It is often useful to assign literal XML to a variable in BPEL (for example, to initialize a variable before copying dynamic data into a specific field within the XML data content for the variable). This is also useful for testing purposes when you want to hard code XML data values into the process. You assign literal XML by dragging a literal icon to a target node on the Copy Rules tab of the assign activity.

For more information about assigning literal XML in an assign activity, see Assign Activity.