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Creating an import to call a process in an associated module

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To call a process from a module, you need an SCA import. You can easily create the import for a module that is associated with a process application or toolkit.

Before you begin

For imports that start or interact with a process from a Service Component Architecture (SCA) module, the authenticated user role must have at least deployer and monitor roles.

Procedure

To create an import to start or interact with a process from a module that is associated with a process application or toolkit, follow these steps:

  1. From the Business Integration view, expand the process application and right-click the process you want to call. The available processes are listed under Processes. Select Create Import. Alternately, on the assembly editor palette you can expand Outbound Imports, and then select Process, drag it onto the canvas and select the process from the dialog box. You can also do one of the following procedures:
    • If you are working on the assembly diagram, you can drag the process from the Business Integration perspective onto the assembly editor canvas. It displays the Create Import dialog.
    • If you are working in the BEPL editor and want to call a process from BPEL, drag the process from the Business Integration perspective directly into the BPEL editor:
      • If the process contains a None Start Event and does not contain any start or intermediate message events:
        • If the BPEL process is long running, the SCA import is created with a request-response interface.
        • If the BPEL process is a microflow, the SCA import is created with a one-way interface.
      • If the process contains a Start or Intermediate Message Event, or if there is no None Start Event, a dialog opens that explains that you must create the SCA Import manually by adding the process to the assembly diagram.
  2. In the Create Import window, all the exposed process interfaces are listed. Select any combination of one or more interfaces for the Import.
    • The Available request-response interfaces section lists interfaces that call the process and receive its outputs as a response from the process when it completes.
    • The Available one-way interfaces section lists interfaces that call the process or interact with an existing process. For one-way interfaces, there is no response returned from the process.
    An import is created and added to the assembly editor canvas.