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Invoking the automatic approval rules

Define an activity in the process that will call the business rules component to check whether a loan can be approved without sending it to a loan officer.

To add the invoke activity, complete the following steps:
  1. In the process editor palette, click Invoke and then click the connection between CopyInput and Reply. The Invoke activity is added.
  2. Rename Invoke to CheckAutoApproval.
  3. In the Properties view, click the Details tab and then click Browse. The Select a Partner window opens.
  4. From the list, select AutoApprovalInterfacePartner and click OK. AutoApprovalRequest will be selected as the operation.
  5. Select Use Data Type Variables and then click the top (none) cell. Select AutoApprovalData.
  6. Click the second (none) cell and select AutoApprovalResponseData. The table should now look like the following screenshot:
    Invoke - CheckAutoApproval
  7. Save the process.
You will now take the reply from the invoke activity and use it to direct the application down one of two paths in the process: automatic approval or manual approval.

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