12 The Error End Event
6-13 The Message End Event
6-14 The User Task
6-15 The Enter Quote User Task
6-16 The Manual Task
6-17 Example of a Manual Task
6-18 The Service Task
6-19 The Service Task within the Sales Quote Example Process
6-20 The Instant Message Notification Task
6-21 The Email Notification Task
6-22 The SMS Notification Task
6-23 The Voicemail Notification Task
6-24 The User Notification Task
6-25 The Call Activity
6-26 The Send Task
6-27 The Receive Task
6-28 Using the Send and Receive Tasks to Communicate Between Processes
6-29 The Message Throw Event
6-30 The Message Catch Event
6-31 Using Message Throw and Catch Events Between Processes
6-32 The Business Rule Task
6-33 The Business Rule Task within the Sales Quote Example Process
6-34 The Unconditional Sequence Flow
6-35 Conditional and Default Sequence Flows
6-36 The Exclusive Gateway
6-37 The Exclusive Gateway within the Sales Quote Example Process
6-38 The Inclusive Gateway (Split)
6-39 The Inclusive Gateway (Merge)
6-40 The Parallel Gateway (Split)
6-41 The Parallel Gateway (Merge)
6-42 Example of a Parallel Gateway
6-43 The Complex Gateway (Split)
6-44 The Complex Gateway (Merge)
6-45 The Event-based Gateway
6-46 The Timer Catch Event
6-47 The Error Catch Event as a Boundary Event on a Service Task
6-48 Example of a Collapsed Subprocess
6-49 Example of an Expanded Subprocess
6-50 Example of a Subprocess
6-51 The Script Task
6-52 The Script Task within the Sales Quote Example Project
6-53 Data Associations Used by the Set Business Indicators Script Task
6-54 Expression Used to Change the Value of Discount Project Variable
7-1 The Organization Editor
7-2 Example of Nested Organizational Units
8-1 Structure Window
8-2 Basic Data Objects versus Complex Data Objects
8-3 Scope of the Data Structures in a Process
8-4 Scope and Life Span of Project Data Objects
8-5 The Data Association Editor
9-1 BPMN Model of the Sales Quote example process implemented using BPA Architect
9-2 Process Differ Dialog
10-1 The Approve Quote user task with multiple boundary events
10-2 Outgoing Flows tab page for the Approve Quote task
10-3 Simulation Definitions Project Page
10-4 Simulation Definitions Resources Page
10-5 Example of a Simulations Page
10-6 Simulations Chart Page
11-1 Process Analytics Data Cycle
11-2 Single Measurement Mark
11-3 Interval Start and Interval Stop Measurement Marks
11-4 Measurement Mark Properties Dialog
12-1 Custom and Predefined Modules
13-1 Business Object Editor
14-1 Human Task components in the Business Catalog
15-1 Service with Callback Interface
15-2 Adapter Services in Oracle BPM
15-3 Mediator Components in the Business Catalog
15-4 BPEL Process Using a Mediator to Invoke a BPMN Process
15-5 BPEL Process Components in Business Catalog
16-1 Business Rules Components in the Business Catalog
16-2 Business Rule Task in the Sales Quote Example
19-1 Delaying the Process Flow
19-2 Starting a Process Based on a Time Condition
19-3 Activity Deadline
19-4 Process Deadline
19-5 Running Additional Activities While an Activity is Running
19-6
20-1 Boundary Error Catch Event
20-2 Event Subprocess with a Start Error Event
21-1 Invoking an Asynchronous Service or BPMN Process Using Message Events
21-2 Invoking a Synchronous BPMN Process or Service Using a Service Task
21-3 Invoking an asynchronous service or BPMN process using send and receive tasks
21-4 Signal Broadcast
22-1 BPMN Process that exposes a message start event as an operation
22-2 BPMN process that exposes a message start and a message catch event in its interface
22-3 Asynchronous BPMN process that exposes a start operation an its corresponding callback
22-4 Process That Uses an Interface from the Business Catalog
22-5 BPMN process that exposes an asynchronous operation defined using send and a receive task
22-6 BPMN Process that uses an interface from the Business Catalog defined using send and receive tasks
25-1 Simple Expression Builder
25-2 XPath Expression Builder
26-1 BPMN process in an SOA Composite
26-2 BPMN Process as a Partner Link in a BPEL Process
27-1 Create Human Task Dialog
27-2 User Task Properties dialog
27-3 Human Task Editor
28-1 An Activity Guide
28-2 An Example of a Guided Business Process
28-3 Guided Business Process Design Time Architecture
28-4 Guided Business Process Run-Time Architecture
28-5 Interwoven Loan Processing Services and Procedures
30-1 Overall Architecture
30-2 Approval List Structure
30-3 Stages and Their List Builders
30-4 Mapping of Stages and Collections
30-5 Title Globalization Icon
30-6 Create a New Key Dialog
30-7 New Key Added
30-8 Translatable Text and Values
30-9 Web Service Reference
30-10 Add Task Parameter: Define Collection
30-11 Defining Collections
30-12 Mapped Attributes Section
30-13 Add Mapped Attribute Dialog
30-14 Create Stage
30-15 Add Sequential Stage
30-16 Add Parallel Stage
30-17 Edit Stage Dialog
30-18 Edit Stage Dialog: Repeat Stage
30-19 Value-Based Approval Groups List Builder Dialog
30-20 Rule-Based Approval Groups List Builder Dialog
30-21 Value-Based Job Level List Builder Dialog
30-22 Rule-Based Job Level List Builder Dialog
30-23 Rule-Based Position List Builder Dialog
30-24 Value-Based Supervisory List Builder Dialog
30-25 Rule-Based Supervisory List Builder Dialog
30-26 Specific List-Builder Configuration
30-27 List Builder and Parameters Configuration
30-28 Modeling Conditions in Rules Designer
30-29 HierarchyBuilder Function
30-30 Example Rules (1)
30-31 Example Rules (2)
30-32 Sample Approver-Substitution Action
30-33 Rule Functions
30-34 Sample List-Modification Action
30-35 Facts List
30-36 Edit XML Fact Dialog
30-37 Rule-Definition Section
30-38 Advanced Settings
30-39 ROOT Options
30-40 Assignment Context Section
30-41 Configure Restricted Assignment Dialog
30-42 Callback Details Dialog
30-43 Other Callbacks Tab
30-44 Access Rules Option
30-45 Configure Task Content Access Dialog (1)
30-46 Configure Task Content Access Dialog (2)
30-47 Identity Lookup Dialog
30-48 Groups Added to Access Rule
30-49 Select an Application Role Dialog
30-50 Task Form in the Oracle BPM Worklist Application
30-51 Header
30-52 Task Payload
30-53 Task History
30-54 Task History - Additional Actions
30-55 Comments and Attachments
30-56 Flexfield Mapping: Protected
30-57 Create Label Dialog
30-58 Oracle BPM Worklist: Approval Groups Tab
30-59 User Name Search Results
30-60 Group Name Search Results
30-61 Create Approval Group: Select Static Group
30-62 Create Static Approval Group: Details
30-63 Add to Group Dialog
30-64 Identity Browser: Add User
30-65 Identity Browser: Search Results
30-66 Approval Group Structure
30-67 Approval Group Structure: Multiple Members
30-68 Before Move
30-69 After Move
30-70 Choose Approval Group to Nest
30-71 Nested Approval Groups
30-72 Code for Dynamic Approval Group Class
30-73 Create Approval Group: Select Dynamic Group
30-74 Create Dynamic Approval Group: Details
30-75 Delete Approval Group
30-76 Task Configuration: Main Tab
30-77 Task Configuration: Event Driven
30-78 Task Configuration: Event Driven, Edit Mode
30-79 Routing Settings
30-80 Expiration and Escalation Policies
30-81 Notification Settings
30-82 Task Access
30-83 Task Configuration: Data Driven, Edit Mode (1)
30-84 Task Configuration: Data Driven, Edit Mode (2)
30-85 Add Variable Window with "Type" Dropdown List
30-86 Left Condition Browser
30-87 Right Condition Browser
30-88 Task Listing Region
30-89 Edit Task Flow Binding Dialog
30-90 Securing the Application
30-91 Server Column
30-92 Task Details
A-1 Process Star Schema for Standard Views
A-2 Process Star Schema for Process-Specific Views
B-1 Altering the Flow of a Process Instance
B-2 Migrating a Process Instance