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Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
Release 2.6.3.5
Part Number B12161-02
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Buyer: Top Level PO Process Activities

Following is a description of each activity in the process, listed by the activity's display name.

Buyer: Receive Create PO Event (Node 1)

This event activity receives the B2B Purchase Order event message that is sent to the Buyer: Top Level PO process by the Event Manager to start a new item.

Event Action Receive
Event Filter demo.oracle.wf.b2b.po.create
Prerequisite Activities None
Item Attributes Set by Activity Event Name, Event Key, Event Message

Find Supplier (Node 2)

Currently this activity does nothing. It represents a point in the process where you can integrate a function that locates a supplier for the purchase order, based on the item being ordered or other criteria.

Function WF_EVENTDEMO.FINDSUPPLIER
Result Type None
Prerequisite Activities Buyer: Receive Create PO Event

Get Agent Details (Node 3)

This function activity retrieves the agent details from the subscription that sent the event message to the workflow process. The activity retrieves details for the outbound agent on the Buyer system that should send the message and the inbound agent on the Supplier system that should receive the message.

Function WF_STANDARD.GETAGENTS
Result Type Boolean
Prerequisite Activities Find Supplier
Item Attributes Retrieved by Function Subscription GUID
Item Attributes Set by Function From Agent/System1, To Agent/System2

Buyer: Send PO to Supplier Process (Node 4)

This activity is a subprocess that retrieves the name of the order requestor from the purchase order event message, sends the purchase order to the supplier, and notifies the order requestor that the purchase order has been sent to the supplier. To view the subprocess, double-click on Buyer: Send PO to Supplier under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Buyer: Send to PO Subprocess.

Result Type None
Prerequisite Activities Get Agent Details

Buyer: Receive Supplier PO Acknowledgement (Node 5)

This activity is a subprocess that waits to receive a purchase order acknowledgement event message from the supplier. If the acknowledgement is not received within a specified period of time, the subprocess performs a timeout activity to keep notifying the order requestor that the supplier has not responded until the acknowledgement is received. When the acknowledgement is received, the subprocess notifies the order requestor of the acknowledgement.

To view the subprocess, double-click on Buyer: Receive Supplier PO Acknowledgement under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Buyer: Receive Supplier PO Acknowledgement Subprocess.

Result Type None
Prerequisite Activities Buyer: Send PO to Supplier

Buyer: Advanced Shipment Notice Process (Node 6)

This activity is a subprocess that receives an advanced shipment notice from the supplier and notifies the order requestor that the order has been shipped. To view the subprocess, double-click on Buyer: Advanced Shipment Notice under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Buyer: Advanced Shipment Notice Subprocess.

Result Type None
Prerequisite Activities Buyer:Receive Supplier PO Acknowledgement

Buyer: Receive Supplier Invoicing (Node 7)

This activity is a subprocess that receives an invoice from the supplier and notifies the order requestor that the invoice has arrived. To view the subprocess, double-click on Buyer: Receive Supplier Invoicing under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Buyer: Receive Supplier Invoicing Subprocess.

Result Type None
Prerequisite Activities Buyer:Receive Supplier PO Acknowledgement

And (Node 8)

This Standard function activity merges two or more parallel branches in the flow only when the activities in all of those branches complete.

Function WF_STANDARD.ANDJOIN
Result Type None
Prerequisite Activities Buyer: Advanced Shipment Notice, Buyer: Receive Supplier Invoicing

End (Node 9)

This Standard function activity marks the end of the process.

Function WF_STANDARD.NOOP
Result Type None
Prerequisite Activities And

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