Tag Archives: BPM

Creating the worklist project

This post is part of a series on building a custom worklist for BPM/SOA 11g. We are using Maven as our project and build management software.  We used Maven 2 on Mac OS X.  Let’s set up our skeleton project … Continue reading

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Setting up the development environment for the Worklist

This post is the second in a series on building a custom worklist for BPM/SOA 11g. In this post, we will set up our development environment so that we can start building the application. Version Control First, we are going … Continue reading

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Worklist Overview

This post is the first in a series on building a custom worklist application for BPM/SOA Suite 11g. In this post, we will introduce the application and outline the basic architecture. For our ‘version 1.0’ worklist sample, we decided to … Continue reading

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Deploying your canonical data model to MDS

Oracle SOA Suite (and Oracle BPM Suite) includes a component called ‘Metadata Services’ or ‘MDS’ which is a good practice to use as the repository for all of your common components that are used across multiple processes and integration artifacts.  … Continue reading

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Recommended patch for BPM and SOA 11.1.1.3 users

If you are using SOA Suite or BPM Suite 11.1.1.3 and you are not planning to upgrade to 11.1.1.4 just yet, you are strongly encouraged to install “Bundle Patch 2.”  The patch number is 12700861 and you can find information and … Continue reading

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Using Oracle XE with BPM 11.1.1.4

If you want to use the Oracle XE database in your development/test environments with BPM 11.1.1.4, you will need to make sure to follow the advice on the download page: If you want to use XE you can set the … Continue reading

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What BPM adds to SOA Suite

Oracle has just released Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle BPM Suite 11.1.1.4 (often referred to as ‘Patch Set 3,’) the second release that includes comprehensive support for both Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) and Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) for … Continue reading

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Recommended JVM parameters for 11g products

I often get asked to recommend some JVM parameters for people running one (or more) of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g products – like BPM, SOA, UCM, WebCenter, etc. on top of WebLogic Server. Here are my current list of … Continue reading

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Memory problems with BPM or SOA 11g, especially after multiple composite deployments

Update: There is now a bundle patch available that contains all the recommended patches on top of BPM 11.1.1.3 – the patch number is 9958661 and this patch should be installed in preference to the individual patches listed below. A number … Continue reading

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Opening a BPMN process from Oracle BPA Suite

Some organisations use Oracle BPA Suite (which is based on ARIS) to model their organisation’s business processes from the highest level (strategy) down to the operational process level.  Such organisations will often follow the ARIS methodology, or some customised version … Continue reading

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