Oracle SOA Suite 12c- Using preferences via config plan and enterprise manager

                                                         

Recently I got engagement with Oracle SOA Suite where I need to use some variables that needs to be changed during the deployment time. Oracle SOA Suite provides a great feature of using preferences in bpel process as bpel.preference.<Variable>. This blog will show how can you use this feature via config plan and enterprise manager-

The current composite has property as-

<property name="bpel.preference.url">http://hostname:port</property>

Now, this property has to be replaced with some actual value.

Method 1- Via SOA config plan: Below are the steps to set BPEL preference values during deployment time via a configuration plan:

1)  From JDeveloper, right-click on the associated composite.xml file and generate a deployment configuration plan for your composite.

When you open the file, you will find a search/replace construction for the preference.

<component name="ApprovalBpelProcess">
<property name="bpel.preference.url">
<replace>http://192.168.0.1:8901</replace>
</property>
</component>

This will replace the value of property bpel.preference.url to the value specified in <replace> during the deployment time.

Change the value to the environment-specific value, save the config plan and use the config plan during deployment to a specific environment.

Method 2- Via enterprise manager: You can also set default and current BPEL Preference values from the EM:

1)  Navigate to: Farm_soa_domain > weblogic domain > your_domain > soa_server1 > right click menu > system Mbean browser > oracle.soa.config > server:soa_server1 > SCAComposite > your project > SCAComposite.SCAComponent > processName

2)  Click the properties attribute, then goes to a table view. You will see all properties you set in design time, and be able to edit them as well.

Important Step

To Persist the Changed Values of the Preferences within the EM (so that they are not reset with server restart):

1)  After you Apply the change to bpel.preference.<PREFERENCE_NAME> e.g. bpel.preference.url, click Return.

2)  Click Operations tab.

3)  Click on the Attribute Save.

4)  Click the Invoke button.

5)  Click Return.

Reference: Doc ID 1399401.1