Client Tier Guided Business Process Run-Time Architecture

24-14 Modeling and Implementation Guide for Oracle Business Process Management

24.6.1 How to Develop a BPMN Guided Business Process

You can develop a Guided Business Process based on a BPMN process. To develop a BPMN Guided Business Process: 1. Create a BPMN process or use an existing BPMN process. 2. In the BPM Project Navigator, expand the project that contains your BPMN process.

3. Right-click the Activity Guide node.

4. Select Configure.

5. In the Title text-field, enter a title to identify the Guided Business Process.

6. From the Root Process list, select the BPMN process you want to transform into a Guided Business Process.

7. Click OK.

24.6.2 What Happens When You Develop a BPMN Guided Business Process

You can add the user tasks in the BPMN process to the milestones in the Guided Business Process. When you finish building the Guided Business Process, you can access the BPMN process using a Guided Business Process client.

24.6.3 How to Add a New Milestone to a Guided Business Process

You can add a new milestone to an existing Guided Business Process. To add a new milestone to a Guided Business Process: 1. In the BPM Project Navigator, select the Activity Guide node. 2. In the Structure window, right-click the Activity Guide node. 3. Select New Milestone. The New Milestone dialog appears. 4. Enter a title for the milestone. 5. Optionally, enter the number of tasks the user has to complete to consider this milestone completed in the Tasks Remaining field. At run time, the activity guide tree uses this value to show the percentage of completed tasks over the total tasks, in the progress indicator.

6. Click OK.

24.6.4 What Happens When You Add a Milestone to a Guided Business Process

The Guided Business Process displays a new milestone. You can add the user tasks in the root process to the new milestone.

24.6.5 How to Add a User Task to a Milestone

You can add a user task to a milestone in the Guided Business Process. To add a user task to a milestone: 1. Open the root process. Working with Guided Business Processes 24-15 2. Right-click the user task.

3. Select Add to Milestone.

The Add User Task to Milestone dialog appears. 4. From the Milestone list, select the milestone to which you want to add the user task. If you did not create the milestone, you can create it using the Add button next to the Milestone list.

5. If the user task is the last task in the milestone, select the Last Task in Milestone

check box.

6. Click OK.

24.6.6 What Happens When You Add a User Task to a Milestone

You can run the user task from a Guided Business Process client. The user task appears under the milestone in the activity guide tree.

24.6.7 How to Move a User Task to Another Milestone

Ensure that your Guided Business Process contains at least two milestones. If it contains only one milestone, the Move to Milestone option is grayed out. To move a user task to another milestone: 1. In the BPM Project Navigator, select the Activity Guide node. 2. In the Structure window, right-click the user task.

3. Select Move To Milestone.

The Move to Milestone dialog appears. 4. From the Milestones list, select the milestone where you want to move the user task.

5. Click OK.

24.6.8 What Happens When You Move a User Task to Another Milestone

The previous milestone does not list the user task anymore. The user task appears in the new milestone.

24.6.9 How to Order the Milestones in a BPMN Guided Business Process

Ensure that your Guided Business Process contains at least two milestones. If it contains only one milestone, the Move to Milestone option is grayed out. To order the milestones in a BPMN Guided Business Process: 1. In the BPM Project Navigator, select the Activity Guide node. 2. In the Structure window, expand the Activity Guide node. 3. Move each milestone to the right position: 1. Right-click the milestone.

2. Select Move-Up or Move-Down according to where you want to move the

milestone.