Developing SOA Applications with Oracle SOA Suite Using the BPEL Process Service Component Using Parallel Flow in a BPEL Process Customizing the Number of Parallel Branches Customizing the Number of Flow Activities with the flowN Activity in BPEL 1.1 How to Create a flowN Activity How to Create a flowN Activity To create a flowN activity: In the Components window, expand Oracle Extensions. Drag a FlowN activity into the designer. Click the + sign to expand the FlowN activity. Click the FlowN activity to display its property fields in the Property Inspector or double-click the FlowN activity. For information about editing activities in the Property Inspector, see How to Edit BPEL Activities in the Property Inspector. Figure 10-16 shows the FlowN dialog. Figure 10-16 FlowN DialogDescription of "Figure 10-16 FlowN Dialog" The flowN dialog enables you to: Name the activity Enter a value or an expression for calculating the value of N (the number of branches to create) Define the index variable (the time to wait in each branch) Drag and define additional activities in the flowN activity. Figure 10-17 shows how a FlowN activity appears with additional activities. Figure 10-17 FlowN Activity with Additional Activities Description of "Figure 10-17 FlowN Activity with Additional Activities "