Cisco Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide

Adapters are one of the extensibility mechanisms used to extend Process Orchestrator functionality to 
integrate with devices, environments, applications, or tools without undergoing core modification. 
Examples of adapters include:

The primary adapter for Cisco Process Orchestrator is the Core Functions Adapter. This adapter 
provides the core features and objects to be used to manage IT processes.

Microsoft Windows Adapter provides Windows objects, such as the Windows computer target, 
Windows runtime user, and Windows-related activities.

Use the

 Administration > Adapters view to display the adapters that are installed with the product and 

their associated objects.

Each adapter can have prerequisites that must be satisfied before the adapter can be fully functional. For 
example, the Core Functions Adapter has no prerequisites, but the SAP ABAP Adapter requires the SAP 
.NET 3.0 connector; without this connector, the SAP ABAP adapter will not function correctly.

Prerequisites apply to particular Process Orchestrator servers, so prerequisites can be satisfied on one 
server but not on another. This means that sometimes an adapter might be functional on one server and 
not on another if the prerequisites are not met on that other server. If you are running in a high availability 
environment, it is important that all required adapter’s prerequisites are satisfied on all Process 
Orchestrator servers.

To check the status of the prerequisites for each adapter:

Choose Administration > Adapters, then double-click an adapter name.

In the [adapter name] Adapter Properties dialog, click the Prerequisites tab.

If your environment contains more than one server, you can view the prerequisites for each server. 
Choose Administration > Orchestration Servers > PO Server properties > Prerequisites.

To view general information related to the adapter, the specific functions that the adapter provides, and 
a history of changes that have been made to the adapter, choose Administration > Adapters > Adapter 
Properties. The information on the property dialog for each adapter varies. 

Each adapter provides specific functionality within Process Orchestrator. Use the Provides tab in the 
Administration > Adapters > Adapter Properties dialog to view the functionality that is provided by an 
adapter.