ActiveBPEL® Designer User’s Guide

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Creating an Orchestration Project

You must create a project folder to store BPEL process and related files. A project maps to a folder in the file system. An orchestration project is an ideal project nature for BPEL orchestrations.

An orchestration project includes the following in support of BPEL orchestrations:

• Service References. For details, see About Interfaces, Service References, and Local WSDL.
• Folders. Several folders are added for an organized and convenient registry of the resources that support orchestrations.
• Builders. For details, see About Project Orchestration and Validation Builders .

To create a new orchestration project:

1. Select File>New>Orchestration Project, and click Next.
2. Type in a project name.
3. Do one of the following:
• Click Finish to create a project in ActiveBPEL Designer installation folder\Designer\workspace. This is the default location for projects.
• Deselect the check box next to Use default location, and browse to a file system location to create a project. Click Finish when you are done.

Note: If the file system folder you select contains subfolders, all subfolders become part of the project. Be sure to select Make New Folder and type in a folder name if you want an empty project, as the illustration shows.



Note: You cannot create nested projects. Be sure that your projects do not overlap.

4. Notice that by default, several folders can be created to store process files and related resources. These folders are provided by the orchestration project nature.
5. Your new project appears in the Project Explorer, and the folder in the file system contains a .project file.

You can now create new BPEL process files, as described in Starting a New Process.

See also, Adding or Removing a Project Orchestration Nature.

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