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You build and then deploy your process to be able to start it and execute it at runtime. To build your process, you build the development component (DC) that contains your project. After that you deploy the built DC on a runtime engine. When you have deployed your DC, you can start and execute your process at runtime.

Prerequisites

  • You have ensured that you are an Administrator and you have the required roles and actions assigned to you.

  • You have modeled an end-to-end business process in the process composer.

  • You have configured the AS Java in the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio to deploy to. For more information, see Configuring the Application Server in the Developer Studio.

Procedure

1. Building a Development Component

  1. Choose   Window   Open Perspective   Other...   Process Development   and choose the OK pushbutton.

  2. In Project Explorer view, select the DC in which you have created your project.

    For more information about creating projects, see Creating a Project.

  3. In the context menu of the DC, choose   Development Component   Build...  .

  4. In the dialog that appears, select the DC you want to build and choose the OK pushbutton.

    The DC is built successfully if there are no errors. You can check the DC state under DC State on the Overview tab page in the Component Properties view.

Note Note

When you model your process, a constraint check is performed. As a result, a list with errors may appear in the Problems view of the Developer Studio. For example, you may have errors such as missing sequence flows or human activity with no task assigned to it. You have to fix the errors before building the process.

To open the Problems view, in the Developer Studio choose   Window   Show View   Problems  

Error markers also appear on flow objects in the process and on elements in the Project Explorer view.

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2. Deploying a Development Component

  1. Open the Process Development perspective.

  2. In the Project Explorer view, select the DC you have built.

  3. In the context menu of the DC, choose   Development Component   Deploy...  .

  4. In the dialog that appears, select the DC you want to deploy and choose the OK pushbutton.

    Note Note

    You may be prompted to sync the used DCs before deploy. To do that, select the DCs to sync and choose the OK pushbutton.

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  5. Log on to the AS Java server with your credentials, if prompted, to start deploying.

Note Note

You cannot undeploy the processes or development components containing the processes from the process repository.

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Result

You have built and deployed the DC containing the project and the process you have modeled. You can start and execute your process at runtime. For more information about starting a process, see Starting a Process.

You can also start your process in debug mode to locate and analyze possible errors. For more information about debugging processes, see Debugging Processes.