Users who are granted project owner permissions can use Oracle Business Process Composer to deploy projects directly to Oracle BPM runtime. When the Deploy Project screen appears, enter the SOA admin role credentials. Without SOA admin credentials, deployment fails with an unexpected error.

1. Save any changes to your project.
2. Publish your project.

   You do not want to deploy a project that has unpublished changes.

3. From the main menu select Deployment, then select Deploy Project.

   Oracle Business Process Composer validates the project. If there are no errors in the project, the deployment process continues.

4. Provide the required information in the Deploy Project dialog, shown in Figure 19-1.

   Figure 19-1 Deploy Project Dialog

   
   Description of "Figure 19-1 Deploy Project Dialog"

   The properties in the Deploy Project dialog are described in Table 19-1.

   Table 19-1 The Deploy Project Dialog Properties

   Property	Description
   Project	Displays the name of the project.
   Version	Use to select the version of the project you want to deploy. This can be the current version of the project or a project snapshot.
   Last Revision ID	Displays the revision ID of the most recent deployed version of the project.
   New Revision ID	Specifies a revision ID for the deployed application. This ID can must be of the form: n0[.n1[.n2[.n3[.n4]]]][-milestone-name[milestone-number]/_patch-number.
   Override the default deployment version	Overrides the default deployment version.
   Deployer Username	Used for deploying the Oracle BPM project to runtime.
   Password	Specifies the password corresponding to the Deployer Username defined above.
   Mark composite revision as default	Defines the current revision as the default revision.
   Deploy target	Enables you to select the folder in Oracle MDS where the SOA composite application is deployed.
   Deployment plan	Use to select a deployment plan. Click Browse to select a deployment plan on your local file system.

5. Click Deploy.

   Oracle Business Process Composer deploys the project to runtime. This may take a few minutes.

6. After the deployment is complete, click OK.

You cannot use Oracle Business Process Composer to edit deployed Oracle BPM projects. To edit a deployed project you must be granted the SOA Designer role and use SOA Composer.

For more information about editing deployed projects, see "Using SOA Composer with Oracle Business Rules at Runtime" in Designing Business Rules with Oracle Business Process Management.

1. From the main menu, select Deployment, then select Generate Project SAR file.

   Business Process Composer validates the project. If the project contains errors, these are displayed in the project validation tab.

2. Provide the required information in the Generate Project SAR File dialog, shown in Figure 19-2.

   Figure 19-2 Generate Project SAT File Dialog

   
   Description of "Figure 19-2 Generate Project SAT File Dialog"

   • Select the project version you want to use to generate the SAR file.

     This can be the current version of the project or a project snapshot.

   • Enter a revision ID.

   • If required, select to override the default deployment version.

3. Click OK.
4. If the project contains no errors, click OK to save the SAR file to your local file system.

1. From the main menu, select Deployment.
2. Select Generate Deployment Plan.
3. Select a location on your local file system, then click OK.