TIBCO BW > General Activities > "Custom Activity" Configuration
A process definition can be packaged into a custom activity that hides the implementation details of the process from the user.
Steps for creating a custom activity.
A process definition can be packaged into a custom activity that hides the implementation details of the process from the user.
Steps for creating a custom activity.
2. Create a process definition
3. Optionally, create output schema to the process definition Start activity.
4. Implement business logic for process definition.
5. Optionally, specify input schema for the End activity in the process definition and mapping.
6. In the project panel, click on the root node of the project, then select the General Activity palette in the palette panel.
7. Create a Custom Activity resource.
8. Click on Browse button to select the process definition.
9. Click Apply.
10.Take one new process definition to use this Custom Activity resource which is configured in previous steps.
(By drag & drop this configured Custom Activity resource cannot use in new process definition, we need to copy the configured Custom Activity resource and past inside the new process definition)
11.Once this done,then the resource is loaded into the new process definition,so now we can run this process.
Any resources referenced by the process definition in a custom activity are automatically included in the custom activity.
Dynamically called subprocesses are not known at design time, and therefore are not referenced by the process definition.
Therefore, dynamically called subprocesses cannot be used by a process definition within a custom activity.
Only process definition that do not have a process starters can be referenced by a custom activity.
Global variables used within the process definitions referenced by custom activities are automatically added to the global variable list of the project when the activity is added to a process definition.
Thus a naming convention for Global variables should be specified.
WSDL and XSD files must be made available to any user of custom activity.
