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Oracle BPM Suite – PS3 and PS5 Overview
Ralf Mueller
Oracle BPM Suite 11g
BPM Suite
11g
BPM
Suite
11g PS4
(bug fix)
SOA Suite
11g
2008
2009
BPM
Suite
11g PS3
2010
BPM Suite
12g
BPM
Suite
11g PS5
(Beta in
June)
2011
…
2012
Unification
Migration
2008
2009
ALBPM
Oracle
BPM Suite
10g
2010
Oracle
BPM Suite
10g MP2
Oracle
BPM Suite
10g MP3
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BPM 11gR1 Patch Set 3 (11.1.1.4)
Enhancements
PS3 Highlights
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BI Views
BAM Integration enhanced
Template driven ADF generation
Composer and Studio enhancements – swimlane colors,
grids, etc.
• Simulation enhancements
• Simplified process spaces install
• Web Center Spaces significantly enhanced
Slide 6
BPM Studio/Process Composer
Enhancements
Process Modeling & Implementation
Call Activity support to create parent-child
process hierarchies.
The element and it’s attributes can be mapped
simultaneously. The mapping sequence starts with
top level and then proceeds to do mapping of the
attributes .
Browse a WSDL in local file system and create
a System Service in Business Catalog in
Composer
The Simple Data Association mode now has a
Functions List Picker similar to the XPATH Data
Association Mode.
Type in text for the Name of Activities,
Gateways, Connections and Pools
XML Editor for editing XML Literal.
Custom icons for BPMN flow objects
Rewiring of connections in Composer
Simulation Enhancements
Support for simulation of interrupting and noninterrupting boundary events
–
Message, Error and Timer Boundary Event
Support for BPMN Parallel Gateway Semantics
Parallel paths need not join using Parallel
Gateway and can have their own end events.
Simulation Report
Export Simulation results as excel spreadsheet.
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Data Association Enhancements
It is easy to switch between Simple and XPATH
inside the Expression Builder. You can have a mix of
Simple and XPATH Expressions.
Human workflow & Workspace
Enhancements
Process Monitoring & Dashboards
Audit trail now displays complex approval
hierarchies.
Automatic generation of BAM Data Objects
for Custom Business Indicators to produce
BAM dashboards.
Import of process content in various formats
Generate BPMN 2.0 models from import of Visio
XML, XPDL 2.0 and BPEL models.
Slide 8
Others :
Deployment of tasks to specific partition in
SOA-infra
Linked dictionaries for Human
workflow/Approval management extensions
BPM 11gR1 Patch Set 5 (11.1.1.6)
Proposed Features
BPM 11g PS5 Features
Dynamic changes to business processes
Alter-Flow Support: Flexibility to force process
flow change (Grab)
Migrate in-flight process instances to new
version
Business Calendar
Business Calendar support for task assignment
Business Calendar support inside Data
Association for Timer Event
Business Calendar support for simulation
Composer Usability Enhancements
Composer General Usability enhancements
including layout change, Project Page, Business
Catalog Page
Better Diagnostics &Fault Handling
Support for correlation sets for Process
Collaborations.
Life cycle Management
Event to capture Data Association errors
Support BPM Project Versioning inside Composer
Printf support for logging errors
Support for viewing BPM Project History Changes
Fault-handling policies similar to BPEL
Pre and Post handler activities for user defined
diagnostics
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Correlation
BPM 11g PS5 Features
Human Workflow Enhancements
Run-time task deadline change and escalation
support
Deploy partially stubbed out BPMN processes
Better support for copying Attachments and
Tasks from tasks to tasks within a process as
well across processes
Basic BPM and UCM Integration
Role & Organization Enhancements
Notify User and Email activity in BPMN
LPG/Parametric roles, sticky/exclude, task
update, propagation of
comments/attachments, cleanup of
deadlines (forced expiry after escalation has
been an outstanding issue for a very long
time)
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Others
Usability enhancements to Data Association
Websphere Application Server Support
Basic Process Documentation generation
Grab
Flexibility to force process flow change
Route
process to
selected
activity
Role based
privilege
(governed
by process
model)
Modify data
Information for audit purposes
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Instance Revision
Modify process definition for in-flight instances
When
possible,
instances
automatically
migrated to
new version
Instances that
can not be
automatically
migrated, can be
manually
grabbed and
migrated
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