Creating Templates - Novell SENTINEL RAPID DEPLOYMENT 6.1 - 12-2009 User Manual

Step Palette: There are four types of steps in the Step Palette. You can drag and drop the steps
into the Process pane.
Decision Step
Mail Step
Manual Step
Command Step
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 Section 6.7.6, "Managing Activities," on page
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:
Template Builder Icons
Table 6-4
Icon Description
Start Step: All workflow templates have a Start step.
Decision Step: This step provides different execution paths, depending on the value
of a variable defined in a previous step.
Mail Step: This step sends a prewritten e-mail.
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).
Activity Step: This step is a predefined set of activities.
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.
End Step: This step signifies the completion of a workflow process.

6.4.1 Creating Templates

1 Click the iTRAC tab.
2 In the navigation pane, click iTRAC Administration > Template Manager.
3 Click Add. The iTRAC Template Builder window displays.
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