Template Builder Interface

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You will see the following panes in the Template Builder window:

To perform an action on a Step, Variable or Transition:

§   Process: This is the main GUI for viewing and creating a Workflow template. For more information on creating a Workflow Template, see "Creating Templates".

§   Quick Edit: Select a Step or Transition to see its properties. This pane allows you to edit process attributes.

To edit the details of steps using Quick Edit:

§   Activities: The activities added in the Activity Manager are shown in this pane and can be added to a workflow template. The user can also Add, Edit and Remove Activities. For more information, see "Managing Activities".

WARNING:

Use caution when editing or deleting an Activity that is already in use.

The following icons are used in the Template Builder to represent the Steps:

Icon

Description

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Start Step: All workflow templates have a Start Step.

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Decision Step: This step provides different execution paths depending on the value of a variable defined in a previous Step.

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Mail Step: This step sends a pre-written email.

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Manual Step: This step indicates that manual work must be performed, often outside the Sentinel system (For example, telephoning the owner of the affected system or analyzing the results of a scan).

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Activity Step: This step is a pre-defined set of Activities.

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Command Step: This step executes a command or script on the iTRAC workflow server, usually installed in the same place as the Data Access Service (DAS). The output of the command can be stored in a string variable and used as input to a Decision Step.

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End Step: This step signifies the completion of a workflow process.