Cisco Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide

Secure String Dialog box can contain hidden string text or query encrypted value variables in the 
Insert Reference Variable dialog box

Click OK.

The script argument is added to the command line argument list on the Windows activity property page.

Use the Stop a Windows Process activity to stop a running Windows process.

To launch this activity, the runtime user should have local administrative rights to the target.

If the runtime user does not have these rights, the activity will fail and display a message that the process 
has encountered a failed node.

In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose Microsoft Windows > Stop Windows Process drag and drop the 
activity onto the Workflow pane.

Click the Inputs tab and enter the Windows process ID for the appropriate running process to be stopped

Click OK.

Click the instance display-only tabs to view the process that was stopped. See also, 

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Use the Query Windows Events activity to specify information about the event logs that you want to find 
on the target. The activity searches the event log on the specified target and returns all matching events 
in the activity instance.

To ensure this Windows activity executes properly, verify that the Remote Registry service is enabled on 
your machine. 

In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose Microsoft Windows > Query Windows Events and drag and 
drop the activity onto the Workflow pane.

Click the General tab and enter the appropriate information.

Click the Event Log tab to define the properties specific to the activity, including:

Event types—The types of events that must be matched (Information, Warning, Error, Success 
Audit, Failure Audit).

Event log name—The name in the text field of the event log to be matched.

Event source—Check the check box and enter the source or click the Reference tool to select a 
variable to find event log entries by where they occurred.