Running the StepPalette Process App

Prerequisites:

You completed the steps in Practicing with the Service Step.

You are now ready to deploy and run the StepPalette process app.

To deploy and run the StepPalette process app:

  1. Publish and deploy the StepPalette process app.

    See Step 6: Publish the Process App and Step 7: Deploy the Process App for instructions.

  2. Log on to the SBM User Workspace.
  3. Click the StepPaletteApp tab. If this tab is not visible, click the More tab, and then select StepPaletteApp from the list.
  4. On the StepPaletteApp Task Page, under Submit, click the Submit a new StepPaletteProcessApp link.
  5. Under the Submit Tree, click the StepPaletteAppWF Project link.

    The Submit transition form opens.

  6. On the transition form, type The process apps in the Title box, and then click the OK button.

    The Calculate orchestration workflow is invoked, and it prepends the text in the Title box of the State1 state form, which now contains The process apps are here.

  7. On the State1 state form, click the Decision button.

    The transition form between the State1 and State2 state forms opens.

  8. On the transition form, delete the text in the Title box, type 1, 2, or any other text, and then click the OK button.

    The Decision orchestration workflow is invoked, and the results are displayed in the Title box of the State2 state form. If you entered 1 in the Title box, then One is displayed. If you entered 2, the Title box contains Two. And if you entered any other text, the Title box contains Otherwise.

  9. On the State2 state form, click the ForEach button.

    The transition form between the State2 and State3 state forms opens.

  10. On the transition form, delete the text in the Title box, type Results: and a space, and then click the OK button.

    The ForEach orchestration workflow is invoked, and the results are displayed in the Title box of the State4 form. The Title box contains Results: One = 1 Two = 2 Three = 3 Four = 4 Five = 5.

  11. On the State3 state form, click the While button.

    The transition form between the State3 and State4 state forms opens.

  12. Delete the text in the Title box, enter the word one zero to eight times, and then click OK.

    The While orchestration workflow is invoked, and the results are displayed in the Title box of the State3 state form. If n is the number of times you entered one in the Title box, I found n ones. is displayed.

  13. On the State4 form, click the Service button.

    The transition form between the State4 and State5 state forms opens.

  14. On the transition form, click the OK button.

    The Service orchestration workflow is invoked, and your login ID appears in the Title box of the State5 state form.