Links and selections

Use a link to connect two activities to make them run in sequence. Use the other selection tools to select a set of items on the canvas.

Activities

Select from the basic process activities to create a process. For example, select a Receive or Pick to begin the process. Select Operation Wizard to create a receive, invoke or receive/reply activity that does not yet have an associated Web Reference.

Containers

Select a container to structure a group of activities. For example, a Sequence is a container in which to add one or more activities.

Other

Select a special container. For example, select a catch all for a fault handler, or an if condition for an if activity.

Drawing

Add labels and shapes to the canvas. They are ignored in the XML code, but they print. You can anchor a label to an activity. To copy a BPEL file to a new location, see Preserving BPEL Layout With VBPEL Files.

Custom

Save any activity or set of activities from a BPEL drawing as a custom activity. You can reuse the custom activity in other BPEL drawings. By default, the custom palette is hidden when empty. For details, see Creating a Custom Activity.