Types of Processes Introduction to Business Processes

Working with Processes and the Process Editor 5-3

5.1.4 How to Delete a Business Process

You can delete processes from your project. However, you should ensure that there are no remaining references to the deleted process elsewhere in your project. To delete a business process from a project: 1. Open your project.

2. Expand Processes in the Project Navigator.

3. Right-click the process you want to delete, then select Delete.

5.1.4.1 What You Need to Know About Deleting a Business Process

When you delete a business process from a project, you must ensure that you remove any references to it from other parts of your process. For example, if the deleted process was invoked from another process through a message throw event, you must ensure that you have reconfigured the invoking process so it is no longer referring to the deleted process.

5.1.5 How to Edit Process Preferences

You can edit the preferences for each process within a project using the Project Navigator. To edit process preferences: 1. Open your project.

2. Expand Processes in the Project Navigator.

3. Right-click the process whose properties you want to edit, then select Properties.

4. Edit the properties as necessary, then click OK.

5.2 Introduction to the Process Editor

Figure 5–1 shows an example of the process editor. Figure 5–1 The Process Editor This graphic shows an example of the Process Editor. A tab page for a sample Process1 is displayed. It shows a swimlane labeled SalesRep. This swimlane contains a message start event with a sequence flow to a user task labeled Enter Quote. This task, in turn, has a sequence flow to a message end event. There are icons that enable you to insert the various BPM notations, and controls for configuring the layout, showing warnings, and searching. 5-4 Modeling and Implementation Guide for Oracle Business Process Management Flow Object Toolbar The flow object toolbar provides easy access to common BPM flow objects. The following flow objects are available: ■ Generic Activity ■ User Task ■ Exclusive Gateway ■ Inclusive Gateway ■ None Catch Event ■ None Throw Event ■ Subprocess ■ Sequence Flow See Chapter 6, Modeling Business Processes with Oracle BPM for more information on BPMN flow objects. Go To Composite Editor This toolbar item opens the SOA Composite Editor. Layout This toolbar item enables you to use and configure the auto layout utility. Show Warning This toolbar item enables you to determine the severity of messages displayed in the Log window. The following severity levels are provided: This can also be configured in the project preferences. Se e Chapter 4.2.5, How to Edit Project Preferences for more information. ■ None : No errors or warnings are displayed to the log window. ■ Show Errors : Only error messages are displayed to the log window. ■ Show Warnings : Both warning and error messages are displayed to the log window. Zoom This toolbar item enables you to zoom in and out of the processes.

5.3 Working with Flow Objects in Your Process

The following sections provide tasks for adding flow objects to your process and how to work with flow objects within the process editor. See Chapter 6, Modeling Business Processes with Oracle BPM for more information on BPMN flow objects.

5.3.1 How to Add Flow Objects from the Process Editor Toolbar

The process editor toolbar contains shortcuts for common BPMN flow objects.