Process Level Edit Policies

4-6 Modeling and Implementation Guide for Oracle Business Process Management When creating a project template that is shared with Business Process Composer , you must create the necessary business catalog components before publishing the template to MDS. Business Process Composer only enables you to create and edit some business catalog components. See Oracle Fusion Middleware Business Process Composer Users Guide for Oracle Business Process Management for more information.

4.4 Working with Project Templates

The following sections describe how to create project templates and set the edit policies for processes and activities within a process. After creating a project template, see Section 4.5, Using the Oracle BPM Metadata Service MDS Repository for information on publishing it to Oracle BPM MDS. After publishing project templates to the Oracle BPM MDS repository, business users can use them to create new deployable BPM projects. See Oracle Fusion Middleware Business Process Composer Users Guide for Oracle Business Process Management for more information.

4.4.1 How to Create a New Project Template

You can create a project template from an existing project by right-clicking a BPMN process in the Project Navigator, then selecting Create Process Template. You can also create a project template using To create a project template: 1. From the File menu, select New 2. Select BPM Tier, then select BPM Project Template. 3. Click OK. 4. Provide a name for your project, then click Finish. After clicking Finish, the new project template appears in the Project Navigator. You can create new processes and define any required edit policies for processes and activities. Also, if you plan to share your template with process analysts using Business Process Composer, you should also define any necessary business catalog components before publishing the template to Oracle BPM MDS

4.4.2 How to Create a Project Template from an Existing BPM Project

You can create a project template from and existing BPM project. This enables you to continue developing a BPM project in Oracle BPM Studio while making it available as a project template. To create a project template from an existing process: 1. Open your project.

2. In the BPM Project navigator, right-click your project then select Convert to

Template . Note: After converting a project to a project template, you cannot convert it back to a regular project. Working with Projects and Project Templates 4-7

3. Click Yes.

4.4.3 How to Set the Edit Policies for a Process in a Project Template

Setting the edit policies for a process determines the types of process-level changes that can be made to processes within projects created based on project templates. To set the edit policies for a process: 1. In the Project Navigator, right-click on the process, then select Properties 2. Select the Advanced tab. 3. Under Seal Type, select from the following: ■ Flow Sealed: prohibits changes to the overall flow of the process. ■ Activity Sealed: prohibits changes to individual BPMN flow objects within the process.

4. Click OK.

4.4.4 How to Set the Edit Policies for an Activity in a Project Template