The Workflow Definitions Loader is called WFLOAD and can be found in: $FND_TOP/bin
By default it can be used the following ways.
To upload: WFLOAD apps/pwd 0 Y UPLOAD file.wft
To force: WFLOAD apps/pwd 0 Y FORCE file.wft
To download: WFLOAD apps/pwd 0 Y DOWNLOAD file.wft ITEMTYPE1 [ITEMTYPE2...ITEMTYPEn]
To upgrade: WFLOAD apps/pwd 0 Y UPGRADE file.wft
You can use a concurrent program to load process definitions. Run Workflow Definitions Loader concurrent program.
The products listed below leverage Oracle Workflow for business process definition and integration.
Oracle Warehouse Builder
Oracle Warehouse Builder includes a Workflow Deployment Wizard that lets you deploy extract, transform, and load mappings to Oracle Workflow as functions within an item type. You can then use Oracle Workflow Builder to define the sequence of these functions as a workflow process. In designing the process, you can specify job dependencies between the mappings to ensure that jobs run in the proper order. You can then run the process from Oracle Workflow or schedule the process to run using Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Oracle Application Server InterConnect
The Oracle Workflow Business Event System enables Oracle Application Server InterConnect and Oracle Workflow to work together to provide a complete business process driven integration solution. With Oracle Application Server InterConnect and Oracle Workflow, you can define business collaborations across two or more applications to implement the business processes for an organization.
The Oracle Application Server InterConnect iStudio design tool automatically generates Oracle Workflow business event and subscription definitions corresponding to common view events and procedures. You can launch the Oracle Workflow home page from iStudio to review these definitions. The iStudio tool also deploys process bundles as Oracle Workflow item type definitions. These item types include starter workflow processes with Oracle Workflow event activities that correspond to Publish, Subscribe, Invoke, and Implement activities defined in iStudio. You can then launch Oracle Workflow Builder from iStudio to complete the workflow process definition by specifying the sequence of the event activities and optionally adding other activities such as notifications or functions.
For example, iStudio might generate a workflow process with two event activities, one that receives a CreatePO event and another that sends an AcceptPO event. You can then use Oracle Workflow Builder to define the business process that controls the execution of these activities. For instance, add a notification activity to send an e-mail requesting approval after the CreatePO event is received and before the AcceptPO is event is sent.
At runtime, Oracle Application Server InterConnect and Oracle Workflow communicate with each other through the Oracle Workflow Business Event System, leveraging the Oracle Advanced Queuing messaging infrastructure, to execute business processes defined across multiple applications.
