1.4.9 Invoke Service Activity Dialog

You use this dialog for defining invoke service activity details.

This dialog opens when you perform one of the following operations:

For details about how to define invoke service activity, see the description of the invoke service activity in the manual Cosminexus Service Platform Development Guide.

Figure 1-70 FigureInvoke Service Activity dialog

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Activity name
Specify an activity name. You can use the NCName definition characters of XMLSchema. Specify an activity name that is unique inside a business process or scope.
Service name
From the drop-down list, select the service component to be invoked by sending a request message. The drop-down list shows the service components displayed in Service Definition List in the tree view.
Operation name
From the operations of the service component specified in Service name, select the name of the operation that is to be actually invoked.
Communication model
Displays the communication model (Sync or Async) specified for the operation selected in Operation name.
Request message
Use the following items to specify the variables relating to request messages.
Body allocated variable
From the drop-down list, select the variable to be allocated to the request message that invokes a service component. The drop-down list shows only the variables (defined in the List Of Variables And Correlation Sets dialog box) that can be used.
Edit button
Opens the List Of Variables And Correlation Sets dialog box.
For details about this dialog box, see 1.4.1 List Of Variables And Correlation Sets Dialog.
Header allocated variable
Opens the Header allocated variable dialog box. As needed, use this dialog box to specify the header allocated variable to be allocated to an activity.
For details about the Header allocated variable dialog box, see 1.4.2 Header allocated variable dialog.
Response message
Use the following items to specify the variables relating to response messages.
Body allocated variable
From the drop-down list, select the variable to be allocated to a response message received from synchronous operation. The drop-down list shows only the variables (defined in the List Of Variables And Correlation Sets dialog box) that can be used.
Edit button
Opens the List Of Variables And Correlation Sets dialog box.
For details about this dialog box, see 1.4.1 List Of Variables And Correlation Sets Dialog.
Header allocated variable
Opens the Header allocated variable dialog box. As needed, use this dialog box to specify the header allocated variable to be allocated to an activity.
For details about the Header allocated variable dialog box, see 1.4.2 Header allocated variable dialog.
Correlation set group
Click Setting to allocate an already defined correlation set group. Correlation set groups are allocated to both request messages that invoke service components and response messages received from service components.
Setting button
Opens the Allocating Correlation Set Group dialog. Use this dialog to specify the correlation sets to be allocated to request messages that invoke service components and response messages received from service components. Moreover, you specify whether to initialize the correlation sets to be allocated, and set up the pattern.
For details about the Allocating Correlation Set Group dialog, see 1.4.3 Allocating Correlation Set Group Dialog.
OK button
Saves the defined contents and closes the dialog.
Cancel button
Closes the dialog without saving the defined contents.