Generate simple report from MigrationFeasibility xml (Oracle BPM 11g PS6)

With the release of Oracle BPM Suite PS6 there is a new feature called instance migration. Included in this new feature a Migration Report/Feasibility generator.

A lot of information concerning this and other migration features can be found in the Oracle documentation. (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28280_01/user.1111/e15175/bpmug_alt_flw_mig.htm#CHDBFJJA)

However after having generated the report which is bascially an XML file you will end-up with something like this.

Basically a lot of xml tags which are difficult to interpret. To give you a little indication, the file generated contains 75 lines for a simple BPM process without any integration and that has two instances. You can imagine the output for a production system...

This can all change by creating a very simple XSLT file that will transform your xml into a generated html page showing you more information that the xml could.

By using a little bit of color it will be very easy to find non-migrateble instances.

The only thing that needs to be done is add one line to your generated xml with a link to your custom MigrationReport xsl file :

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="migrationReport.xsl"?>

After this the xml can be loaded into any modern browser and you will see it displayed.

Note: The "layout" of my generated report is very poor but seeing that it generated html a very flashy report could be within reach.

EDN (Event Driven Network) debug servlet

I was recently working on some demo implementation using the well known EDN (Event Driven Network) inside Oracle SOA Suite.

However after numerous tests I kept going back into my AQ tables to see what the message was holding and how it was handled as such... Just like many others I thought to myself, there must be a better way.

That's when I found this little url :

http://soabpm-vm:7001/soa-infra/events/edn-db-log

It gives you a (basic) view of what is going on inside your EDN. Small, fast and extremely helpful. Just like we want our implementations to be.

UPDATE:
I just found out Oracle A-TEAM's Andy Knight has also blogged about this back in March of this year. For more information check their extensive blogpost : http://www.ateam-oracle.com/edn-debugging/

Use Oracle BPM 11g PS6 to quickstart your business processes

I recently wrote a blog entry on the corporate blog.

Quick and easy development that basically any IT user can do. This entire process took me only 2 hours to build and run.

Have a nice read.

http://integr8consulting.blogspot.be/2013/07/use-oracle-bpm-11g-ps6-to-quickstart.html

VMWare player and NAT setup

After being a fond user of Oracle Virtualbox and being very happy with it, I found myself recently working with VMWare Player.

Now a big advantage of Virtualbox is it's flexible network configuration. Unfortunately I didn't find any equally powerful or relevant features when using the player. Until I discovered this little feature, which I'll gladly share with you.

Open a dos command window and navigate to the location where you installed VMWare player

For example folder :
c:\program files (x86)\VMWare\VMware Player\

Then execute the following command :
"rundll32.exe vmnetui.dll VMNetUI_ShowStandalone"

What you'll get is a nice graphical interface in which you can basically tune any network setting that you could think of.

Good luck and have fun using some extended features of VMWare Player.

Follow JDeveloper Memory Usage

I’ve come across this old but very handy option in Oracle JDeveloper. Basically it’s something I find very useful but often forget how to turn it on.

Open the jdev.conf file assiociated with Oracle JDeveloper. This file should be in the jdevmwhome/jdeveloper/jdev/bin folder.

At the end of this file add the following option.

AddVMOption -DMainWindow.MemoryMonitorOn=true

Once restarted you’ll have a nice memory overview at the bottom right of your screen.

It even allows you to force a garbage collection, just in case you are running close to memory limits.

Back to posting...

It's been a while.. to say the least.

But I'm back to posting blog entries on my personal blog so be prepared to see some updates.