| Option |
Supported in BPL? |
Supported in DTL? |
Supported in business rules? |
| Retrieving information about the business process |
Yes (business execution context variables) |
No |
No |
| Assigning a value |
Yes (<assign>) |
Yes (assign action) |
Yes (assign action) |
| Calling a data transformation |
Yes (<transform>) |
Yes (subtransform action) |
Yes (send action) |
| Calling a business rule |
Yes (<call>) |
No |
Yes (delegate action) |
| Calling custom code |
Yes (<code>) |
Yes (code action) |
No |
| Invoking SQL |
Yes (<sql>) |
Yes (sql action) |
No |
| Conditional logic |
Yes (<if>, <switch>, <branch>) |
Yes (if action) |
No |
| Looping |
Yes (<foreach>, <while>, <until>) |
Yes (for each action ) |
No |
| Sending an alert |
Yes (<alert>) |
No |
No |
| Including trace elements |
Yes (<trace>) |
Yes (trace action) |
Yes (trace action) |
| Sending a request message to a business operation or process |
Yes (<call>) |
No |
Yes (send action) |
| Waiting for a response from asynchronous requests |
Yes (<sync>) |
No |
No |
| Deleting the message |
No |
No |
Yes (delete action) |
| Performing error handling |
Yes (<throw>, <catch>, and others) |
No |
No |
| Delaying execution for a specified duration or until a future time |
Yes (<delay>) |
No |
No |
| Sending a primary response before execution is complete |
Yes (<reply>) |
No |
No |
| Using XPATH and XSLT |
Yes (<xpath>, <xslt>) |
No |
No |
| Storing a message temporarily to acknowledge a milestone |
Yes (<milestone>) |
No |
No |
