ActiveVOS Designer BPEL for People User’s Guide
A People activity contains the instructions and data a person needs in order to complete a task. When a business process requires a decision from a person, rather than an invoked service, such as an insurance claim approval or a late fee cancellation code, a People activity is a good choice.
The People activity starts when a task is sent to potential task owners and is complete when the task’s owner returns data to the process. Once the process receives the data, it can continue to the next execution step.
The following illustration shows a basic People activity, using a custom name, within a BPEL process.
The People activity is built with a task definition and other details through the activity’s Properties view.
When a BPEL process is deployed to the server and is instantiated, the task is sent to the Inboxes of all potential owners and administrators, where one person can claim ownership, work on and complete the task.
For more details, see Conceptual Overview of the People Activity.
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