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Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide

Appendix 13 Using Adapters

Cisco Prime Service Catalog Adapter

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Retry on connection failures—Check this check box to indicate the activity should retry to connect
to the service portal if there is a connection failure.

If the check box remains unchecked, then activity will fail if there is a connection failure.

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These fields are automatically populated with the default settings defined in the Cisco Prime Service
Catalog adapter.

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Time period (minutes)—Clear the field to manually update the time period for when the activity
should retry to connect to the Cisco Prime Service Catalog. (Default: 15 minutes)

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Frequency (seconds)—Clear the field to manually to determine the frequency in which Process
Orchestrator should retry connecting to the Cisco Prime Service Catalog. (Default: 30 seconds)

Step 7

Complete the appropriate information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete
the activity definition.

Defining the Complete Service Request Activity

Use the Complete Service Request activity to notify Service Catalog that the process is complete. The
required Task ID is provided in the AMQP message that initiated the process.

Step 1

On the Toolbox, choose Cisco Prime Service Catalog > Complete Service Request and drag and drop
the activity onto the Workflow pane.

Step 2

Click the Service Request tab to specify the following properties:

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Task ID—provided in the AMQP message that initiated the process

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Timeout—Check the check box and then enter the time period the activity should wait before failing.

Note

Click the time unit link to change the time interval.

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Action—action that can be used with this nsAPI call

Step 3

Complete the appropriate information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete
the activity definition.

Defining the Create Service Item from Table Activity

Use the Create Service Items from Table activity to create multiple service items using a table variable
to be delivered in response to a service request in the Cisco Prime Service Catalog.

The table variable should include the service names and values that correspond to the attribute names in
the Cisco Prime Service Catalog.

Step 1

In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose Cisco Prime Service Catalog > Create Service Items from
Table and drag and drop the activity onto the Workflow pane.

Step 2

Click the General tab and enter the appropriate information.

Step 3

Click the Service Item tab and enter the following information:

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Channel id—Enter the identifier that uniquely identifies each Service Link task.