> #### 4.3.2 Importing BPEL Process Definitions

> BPEL (also known as BPEL4WS or BPELWS), an XML language used to describe business processes and how they fit together, defines a model and a grammar for describing the behavior and sequencing of a business process based on interactions between the process and its partners. The interaction with each partner typically occurs through Web Service interfaces. BPEL defines how multiple service interactions with these partners are coordinated to achieve a business goal, as well as describing the state and the logic necessary for this co-ordination. BPEL also introduces mechanisms for dealing with business exceptions and processing faults, and defines how individual or composite activities within a process are to be compensated in cases where exceptions occur or a partner requests reversal.

> BPEL process definition files can be imported using the BPM Console. Process definitions stored anywhere on the local machine can be imported.

> To import process definitions (BPEL)

> 1. Make sure that you are in the Process Definition List pane.

> 2. Click Import BPEL.

> The Importing BPEL File dialog box appears.

> 3. Click Browse and navigate to the file location where your process definitions in BPEL format are stored.

> 4. Click on the process definition that you want to import and click Open.

> The BPEL file name with full path displays in the BPEL File field.

> 5. Click the Import button.

> The process definition is imported. The Process Definition List is displayed, and the newly imported process definition appears in the Process Definition List.

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