How to Add Shapes to Orchestrations

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