The topics in this section provide information on how you can use WSO2 EI tooling to create various artifacts to manage business processes.
Creating a BPEL artifact project
You will find a BPEL editor packaged along with the WSO2 EI tooling. This BPEL editor can be used to create a BPEL artifact easily.
Prerequisite
To create a BPEL artifact you should have Eclipse setup with the BPS tooling pack. For more information, see Installing Enterprise Integrator Tooling.
- Start Eclipse and navigate to File>New>Other.
- Search or scroll and find the BPEL category under the WSO2 folder and click on BPEL Workflow.
- Select Create new BPEL Workflow on the dialog box that appears and click Next.
- Enter a project name, process name, process namespace and specify the template (asynchronous process or synchronous process). Click Next.
- Provide the maven information for the package and click Finish. You will now have a BPEL project according to the details you specified.
Creating a Human Task-artifact project
You will find a human task editor packaged along with the WSO2 EI tooling. This human task editor can be used to create a human task artifact easily.
Prerequisite
To create a human task artifact you should have Eclipse setup with the EI tooling pack. For more information, see Installing Enterprise Integrator Tooling.
- Start Eclipse and navigate to File>New>Other.
- Search or scroll and find the Human Task category under the WSO2 folder and click on Human Task Project.
- Enter a project name, human task file name, task name and a target namespace in the form that appears and click Finish. You will now have a new human task project.
Creating a BPMN artifact project
You will find a BPMN editor packaged along with the WSO2 EI tooling. This BPMN editor can be used to create a BPMN artifact easily.
Prerequisite
To create a BPMN artifact you should have Eclipse setup with the BPS tooling pack. For more information, see Installing Enterprise Integrator Tooling.
- Start Eclipse and navigate to File>New>Other.
- Search or scroll and find the BPMN category under the WSO2 folder and click on BPMN Project.
- Enter a project name and click Next.
In the next window that appears, select any referenced projects and click Finish. You will now have a new BPMN project.
This method only creates a BPMN project. After creating the project, you should add a BPMN diagram to it. See creating artifact files for more information on how to add a BPMN diagram.
Creating artifact files
Creating a BPMN diagram
To create a BPMN diagram, you have to create a BPMN project first. See Creating a BPMN artifact project for more information on creating a BPMN project.
After creating a BPMN project, follow these steps to add a BPMN diagram to that project.
- Right-click on your BPMN project found on the left pane of your Eclipse window and select New>Other.
- Search or scroll and find the BPMN category under the WSO2 folder and click on BPMN Diagram. Click Next.
- Enter or select the BPMN project you want to add the diagram to and enter a file name for your diagram. Click Next.
- Select a template diagram or create a new empty diagram and click Finish.
- You will see that the BPMN diagram has been added under the project you specified and a new empty diagram will open up along with a palette. You can use the palette to create the desired diagram.