How to Add a Process Instance Panel to a Customized Page

5-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Process Management

3. If the Panel properties section appears for the type of panel you selected, set the

properties as required. 4. Specify any communication that is to take place with other panels. For information, see Section 5.2, Establishing Communication Between Panels.

5.2 Establishing Communication Between Panels

You can establish communication between two panels so that an action in one panel is triggered by an action in the other. For example, you can configure a Process Instance panel to listen for actions that occur in a View List panel. Then, when a user selects a given view in the View List panel, that action triggers the use of that view in the Process Instance panel.

5.2.1 How to Establish Communication Between Panels

To establish communication between panels, you configure one panel, designed with listening capabilities, to monitor actions in one or more source panels. An action occurring in a source panel then triggers an action in the listening panel. To establish communication between panels: 1. In the custom page, click Edit Mode. The entire page is available for editing. 2. Create a source panel and select the appropriate option from the Data Source list. 3. Create a listening panel. This time, do not select anything from the Data Source list.

4. Expand Communication with other panels, and, in the Selected event sources

window, select the source panel created in step 2. Figure 5–5 shows an example of of the Process Workspace interface in which communication is being established between a source panel and a listening panel. Figure 5–5 Establishing Communication Between Panels

5. In each panel, click Apply.

Note: Communication can be established only between panels on the same page. Creating and Editing Custom Pages in Process Workspace 5-5 Once you have done this, any action in the source panel triggers a corresponding action in the listening panel. For example, in the case of communicating dashboard panels, clicking any graphical bars in the source panel triggers the use of that view in the listening panel.

5.3 Editing Custom Pages and Panels in Process Workspace

Figure 5–6 shows an example of a custom page as it initially appears, with the panel available for editing. Figure 5–6 Example of a Custom Page This editable display of the panel enables you to define the name and properties for the new page and establish communication with other panels. In addition, the icons in the upper right corner of the new page enable you to: ■ Switch to View Mode—that is, the manner in which the page is ordinarily viewed. After you switch to View Mode, you can switch back to Edit Mode. ■ Move the panel up, right, left, or down. ■ Add another panel to the right, left, above, or below this one. ■ Remove this panel.