A complex activity is a container in which you can build a business process task. When a complex activity is opened, it consists of a canvas. You can drag and drop activities, including other complex activities, onto this canvas to build a task.
To build a complex activity:
In your business process, select the Business Process tab.
Click on the Business Process canvas to activate the Tool Palette.
If the Tool Palette does not appear either on the Fast View shortcut bar or as an open view in the perspective, open the Tool Palette.
From the Activities tool palette, select the Complex activity and drag and drop it onto the canvas.
To enlarge the complex activity canvas, click Maximize in its title bar.
The canvas for the complex activity is then as large as your original business process service canvas.
To name the complex activity, either expand the Properties section in the Business Process Logic Page or open the Properties Panel view, type the new name in the Name field, and either press Enter or click outside the field to save the value.
You can also change an activity's name directly on the canvas. Select the activity, then click its label. When the label appears in a box, type the new name.
Drag and drop activities from the Tool Palette to build the task you want your complex activity to perform.
(Optional.) Create a loop.
(Optional) Create a fault handler or create an exception handler.
A complex activity can contain only one catch-all fault handler.
(Optional) Create a compensation handler.
A complex activity can contain only one compensation handler.
(Optional) Create a timeout.
(Optional.) Define a correlation set.
Connect the activities in the complex activity.
To return a complex activity to its original icon, click Minimize in its title bar.
Connect the complex activity to the appropriate activities in the business process.
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