Cisco Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
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Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
Chapter 1 Introduction
Process Orchestrator System Elements
Process Orchestrator System Elements
The following diagram shows the major functional elements of the Process Orchestrator system. These
elements are discussed in the sections that follow.
elements are discussed in the sections that follow.
Figure 1-1
Process Orchestrator Functional Model
Activities
Activities are the steps in a process. They are customized to perform integration with some environment.
For example, an stop trap send activity would have a very different UI and set of properties from an SAP
ABAP call, and would have very different runtime characteristics as well.
For example, an stop trap send activity would have a very different UI and set of properties from an SAP
ABAP call, and would have very different runtime characteristics as well.
Activities can be provided by adapters (binary components in Cisco Process Orchestrator) or by
automation packs. Therefore both adapters and automation packs can contribute to a particular
integration.
automation packs. Therefore both adapters and automation packs can contribute to a particular
integration.
Workflow activities provide the logic or flow aspects of the process workflow. Workflow activities are
exposed in the Logic tab of the toolbox in the Process Editor.
exposed in the Logic tab of the toolbox in the Process Editor.
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Automation Summaries
Technically, automation summaries are XML files that are published on a share or web server. The path
or URL is then available to be linked from anywhere. This architecture makes them available for
integration into virtually any context.
or URL is then available to be linked from anywhere. This architecture makes them available for
integration into virtually any context.