How to Configure Correlation Sets

To configure your correlation set, you can select an existing correlation type, create a new correlation type, or modify an existing correlation type.

To assign a correlation type to a correlation set

• Select an existing correlation type.

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  Right-click the new correlation type and select Configure Correlation Properties.

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  Click the Ellipsis (...) button on Correlation Properties in the Properties window.

  The Correlation Properties dialog box comes up. Add properties that you want to include in your correlation set. If a correlation type was not already assigned to your correlation set, a new correlation type will be created.

  If a correlation type already exists for your correlation set, and you add or remove properties with the Correlation Properties dialog box, the existing correlation type will be modified.

To associate send and receive activities with a correlation set

1. Expand the Correlation Set node.

2. Select a send or receive activity from the drop-down.

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   Select the correlation set in either the Initializing Correlation Sets property or the Following Correlation Sets property in the Properties window for each Send or Receive shape you want to associate with the correlation set.

To disassociate send and receive activities from a correlation set

• In the Orchestration View window, expand the correlation set node if necessary, right-click the activity you want to remove, and then click Delete.

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  Clear the correlation set in either the Initializing Correlation Sets property or the Following Correlation Sets property in the Properties window for each Send or Receive shape you want to disassociate from the correlation set.

See Also

Using Filters With the Receive Message Shape
Using Correlations in Orchestrations