Introduction A small number of people have been seeing an error when using the BPMN process editor in JDeveloper 11.1.1.6 (PS5). The symptom is a...
Introduction A small number of people have been seeing an error when using the BPMN process editor in JDeveloper 11.1.1.6 (PS5). The symptom is a NullPointerException, as seen in the log, an example below, and a dialog box telling you an unexpected error has occurred (see image below). Main article If you hit this issue, you should log a service request with Oracle Support and ask for a patch for bug number 13088538. You will need to provide details about your JDeveloper...
Introduction A small number of people have been seeing an error when using the BPMN process editor in JDeveloper 11.1.1.6 (PS5). The symptom is a NullPointerException, as seen in the log, an example...
Note: The information in this article while accurate is dated. For the latest information on installing and managing SOA Suite and OSB please refer to the...
Note: The information in this article while accurate is dated. For the latest information on installing and managing SOA Suite and OSB please refer to the following 12c documents: Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c Enterprise Deployment Guide Oracle 12c SOA and OSB Admin Guide Introduction Recently, I have been involved in a number of discussions with people who are setting up clusters of various Fusion Middleware products, often on an Exalogic machine. These discussions have...
Note: The information in this article while accurate is dated. For the latest information on installing and managing SOA Suite and OSB please refer to the following 12c documents: Oracle...
Introduction That’s a provocative title! Let’s start by talking about why you might want to disable B2B! Main article If you are using BPM (or SOA) and you are...
Introduction That’s a provocative title! Let’s start by talking about why you might want to disable B2B! Main article If you are using BPM (or SOA) and you are not using any of the B2B functionality, then you might want to consider disabling B2B on your SOA managed servers. There are a few good reasons for doing this: You will save some memory, You will reduce your managed server start (and restart) time, and You avoid any potential problems that may be introduced by...
Introduction That’s a provocative title! Let’s start by talking about why you might want to disable B2B! Main article If you are using BPM (or SOA) and you are not using any of the B2B functionality,...
Introduction Today I learned about a really neat utility that was developed by my colleague, Olivier Lediouris, which allows you to test Business Rules in a...
Introduction Today I learned about a really neat utility that was developed by my colleague, Olivier Lediouris, which allows you to test Business Rules in a standalone/offline fashion – without the need to deploy them to a SOA/BPM server and build a whole composite around them. Main article Olivier describes it as: A graphical user interface to test OBR without having to deploy anything anywhere. You can find details and download the tool here. If you are using Business...
Introduction Today I learned about a really neat utility that was developed by my colleague, Olivier Lediouris, which allows you to test Business Rules in a standalone/offline fashion – without...
Introduction In case you did not notice, you may be interested to know that most of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g platform is now supported on Java 7. This...
Introduction In case you did not notice, you may be interested to know that most of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g platform is now supported on Java 7. This is effective from WebLogic Server 10.3.6 and Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.6. Main article You can check the details for your particular product and operating system here.
Introduction In case you did not notice, you may be interested to know that most of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g platform is now supported on Java 7. This is effective from WebLogic Server 10.3.6...
Introduction Just came across this and wanted to share Main article Step by step video instructions on building a two node SOA (and AIA Foundation Pack)...
Introduction Just came across this and wanted to share Main article Step by step video instructions on building a two node SOA (and AIA Foundation Pack) cluster! Cool!
With Dave Shaffer Introduction Recently, I had a discussion with several colleagues and one of our large customers about when to use BPMN and when to use BPEL...
With Dave Shaffer Introduction Recently, I had a discussion with several colleagues and one of our large customers about when to use BPMN and when to use BPEL to model business processes. I have discussed this topic before in this post but this conversation opened up an interesting new angle on the topic, which I wanted to share with you all. Main Article First of all, let me be clear about the scenario here. This is a large customer who is going to make extensive use of...
With Dave Shaffer Introduction Recently, I had a discussion with several colleagues and one of our large customers about when to use BPMN and when to use BPEL to model business processes. I...
Introduction This article provides a very brief introduction to the use of the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) in the Oracle Database and what to look for...
Introduction This article provides a very brief introduction to the use of the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) in the Oracle Database and what to look for in the reports to tune your SOA/BPM database environment. Special thanks to Jacco H. Landlust, Software Architect, Web-DBA and Oracle ACE for his highly valuable input. Main Article In order to continue to get good performance from your SOA or BPM 11g server, you will want to periodically check your database – the one...
Introduction This article provides a very brief introduction to the use of the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) in the Oracle Database and what to look for in the reports to tune your...
Introduction I don’t think this is actually documented anywhere, but it is something that you will want to be aware of if you are using the BPM 11.1.1.5 Feature...
Introduction I don’t think this is actually documented anywhere, but it is something that you will want to be aware of if you are using the BPM 11.1.1.5 Feature Pack. Main Article It is not supported to install the Feature Pack patch into an Oracle Home which contains JDeveloper and the runtime components (WebLogic, SOA, BPM, etc.) If you are installing on the same machine, like a developer’s machine for example, you should install JDeveloper into a separate Oracle...
Introduction I don’t think this is actually documented anywhere, but it is something that you will want to be aware of if you are using the BPM 11.1.1.5 Feature Pack. Main Article It is not supported...
