Create an Event Choice Node in Your Business Process

Create an Event Choice node at a point in a business process at which the business process should wait to receive multiple events. The events can include:

To support these types of events, the first node on a branch can be a Client Request, a Control Receive, or a Timer node. The flow of execution proceeds along one branch in an Event Choice node; the branch containing the event that happens first.

To create an Event Choice node:

  1. On the Application tab, click the business process (JPD file) you want to design.
  2. Your business process is displayed in the Design View.

  3. If the Palette is not visible in WebLogic Workshop, choose View —> Windows —> Palette from the WebLogic Workshop menu.
  4. Click image Event Choice in the Palette. Then drag and drop it onto the business process in the Design View, placing it on the business process at the point in your business process where you want to handle the receipt of multiple events.
  5. The Design View is updated to contain a representation of the Event Choice node as shown in the following figure:

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    Note the following characteristics of the Event Choice node:

  6. To save your work, select File —> Save.

Related Topics

Design Your Event Choice Group

Comparing Parallel Nodes and Event Choice Nodes

Handling Exceptions

Adding Timeout Paths

Adding Message Paths

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