Send Platform Event
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator
The Send Platform Event activity creates an activity event with text that you specify. You can use the Send Platform Event activity to create notifications of any problems or general information that occur in the runbook.
For more information about activity events, see Activity Events.
Activity Properties
Details Tab
| Settings | Configuration Instructions |
|---|---|
| Type | Type of event to create. You can select from the following values: - Information - Warning - Error |
| Summary | Summary of the event that displays in the list in the Events tab of the Runbook Designer. This has a limit of 200 characters. |
| Details | Details of the event that displays when the event is opened. This has a limit of 2,000 characters. |
Warning
The Runbook Designer does not warn you when you configure this activity and you exceed the limits for the Summary or Details settings . If you exceed these limits, the Runbook Designer does not allow you to check-in the runbook and a generic error is shown. The runbook server generates an error if it attempts to process data that exceeds these limits.
Published Data
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Type | The type of event that was generated. |
| Summary | The summary text of the event. |
| Details | The detailed description of the event. |