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Activity

A BPMN 2.0 Activity represents work that is performed within a Process. An Activity can be modeled as a:

·Sub-Process - a compound Activity that is defined as a flow of other BPMN 2.0 elements or
·Task               - an atomic Activity that cannot be broken down into a smaller unit
 

Activities - both Tasks and Sub-Processes - can also, optionally, act as Looping constructs. The OMG BPMN 2.0 Specification defines two types of Looping construct:

·Standard Loop (while or until)
·Multi-Instance Loop (for each)

BPEL Properties

·Double-click on the Activity in the BPEL diagram
·Right-click on the Activity | BPEL | BPEL 2.0 Properties
 

Options

Field/Option/Button

Action

See also

Name

Type a name for the Activity.

 

 

Type

Specify whether the Activity is a:

·Task or
·Sub-Process

 

 

Task Type / SubProcess Type

Depending on the value selected in the Type field, the Task Type / SubProcess Type field has the following values:

Task Type :

·Abstract
·Business Rule
·Manual
·Receive
·Script
·Send
·Service
·User

 

SubProcess Type :

·Ad-Hoc
·Call Activity
·Compensation
·Embedded
·Event
·Transaction

 

 

Details

Depending on the selected Task Type, the Details tab changes as follows:

 

Field

Action

Receive / Send / Service Task Type

Pool Package

Select the Package that represents one of the involved Participants.

 

Operation

Select an Operation from the list of operation(s) in the selected Pool Package.

 

 

 

Assignments

(Optional) Select one or more Assignment elements created in the SupportingElements Package in this tab.

Assignment

SupportingElements

 

Loop Details

(Optional) Activities can be repeated sequentially, behaving like a Loop. Specify the Activity looping details in this tab.

 

Field

Action

Loop Type

Select:

·Standard for creating a while or until loop
·MultiInstance for creating a for each loop
 

Evaluate condition at the beginning of loop

Check this option to create a while Standard loop.

Defaults to unselected for an until loop.

 

Loop Condition

Enter a boolean condition for a Standard loop or a numeric condition for a MultiInstance loop.

 

Loop Maximum

(Optional) Specify the maximum value for the loop evaluation for a Standard loop.

 

Loop Ordering

For a MultiInstance Loop Type select:

·Parallel for generating instances in parallel, or
·Sequential for generating instances in sequence
 

 

 

OK

Click on this button to save the values entered in the dialog.

 

 

Cancel

Click on this button to discard the values entered in the dialog.

 

 

Help

Click on this button to display this Help topic.

 

 

General

Click on this button to open the UML Properties dialog.

 

Properties

Notes

·The Assignments tab is not applicable for Sub-Process
·The Loop Details tab is not applicable for Event Sub-Process
·Business Rule, Manual, Script and User Task types cannot be mapped to BPEL 2.0
·Ad-Hoc, Call Activity and Transaction Sub-Process types cannot be mapped to BPEL 2.0