Send Task Properties Dialog - Implementation Page

Oracle BPM Editor then choose Component PaletteSend Taskdialog for the Send Task

Use to edit the implementation properties for the send task.

Implementation Type
Select to change the type of flow object.

This is a short cut that allows you to easily change the type of flow object, without having to add a new flow object and create incoming and outgoing sequence flows.

Note: If you change the flow object type, you will lose any configuration changes you have made.

Conversation
A conversation defines the sequence of a group of send and receive tasks that communicate with other processes or services. A send task can start a conversation with another process or service, or continue a conversation initiated by a previous receive task. Possible values are:

Initiates: the send task is the first participant in the conversation.
Continues: the send task continues a conversation that a receive task in the process started.

Properties (when Initiates is selected)

Implementation
Select an implementation for the send task. Possible values are:

Process Call: Invoke another BPMN process.
Service Call: Invoke a service.
Not Implemented: The implementation of the send task is not yet defined.

When Process Call is selected

Process
Displays the BPMN process this send task invokes. You cannot edit this field, click the Browse.. icon to change the selected BPMN process.

Browse... icon
Click to view the available BPMN processes and select one.

Clear icon
Click to deselect the currently selected BPMN process.

Node
Select the receive task to invoke.

When Service Call is selected

Name
Displays the service this send task invokes. You cannot edit this field, click the Browse.. icon to change the selected service.

Browse... icon
Click to view the available services and select one.

Clear icon
Click to deselect the currently selected service.

Operation
Select the operation to invoke.

Properties (when Continues is selected)

Initiator Node
Select the receive task that precedes this send task in the conversation.

When the Initiator Node invokes a process:

Process
Displays the BPMN process the send task invokes. You cannot edit this field, click the Browse.. icon to change the selected BPMN process. Question to reviewers: should this show the process invoked by the initiator node? If so, then this field should be grayed out.

Browse... icon
Click to view the available BPMN processes and select one.

Clear icon
Click to deselect the currently selected BPMN process.

Node
Select the receive task to invoke.

When the Initiator Node invokes a service:

Name
Displays the service this send task invokes. You cannot edit this field, click the Browse.. icon to change the selected service. Question to reviewers: should this show the service invoked by the initiator node? If so, then this field should be grayed out.

Browse... icon
Click to view the available services and select one.

Clear icon
Click to deselect the currently selected service.

Operation
Select the operation to invoke.

When the Initiator Node defines an interface:

Argument Definition Table
Depending on the nature of the initiator node these table displays one of the following:

If the initiator node exposes an asynchronous operation, then this table defines the arguments of the callback operation.
If the initiator node exposes a synchronous operation, then this table defines the output arguments of operation exposed by the initiator node.

Name column
Displays the name of the argument.

Type column
Displays the data type of the argument.

Add icon
Click to add an argument.

Edit icon
Click to edit a selected argument. You can modify the name and type of the argument.

Remove icon
Click to remove a selected argument.

Advanced
The configuration of the initiator node determines the value of this field. You cannot modify the value of this field. Possible values are:

Asynchronous: the initiator node exposes an asynchronous operation. Thus the operation the send task exposes is the callback operation of the operation exposed by the initiator node.
Synchronous: the initiator node exposes a synchronous operation. Thus the send task does not expose a separate operation, it only defines the output arguments of the operation exposed by the initiator node.

Operation Name
If the Synchronous option is selected, this field display the name of the operation exposed by the initiator node. You cannot modify the value of this field.
If the Asynchronous option is selected, enter a name for the callback operation defined by the send task.

Data Associations
Click to enable data associations and transformations for this flow object.

Data associations are used to define the input and output from a flow object to an external service or process. Data associations are used to pass the information stored in data objects in the following contexts:

To and from another process or service invoked from a BPMN process.
To and from a Human Task service.
To and from an Oracle Business Rule.
To and from a script task. This BPMN flow object is used to pass data objects through data associations.

Use Associations
Click to enable data associations for this flow object. More

Edit Data Associations
Click to launch the data associations editor.

Use Transformations
Select to enable transformations for this flow object. More