Develop User Workflow; Modify User Workflow - HPE XP7 Automation Director User Manual

4. Create users. This step is not necessary if you have integrated users from XP7 Command View
Advanced Edition with Active Directory.
5. Configure user groups, if needed. Automation Director includes four built-in user groups.
6. Create infrastructure groups and assign resources to them. If necessary, you can also assign Web
Service Connections and Agentless Remote Connections to infrastructure groups.
7. Create service groups and associate user groups with service groups. This step also assigns the user
role (Admin, Develop, Modify, Submit) associated with the user group.
8. Associate infrastructure groups with the service groups to enable the services in the service group to
use the resources in the infrastructure groups.
More information
Configuring VMware vCenter connections on page 68
Configuring remote connections on page 72
Viewing the Administration tab on page 56

Develop user workflow

Much of the Develop user's workflow takes place in Service Builder. The Develop user has access to all
parts of Automation Director except the Administration tab.
The Develop user workflow is as follows:
1. Log on to Automation Director and launch Service Builder.
2. Create or modify a service template in Service Builder.
3. Build the service template in Service Builder.
4. Test the service template in Automation Director.
At this point the template in not available for use.
5. Release the template from Service Builder.
After the template is released, you can access it in Automation Director and use it to create services.
More information
Working with service templates on page 47

Modify user workflow

The Modify user role is designed to enable expert users to create services from within their service
groups. This means that the Modify user can only create services that are in the service group that is
associated with the Modify user's user group.
The Modify user can access the Dashboard, the Services tab, the Tasks tab and the Service Templates
tab.
The Modify user workflow is as follows:
1. Log on to Automation Director and access the Service Templates tab to find a service template.
The Modify user can only view service templates that are released.
2. Locate a service template that matches the service requirements.
3. Use the service template to create a service.
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