Container Operatrion in BPM

[Former Member]

Hi gurus,

>> How to initialize a container variable in container operation that is not used in mapping?

Regards,

Dhayanandh .S

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can use set following values in the container operation properties-

Target = name of container variable say index

Operation = Assign

Expression = '0' or the initial value that you want to assign to the container variable

The variable will be assigned values even if it is not used in mapping, only that a warning might get generated which you can safely ignore.

Regards,

Riyaz

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Riyaz,

Our Container variable which is to be used in Container Operation is an abstract interface and not a simple variable.

Regards,

Dhayanandh .S

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Dhayanandh,

It doesn't really matter if you use simple type or interface variable. You can also assign the abstract interface to the target. Only point to note is that both Target and Expression should be of the same Type.

If you have Multiline container variable, you can also use Append instead of Assign.

Regards,

Riyaz

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Riyaz,

Thanks for your Response.We use the message of Abstact interface which is a wrapper of four messages, In that the fourth message has a default value which should be assigned to the same target.

But the problem is, it does not allow us to choose the Fourth message at target,eventhough the expression is chosen as default value of fourth message.

Purpose:

With this default value the transformation would validate the condition and send it to send step.

Issue:

As we are unable to load the default value in container operation we are unable to achieve the strategy.

Regards,

Dhayanandh .S

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Dhayanandh,

Its not possible to change a message by using a container operation.

You need to use transformation step. Consider using transformation step with same structure on source and target side and a mapping program to add default values.

Regards,

Riyaz

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Riyaz,

We too preceded with the same way,is there any other option of flow without transformation?

Regards,

Dhayanandh .S

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Dhayanandh,

I doubt if there is any alternative. But if transformation step solves the issue, whats bothering you? Is it creating a performance bottleneck?

If performance is the concern, I would suggest to do the transformation outside BPM if possible. i.e. remove the transformation step for default values from BPM and do that mapping after the BPM. You can define a separate interface mapping and reference it in the interface determination in ID.

Regards,

Riyaz

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Riyaz,

Thanks for your Point.I agree with your suggestion but the Interface mapping done in ID would require proper routing profile.

This Message which wrapps 4 entites would not have any channel as each entity in the message is

1.RFC Request

2.SOAP Request

3.SOAP Response

4.Status

Hence message would not be handled at the outer stretch.Even though we optimize to have transformation in.

If possible if found any alternative let us know

Regards,

Dhayanandh .S

[Former Member]

Hi Dhayanandh ,

just use a containeroperation-step and assign a value.

regards Mario

[former_member182455]

Hi mario,

Container,

Defines the data for a business process and to enable data to be transferred between the individual steps of the business process.

consists of an unlimited number of container elements.

Container elements ( Variable declaration)

• Consists of a name to address data in the process

• Can be typed to

*Simple XSD ypes :XSD:data,XSD:time,XSD:integer, XSD:string.

*Abstract interface

*Receiver

*Can be multiline ( a vector of the types above)

Regards

Srinivasreddy