Display the Partner Link Type element from a WSDL. The illustration shows an example of the loanProcess port type prior to the partner link type creation.

Select an operation to receive from, reply to, or invoke.

Drag the operation to one of the following locations:

Anywhere on Process Editor canvas to create a receive, reply, reply with fault, or invoke
Inside a scope on the Process Editor canvas if you want to create scope-level partner links or variables
Pick activity to create an onMessage and/or Reply
Event handler to create an onEvent and/or Reply
The list that appears on the Activity Type page varies depending on the location on which you dropped the operation. The following illustration shows the activities for a process or scope-level location, not for a pick activity or event handler. The Receive-Reply combination is listed because the WSDL operation has both input and output messages. Similarly, a Reply with Fault is listed because a fault is declared for the WSDL operation.

Select the activity type. As a shortcut, you can select Receive-Reply to set up matching activities at the same time. Click

Next

.

Accept an existing process-level or ancestor scope partner link you have already defined in your process, if available, or type in a new one. A partner link identifies the roles played by the process and service. If you are creating a new partner link inside a scope, you can select Enclosing Scope for the declaration of the Location, making the partner link locally available only, instead of globally available to the process. Click

Next

.

Choose one of the following for the input variable, and then click

Next

:

Use an existing variable name associated with the operation's input message
Type in a new name for the input variable in your process. Select the Location for the declaration: Process or Enclosing Scope. Specify the variable type: Message or Element. If the variable is a message type with a single part defined by an element, you can select Element.
Select No Variable if the variable is for an empty message or you want to create a fromPart or toPart for the activity. See
From Variable to Part
for details.

For an invoke or reply activity, repeat step 6 for the output variable name. Click

Finish

.

Select a fault declared for the operation, and click

Next

.

Make one of the following selections for the fault variable:

Use an existing variable name associated with the operation fault variable
Type in a new name for the fault variable in your process. Select the Location for the declaration: Process or Enclosing Scope. Specify the variable type: Message or Element. If the variable is a message type with a single part defined by an element, you can select Element.
Select No Variable if the variable is for an empty message or you want to create a fromPart or toPart for the activity. See From Variable to Part for details.