Note: The information in this article while accurate is dated. For the latest information on BPM correlation please refer to the 12c BPM Developer's Guide document.
Introduction
Prior to 11.1.1.5FP, Oracle BPM Suite supported only automatic correlation via WS-Addressing. If message based correlation was needed, the common approach was to delegate the correlation tasks to a BPEL process front ending BPM Suite. Starting in Oracle BPM Suite 11g R1 PS4FP, out of the box support for message based correlation is now provided in addition to automatic correlation.
Main Article
Arun Pareek has a very detailed post about the new correlation capabilities introduced in the BPM 11.1.1.5 ‘Feature Pack’ patch – I recommend taking a look.
Mark Nelson is an Architect with Oracle, in the Cloud Infrastructure organization. Mark is working on projects involving Docker, Kubernetes, functions as a service, CI/CD pipelines, and lifecycle management. Mark is a Product Owner, sometimes a fill-in Scrum Master, and also writes code, tests, and does a lot of work on automation of build-test-pubilsh pipelines. Mark has spoken several times at the Oracle OpenWorld and JavaOne conferences, as well as at other industry events. Mark is a published author, with a book on advanced BPMN techniques. Mark has almost 30 years experience in the IT industry working across many different areas of technology, including a few years in Oracle's "A-Team" that provided fly- out crisis support.