Agenda

Architecture Process Design with the Graphical Process Editor Basics: Overview Step Types, Correlations, Container Step Types in Detail BPEL4WS Import and Export

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Objectives
After completing this unit, you will be able to: Understand the basic design principles of cross-component BPM Define integration processes Import/export integration processes to/from non-SAP systems

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ccBPM Architecture - Overview

Integration Builder
Integration Directory
Integration Process (Configuration) Routing Rules

Integration Server
Business Process Engine
Process Execution Correlation Handling

Process / Message Store

(References)
2

Process Editor

Message

Integration Repository
Integration Process (Definition) Abstract Interfaces

Routing
1

Mapping

Channel 4 Det.

Integration Engine
Adapter Engine

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Message

Architecture Definition
Repository
Business Scenario

SWCV

MessageType Process Integration Process Flow Flow If If * * * * AbstractInterfaces Idoc Context objects Interf. Mappings RFC MessageMappings

* *

Directory
Scenario Party Process Process Routing Relation

Mapping Relation

Cache/Runtime
Process Flow If XML-objects

Correlations

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Architecture Process Design with the Graphical Process Editor Basics: Overview Step Types, Correlations, Container Step Types in Detail BPEL4WS Import and Export

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Process Design with the Graphical Process Editor

Header
Overview Area Edit Area

Properties Area Output Area Object Area

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Process Editor Settings

Personal Settings Default Editor

Horizontal/Vertical Display of Process Definiton Hide Output Area Error Level for Processing Log Automatic refresh for BPEL4WS

Detach, then maximize window

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Agenda
Architecture Process Design with the Graphical Process Editor Basics: Step Types, Correlations, Container Step Types in Detail BPEL4WS Import and Export

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ccBPM - Process Step Types

Messaging Relevant: Receive Send Transformation Receiver Determination Process Flow Control Relevant: Block Loop Fork Switch

Control Wait

Container Operation

Undefined

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Block-oriented Design

Exception branch

Nested blocks

Deadline branch

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Container Process Data

Container
Consists of an unlimited number of container elements Carries the overall state of the process at runtime references to messages, loop counters, Allows to access data by a name relevant within the process

Container element (Variable declaration)

Consists of a name to address data in the process

Can be typed to

Simple XSD types: XSD:date, XSD:time, XSD:integer, XSD:string Abstract Interface Receiver

Can be Multiline (a vector of the types above)

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Process Container and Local Containers

In inner block CheckResult container elements of outer block SendParallel and Process container are visible Container elements of inner block SendParallel are not visible in outer block

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Correlations

Correlation Handling
Routing of messages (Business Documents) to process instances Dependencies rely on business data (e.g. Message ID, Order ID, Business Partner ID, Company Code) Correlations define these dependencies
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Correlation
Define elements to be used to correlate the messages Specify messages that satisfy the correlation at runtime

Specify which element is to fill the corresponding element in the correlation container (use context objects or XPath)

Enter name of correlation

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Receive Step Starting a Process

One start message:
Receive step is 1st step Message to be received Indicator Start Process Mode Asynchronous Can activate correlations

Several start messages:

Receive steps in a Fork Each Receive activates / uses correlation

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Receive Step Sync/Async-Bridge

Communication between a synchronous and an asynchronous business system:

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Send Send Message (Asynchronous)

Acknowledgement: None Transport Application

Receiver Determination: Exception: Enter Exception to be triggered when a system error occurs (permanent error) Send context Receiver List Response to Message

Activate Correlation for send step in a ParForEach block

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Send Send Message (Synchronous)

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Send Send Acknowledgement

Send positive Acknowledgment usually used in a branch that defines normal processing

Receiver of the acknowledgment is automatically determined from the header of the message

Send negative Acknowledgment usually used in an exception handler (exception branch of a block)

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Send Sync/Async-Bridge
Closing a Sync/Async-Bridge: send step sends the response from the asynchronous business system to the synchronous business system

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Transformation Step

Displays Source and Target Messages defined in the interface mapping. Specify the container elements that contain the message reference or that the message reference is to be written to

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Receiver Determination List of Receivers for Send

Receiver Determination step used to get a list of receivers
Send step uses list of receivers

Multiline container element for receiver list, Category Receiver

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Switch Defining Processing Branches

Otherwise branch (created automatically) Executed if no other branch returns TRUE

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Container Operation Assigning a Value

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Container Operation Appending a Value

Multiline Element

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Block Exception Handling

Define exception

Assign exception to exception handler Throws exception process continues in exception branch
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Block
Basic design element Blocks can be nested
Block hierarchy defines scope/visibility of container elements (local variables) Also: local correlations

Modes
Default Dynamic
Parallel For

For Each (ParForEach) Dynamic parallel

Each Dynamic sequential

Basis for deadline monitoring and exception handling

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Block ParForEach (Dynamic Parallel Processing)

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Block For Each (Dynamic Sequential Processing)

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Control Trigger Exception

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Control Trigger Alert

Alert Message will be displayed in Alert Inbox

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Control Cancel Process

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Fork Independent Processing Branches

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Loop Repeat Execution of Steps

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Wait Specifying Start Time for Next Step

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Standards Support
Support for open standards

BPEL4WS 1.1 (BPM in SAP XI 3.0)

Active participation in standards, e.g.:

Advance BPEL4WS 1.1 together with IBM, BEA and Microsoft

Supports process design adhering to standards Import/ export of standard process descriptions

Graphical Process Editor

Cross-Component BPM adheres to evolving future standards via a pluggable import/export-interface concept .
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BPEL4WS
Business Process Execution Language for Web Services Language

for the formal specification of business processes and business interaction protocols Extends Web Services interaction model enabling it to support business transactions:
Temporal and logical dependencies between activities, especially Web service interactions Association between a message received by the Web service and a particular process instance Error handling and compensation behavior Binary relationships between process roles

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BPEL4WS 1.1
BPEL4WS as exchange format for exporting / importing integration processes to/from non-SAP systems BPEL4WS not intended for importing or exporting integration processes between Integration Repositories (use import function instead)
BPEL4WS View

WSDL View

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BPEL4WS Export

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BPEL4WS Import

Select .zip file containing (.bpel and .wsdl file) Select Message Interface (should be created before starting the import)

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