Common Tabs

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Applies To: Opalis 6.3

In the object properties dialog there are several tabs along the left side. These tabs provide access to general and specific settings for the object. Though the number of available tabs for object properties differs from object to object, all objects will have a General tab, a Details tab, and a Run Behavior tab. Some objects may have additional tabs, such as Security Credentials.

General Tab

This tab contains the Name and Description properties for the object. By default, the Name of the object is the same as its object type, and the Description is blank. You can modify these properties to create more descriptive names or provide detailed descriptions of the actions of the object.

Details Tab

This tab contains properties specific to the object. Most of the objects have the Connection Name property at the top of the Details tab. This property is used to specify the connection to the applicable server.

To configure the Connection Name property

  • Click the ellipsis (…) button next to the Name field, and then select the applicable connection name. Connections displayed in the list have been previously configured as described in the applicable Integration Pack Guide.

Run Behavior Tab

This tab contains the properties that determine how the object handles multi-value published data, as well as what notifications will be sent if the object fails or runs for an excessive period of time.

Multi-Value Published Data Behavior

The “Get” objects retrieve information from another object or outside source, and can return one or more values in the published data. For example, when you use the “Get Collection Member” object, the data output from that object might be a list of computers that belong to the specified collection.

By default, the data from the “Get” object will be passed on as multiple individual outputs, which trigger the next object as many times as there are items in the output. Alternatively, you can provide a single output for the object by enabling the Flatten option. When you enable this option, you also choose a formatting option:

  • Separate with line breaks. Each item is on a new line. This format is useful for creating human-readable text files for the output.

  • Separate with _ . Each item is separated by one or more characters of your choice.

  • Use CSV format. All items are in CSV (comma-separated value) format, which is useful for importing into spreadsheets or other applications.

The object will produce a new set of data every time it runs. The Flatten feature does not flatten data across multiple executions of the same object. For more information aboutworking with multi-value published data, see Multi-Value Published Data.

Event Notifications

Some objects are expected to take a limited amount of time to complete, and if they do not complete within that period of time they may be stalled or there may another issue preventing them from completing. You can define the number of seconds to wait for completion of the action, after which a platform event will be sent reporting the issue. You can also choose whether to generate a platform event if the object returns a failure.

To be notified when the object takes longer than a specified time to run or fails to run

  1. In the Event Notifications box, enter the number of seconds of run time prior to generating a notification.

  2. Select Report if object fails to run to generate run failure notifications.

For more information aboutOpalis events, see “Configuring Event Notifications” in the Opalis Integration Server Administrator Guide.

Published Data

Published data is the foundation of a working policy. It is the data produced as a result of the actions of an object. This data is published to an internal data bus which is unique for each Policy. Subsequent objects in the workflow can subscribe to this published data and use it in their configuration. Link conditions also use this information to add decision-making capabilities to Policies.

An object can only subscribe to published data from the objects that are linked before it in the Policy. You can use published data to automatically populate the property values needed by objects.

To use published data

  1. Right-click the property value box, click Subscribe, and then click Published Data.

  2. Click the Object drop-down box and select the object from which you want to obtain the data.

    To view additional data elements common to all policies, select Show Common Published Data.

  3. Click the published data element you want to use, and then click OK.

For a list of the data elements published by each object, see the Published Data tables in the object topic. For information about Common Published Data elements, see Policy Workflow Rules.

Security Credentials Tab

Some objects include the Security Credentials tab. The Security Credentials tab enables you to specify whether you will run the object under the account that runs the Action Server service, or under a different account. This is useful when the object performs its actions on a remote computer.

To configure the Security Credentials

  • Select one of the following options:

    Use the security of the account assigned to the service to run this object with the account used by the Action Server.

    This account to specify the account that will be used to run this object. Verify that the account has the rights to perform this action. Type the User name and Password for the account. If you specify an invalid user name or password, the account assigned to the Action Server will be used to run the object.