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Process Flows

OWF, editor, operators, parallel and error processing

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Process Flows

Control sequence Monitor for errors Compliment Mappings

Pull based “functions” Think “if/then, case, fork()”

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Based on…

Oracle Workflow XML Definition OWF monitor Unused OWF

functionality

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Structure

PROCESS FLOW MODULEPROCESS FLOW PACKAGE

PROCESS FLOW NUMBER 1 PROCESS FLOW NUMBER 2 PROCESS FLOW NUMBER 1

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Process Flow Editor

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Process Flow Activities

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Error Conditions

Three standard activity return types Success Warning Error

Allows error processing and dispatching

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Parallel Processing

Tasks can be executed in parallel

Synchronization Semantics

Example Retrieve data from all

systems in parallel and then continue once all have completed.

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Flows within Flows

Allows “functional” decomposition

Flow “reuse” MUST BE IN SAME

PACKAGE

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OWF Tools

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Questions for Discussion

T/F: You can use the OWF design tool that oracle provides separate from OWB.

What common “processing steps” does your implementation use?Could they be implemented in a process flow?