Using Trigger Business Process Action

This topic describes the procedure to attach a business process to a rule.

This task applies while defining the action of a rule or a decision table. You perform this action when you want to trigger a business process based on certain conditions. For instance, you may want to trigger a Re-order business process whenever the stock in hand reaches a certain level.
Note: For using Trigger Business Process action in a decision table perform step 3 and step

1. In the Rule Definition pane, right-click then > Actions > Trigger Business Process.
   
2. Type the name of the action in the Action Name text box. For more information on naming the action, refer to Guidelines for Naming Rule Actions.
   
3. Depending on the way the rule modeler is accessed, do any of the following:
   
   • If you accessed the rule modeler from Workspace Explorer, drag the required Business Process from the Workspace Explorer to the Message box in the Action - Trigger Business Process box.
     
   • If you accessed the rule modeler from My Documents:
     1. Click on the rule modeler tool bar. A Quick Access Menu is displayed.
     2. Click Insert on the sidebar. All the related artifacts are displayed on the Quick Access Menu.
     3. Drag the required business process from the Quick Access Menu to the Message box in the Action - Trigger Business Process box. The name of the process is displayed in the Process Name field and the input message of the selected process is displayed in the Message box .
        
4. Specify the required parameters in the input message to be sent to the process in the message box.
   The type of action(s) along with the name is displayed after then in the Rule Definition pane. Repeat the task to add more business processes to the rule.