# Receive

Receive

A Receive activity requires a Partner Link name and an Operation as defined in the WSDL for this service. You can use the Quick Pick tree control at the right to select the Partner Link and Operation. A previously defined variable can be used to hold the message data, or the Use WSDL Message Parts Mapping checkbox can be set to store the incoming message in an anonymous WSDL message variable.

The Create a new Process Instance checkbox, when enabled, will cause the BPEL engine to start a new process. This will start a new conversation with a client.