Oracle BPA does a great job importing into BPEL, but here are a few items that need to be manually configured:

• Process Payloads need to be copied, Assigns to set up parameters
• Import from BPA to JDeveloper tool, the build.xml and build properties are often missing and need to be copied from other projects
• Human Tasks need to have forms assigned
• Embedded Java tasks cannot be round-tripped back into BPA, so they shouldn’t be used

If you haven’t already, go download JDeveloper 11g (at the time of writing, Technical Preview 2 is the current release). The Oracle JDeveloper team has been hard at work making this IDE really work as it becomes even more central to developing the next generation of Oracle products.

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/11/index.html

I have been involved in the Fusion Middleware 11g beta program as well as participating in other ways as a member of the Advisory Board for Oracle Portal and Oracle SOA Suite. Although I can’t say much, I can tell you that there is some exciting new features coming for developers, administrators, and end-users.

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g will prove to be a very large release that is both deep and broad. As more information becomes public (or I am authorized to share more), I will do so on this blog.

Until then, just get ready.