1. Developing SOA Applications with Oracle SOA Suite
  2. Using the Business Rules Service Component
  3. Getting Started with Oracle Business Rules
  4. Adding Business Rules to a SOA Composite Application
  5. How to Add Business Rules to a SOA Composite Application
  6. How to Add Inputs to a Business Rule

How to Add Inputs to a Business Rule

To add inputs to a business rule:

  1. In the Create Business Rules dialog box, from the menu next to the Add icon select Input... to add input for the business rule. This displays the Type Chooser dialog.
  2. In the Type Chooser dialog, add inputs. If the schema is available in the Project Schema Files, skip to step 9 to select the appropriate schema.
  3. Click the Import Schema File... icon. This brings up the Import Schema File dialog.
  4. In the Import Schema File dialog click Browse Resources to choose the XML schema elements for the input. This displays the SOA Resource Browser dialog.
  5. In the SOA Resource Browser dialog, navigate to find the schema for your business rules input. For example, select the order.xsd schema file, and click OK.
  6. In the Import Schema File dialog select Copy to Project, as shown in Figure 25-14.

    Figure 25-14 Importing Schema for Input to Business Rules

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    Description of "Figure 25-14 Importing Schema for Input to Business Rules"
  7. In the Import Schema File dialog, click OK.
  8. In the Localize Files dialog, click OK.
  9. Use the Type Chooser dialog navigator to locate and select the input from the schema and click OK. For example, select the CustomerOrder element as the input.