Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide

Actions and Alerts

Actions Interface

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 – When selected, this option ensures that the action is available to all CWA users (within the constraints 

of their security policy). You can select the default condition for this option from the 

 dialog. 

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 – When you are in the 

 field, this button inserts one or more variables. The values of the variables 

are substituted at the time that the action is executed.

Details Tab (HP OpenView Operations)

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 – The severity level of the message. You can choose 

, 

, 

, 

 or 

. 

Severity levels alter the representation color of the icons and message indicators in the HP OpenView software.

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 – The text for the HP OpenView message. You can type a combination of text and/or variables in your 

message. Use the 

 button to choose a variable from the 

 context menu. 

Note: If you do not type a message here, there will be no content for the HP OpenView message when viewed from the 
HP OpenView Message Browser.

Description Tab

The 

 field is a free text field for up to 255 characters.

Action Definition: Job Dialog

The 

 dialog displays when adding or editing a job action. A job action adds a new job or job 

group to the production schedule when the associated job or system event occurs.

Common to All Tabs

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 – The name of the action (up to 30 characters). The name must be unique.

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 – The owner of the action. The default owner is the creator.

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 – When selected, this option ensures that the action is available to all CWA users (within the constraints 

of their security policy). You can select the default condition for this option from the 

 dialog. 



 – When you are in the 

 field of the 

 section, click this button to select a defined 

variable. The values of the variables are substituted when the action is executed. 

Details Tab (Job)

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 – The name of the job or job group to add to the production schedule. Click the 

 button to select 

a job or job group using the 

 dialog. You cannot type directly into this field, which prevents the typing of 

non-existent jobs and job groups.

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 – The agent on which to run the job. If this field is left blank, the agent or agent list specified in the job’s 

definition is used. You can clear an agent you selected by right-clicking the 

 field and selecting 

from the context menu or by selecting the agent and using the D

 key on your keyboard.

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 – The user account under which the job runs. If this field is left blank, the runtime user specified in 

the job’s definition is used. If the runtime user is not defined in the job definition, then the job runs under the account 
of its 

. You can clear the 

by right-clicking the 

 field and selecting 

from the context menu or by selecting the text and pressing the D

 key on your keyboard.

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 – If the job has command parameters assigned to it from the 

 dialog, the parameters 

are displayed here. Command parameters are text strings placed after the command when it runs to modify how the 
command is executed.

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 – Displays the default command parameter(s) from the original job definition.

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 – The command parameter(s) to be passed to the job’s command when the job is inserted into the 

schedule by the action. You can use this column to add or to override the existing values shown in the 

 field 

by typing in the new values or variables.