IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Authoring services in Integration Designer > Services and service-related functions > Building mediation flows > Reusing mediation logic
Use Service Invoke in a subflow
You can call an intermediary service in a mediation subflow by using Service Invoke.
Use Service Invoke to call a service within a subflow, and then return the results to the subflow.
Procedure
- In the Mediation Subflow editor, drop a Service Invoke primitive onto the canvas.
- Select a reference from the list of available references
in the Select Reference window, and select an operation. Click OK.
You can also click New to create a new reference.
- Switch to the Details page of the Properties view. You will see the reference and operation that you just added. Configure properties in the Details and Retry pages as required.
- Switch to the Promotable Properties page, and promote the properties that you want to make available to the subflow instance.
- Switch to the mediation flow editor, and select the subflow instance.
- Switch to the Properties view.
- Click the References tab.
You will see the reference of the service invoke that you added in the list of references for the subflow.
In the list of subflow references, Name is the name of the property and Value is the reference. Verify that the Value column shows the correct reference.
If necessary, click Edit to select the correct reference. You will also see an entry for the reference in the Operations Connections section at the top of the mediation flow editor.
Related concepts:
Mediation subflows
Mediation subflow limitations
Related tasks:
Create a new mediation subflow
Editing a mediation subflow
Copying part of a mediation flow into a subflow
Adding a mediation subflow in a mediation flow
Synchronizing a subflow instance and implementation
Related information:
Promoting properties in a subflow
Changing the input or output message type in a subflow