How to Add Shapes to Orchestrations

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This section describes the procedures for adding and removing shapes in your orchestration. For more information about the available shapes, see Orchestration Shapes.

To add a shape to an orchestration

  1. In the Toolbox, on the BizTalk Orchestrations tab, drag the shape onto a connecting line on the Orchestration Design Surface.

    —Or—

  2. Right-click the connecting line or the shape placeholder where you want to add the shape, point to Insert Shape, and then click the shape name you want to add.

    Note

    A Smart Tag appears on shapes that are not yet fully configured.

Note

Transform shapes and Message Assignment shapes can only exist within a Construct Message shape. If you add one of these shapes to your orchestration outside of a Construct Message shape, it is placed automatically inside a new Construct Message shape.

Note

Catch Exception and Compensation blocks can only exist following a Scope shape.

To remove a shape from an orchestration

  1. Right-click the shape on the design surface, and then click Delete.

    —Or—

  2. Select the shape and press the DELETE key.

See Also

Creating Orchestrations