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Following is a description of each activity in the process, listed by the activity's display name.

Buyer: Receive Create PO Event (Node 1)

This event activity receives the B2B Purchase Order event message that is sent to the Buyer: Top Level PO process by the Event Manager to start a new item.

Find Supplier (Node 2)

Currently this activity does nothing. It represents a point in the process where you can integrate a function that locates a supplier for the purchase order, based on the item being ordered or other criteria.

Get Agent Details (Node 3)

This function activity retrieves the agent details from the subscription that sent the event message to the workflow process. The activity retrieves details for the outbound agent on the Buyer system that should send the message and the inbound agent on the Supplier system that should receive the message.

Buyer: Send PO to Supplier Process (Node 4)

This activity is a subprocess that retrieves the name of the order requestor from the purchase order event message, sends the purchase order to the supplier, and notifies the order requestor that the purchase order has been sent to the supplier. To view the subprocess, double-click on Buyer: Send PO to Supplier under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Buyer: Send to PO Subprocess.

Buyer: Receive Supplier PO Acknowledgement (Node 5)

This activity is a subprocess that waits to receive a purchase order acknowledgement event message from the supplier. If the acknowledgement is not received within a specified period of time, the subprocess performs a timeout activity to keep notifying the order requestor that the supplier has not responded until the acknowledgement is received. When the acknowledgement is received, the subprocess notifies the order requestor of the acknowledgement.

To view the subprocess, double-click on Buyer: Receive Supplier PO Acknowledgement under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Buyer: Receive Supplier PO Acknowledgement Subprocess.

Buyer: Advanced Shipment Notice Process (Node 6)

This activity is a subprocess that receives an advanced shipment notice from the supplier and notifies the order requestor that the order has been shipped. To view the subprocess, double-click on Buyer: Advanced Shipment Notice under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Buyer: Advanced Shipment Notice Subprocess.

Buyer: Receive Supplier Invoicing (Node 7)

This activity is a subprocess that receives an invoice from the supplier and notifies the order requestor that the invoice has arrived. To view the subprocess, double-click on Buyer: Receive Supplier Invoicing under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Buyer: Receive Supplier Invoicing Subprocess.

And (Node 8)

This Standard function activity merges two or more parallel branches in the flow only when the activities in all of those branches complete.

End (Node 9)

This Standard function activity marks the end of the process.

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