Cisco Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
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Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
Chapter 5 Authoring Processes
Selecting the Target Type on Which a Process Acts
Selecting the Target Type on Which a Process Acts
Process definitions control the target types on which they act. This selection supports inheritance.
Step 1
Open the process in the Process Editor (see
).
Step 2
Click the Target tab, then click the target types on which this process can run.
For example, assume that an SQL Server 2008 type provides a more specific implementations of an SQL
Server Database through inheritance. All process that can run on an SQL Server Database run against a
SQL Server 2008; a SQL Server 2008 “is a” SQL Server Database.
Server Database through inheritance. All process that can run on an SQL Server Database run against a
SQL Server 2008; a SQL Server 2008 “is a” SQL Server Database.
To view the processes that run on a given target type or target instance:
Step 1
Choose Definitions > Target Types, highlight a target type, right click and choose Properties.
Step 2
Click the Processes tab. The list shows the processes that can be executed against this target type.
Adding an Invocation of an Existing Child Process
Before an existing process is available in the Processes pane of the Process Editor and can be used in
another process' workflow, the Started by Parent Process trigger must be defined in that existing process.
another process' workflow, the Started by Parent Process trigger must be defined in that existing process.
Before You Begin
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Confirm that the process you want to invoke includes the trigger, Started by Parent Process.
Step 1
Choose Toolbox > Processes, then highlight and drag the appropriate process to the Workflow pane.
Step 2
On the [Child Process Name] Properties property sheet, click the General tab and modify the general
property information.
property information.
Step 3
Click the Target and Credentials tabs and modify those properties as needed.
Step 4
Click the Inputs tab in the [Variable Name] field and modify the parameters for executing the child
process. If the process does not have any input variables, the page will be blank.
process. If the process does not have any input variables, the page will be blank.
Step 5
Click Save
to save the child process definition.
Adding Variable to a Process
You can assign Variables to the process when you use something multiple times.
For example, if there is a person who must always be the first approver, you can create a variable with
the details of the person so you do not have to re-enter the email address in the activity properties. You
can simply reference the variable.
the details of the person so you do not have to re-enter the email address in the activity properties. You
can simply reference the variable.
Step 1
On the Process Properties pane, click the Variable tab.