The document discusses Oracle Workflow (OWF) process flows, including their structure, editor, activities, error handling, parallel processing, and reuse capabilities. Process flows in OWF allow defining control sequences using if/then logic and parallel tasks, facilitate error processing, and permit breaking workflows into reusable modular flows within the same package.

1. Process Flows OWF, editor, operators, parallel and error processing

2. Process Flows Control sequence Monitor for errors Compliment Mappings Pull based “functions” Think “if/then, case, fork()”

3. Based on… Oracle Workflow XML Definition OWF monitor Unused OWF functionality

4. Structure PROCESS FLOW MODULE PROCESS FLOW PACKAGE PROCESS FLOW NUMBER 1 PROCESS FLOW NUMBER 2 PROCESS FLOW NUMBER 1

5. Process Flow Editor

6. Process Flow Activities

7. Error Conditions Three standard activity return types Success Warning Error Allows error processing and dispatching

8. Parallel Processing Tasks can be executed in parallel Synchronization Semantics Example Retrieve data from all systems in parallel and then continue once all have completed.

9. Flows within Flows Allows “functional” decomposition Flow “reuse” MUST BE IN SAME PACKAGE

10. OWF Tools

11. Questions for Discussion T/F: You can use the OWF design tool that oracle provides separate from OWB. What common “processing steps” does your implementation use? Could they be implemented in a process flow?