Oracle SOA BPEL Process Manager 11gR1 – A Hands-on Tutorial

Configuring BPEL timeouts

Receiving connection timeout-related errors is a common scenario for processing large payload or a large number of message files.

Some of the scenarios that require value changes in the Timeout parameter are listed as follows:

• One needs more than 30 seconds for running the composite application with a large payload
• Application logfiles or EM console has timeout errors

There are multiple solutions available to resolve timeout-related errors. The following timeout controls are available in BPEL Process Manager:

• JTA Transaction Timeout aka Global Transaction Timeout
• BPEL EJB's Transaction Timeout
• syncMaxWaitTime
• Transaction setting in composite.xml

Global Transaction Timeout parameter setting is at the WebLogic container level. Please ...