How to customize the customer version:

1. Add the layer values for the customization layers through either of the following methods:

   1. To add application-specific layer values, click the Configure Design Time Customization Layer Values link, as shown in Step 1 of Customizing the Vertical Application.

   2. Add the layer values.

      After you specify the values and save the file, the CustomizationLayerValues.xml file is displayed in the MDS DT folder under Application Resources. You can double-click the file in this location to open an editor for making additional modifications.

   or

   1. To add global values applicable to all applications, open the CustomizationLayerValues.xml file in $JDEV_HOME/jdeveloper/jdev and add the layer values for the customization layers. For example, add the values North America and Asia Pacific to the site layer.

      <cust-layers xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/mds/dt">
        <cust-layer name="site">
          <cust-layer-value value="communications" display-name="North America"/>
          <cust-layer-value value="communications" display-name="Asia Pacific"/>
        </cust-layer>
      </cust-layers>
      

2. Start Oracle JDeveloper and select the Default Role.

3. Create a new SOA application with a different name than the core application or customized application.

4. From the File menu, select Import > SOA Archive Into SOA Project.

5. Click Browse to select the composite archive JAR file created by the vertical applications team in Customizing the Vertical Application.

6. Select the Import for Customization check box.

7. From the Tools menu, select Switch Roles > Customization Developer.

8. Restart Oracle JDeveloper.

   The Customization Context dialog displays the available customization layers and layer values.

9. Select a layer and value to customize, as shown in Figure 53-6 (for this example, the layer site and value North America are selected).

   Figure 53-6 Customization Context

   
   Description of "Figure 53-6 Customization Context"

10. Customize the BPEL process.

11. Right-click the SOA project and select Deploy to create a JAR file (SAR) for the North American region.

12. Check the application into a source code control system.