How do you configure transaction timeout for BPEL on SOA 11g?

As a general rule, you should keep the following relation between the timeout parameters:

syncMaxWaitTime < BPEL EJB's transaction timeout < Global Transaction Timeout

Note: This recommendation are ONLY applicable to Sync Processes. Additionally the default Timeout setting that comes with SOA 11g installation does not comply with this rule. You might need to adjust the setting according to your particular business needs.

1. Setting syncMaxWaitTime:

This property controls the maximum time the process result receiver will wait for a result before returning for Sync processes.

For SOA 11g R1 PS1 (11.1.1.4 and later):
* Login into EM
* Expand SOA and right click on "soa-infra" and select: SOA Administration -> BPEL Properties
* Click on "More BPEL Configuration Properties..." link
* Locate syncMaxWaitTime and change it.

2. Setting the transaction timeout for BPEL EJB's:

The timeout properties for the EJB's control the particular timeout setting for the SOA application, overriding the global setting specified by the JTA timeout (See step 3).

* Log into Oracle WebLogic Administration Console.
* Stop SOA Managed Server
* Click Deployments.
* Expand soa-infra -> EJBs.
* Following EJBs need to be updated:
BPELActivityManagerBean
BPELDeliveryBean
BPELDispatcherBean
BPELEngineBean
BPELFinderBean
BPELInstanceManagerBean
BPELProcessManagerBean
BPELSensorValuesBean
BPELServerManagerBean
* You can check in the config tab for the timeout setting in the BPEL* EJBs.
* Click Save.
* Restart Oracle WebLogic Server.

3. Setting the global transaction timeout at Weblogic Domain Level:

This property controls the transaction timeout seconds for active transactions. If the transaction is still in the "active" state after this time, it is automatically rolled back.

   * Log into Oracle WebLogic Administration Console.

   * Click Services -> JTA.

   * Change the value of Timeout Seconds (the default is 30).

   * Click Save.

   * Restart Oracle WebLogic Server.

More information available at:

http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs103/ConsoleHelp/pagehelp/Corecoredomaindomainconfigjtatitle.html

Note: For receive/invoke timeout introduced for Async Processes with PS3, refer:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17904_01/integration.1111/e10224/bp_events.htm#insertedID0