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As in previous releases there is a Human Workflow component in the SOA Suite. Basically this component supports the interaction of humans with the process, like approval, exception management, and other activities to advance the process. The image gives a global impression of the component.

Human Workflow 11g

What is new in Human Workflow 11g

The Human Workflow has become more of a separate component compared to the previous SOA Suite release. Where it was more tightly integrated with BPEL. This is considered a good thing, since it can be used from other components than BPEL.

Like with all the new stuff in the 11g R1 release there is now End to end instance tracking through BPEL, mediator, and workflow. Which makes debugging and application management a lot easier. Another step forward is that the engine can be configured, monitored and managed from Enterprise Manager.

There are also serious enhancements in the task routing possibilities. Oracle Business Rules can now be used to define complex task routing scenarios. In previous versions these were custom coded or created in BPEL. On the security side finer-grain access-level policies have been added. This allows you to define who can see and act on different parts of a task.

New worklist application

The most visible enhancement is the new worklist application. In previous releases we would advise customers to not use the worklist application, because it used “old” technology, it was ugly, and it was supposed to be an unsupported demo. Now the interface is up to par.

Worklist App

Judge for yourself with this screenshot that was taken while playing with the purchase order demo / tutorial. Besides that there is now also better support to auto-generate Task Display Forms. If yoy want to learn more visit the Developer Guide or play around with the samples for Human Workflow .