17.9 Managing Steps

17.9.1 Copying a Step

  1. Access the Sentinel Control Center. For more information, see Step 1 in Accessing the iTRAC Administration Tools.

  2. Click the iTRAC tab.

  3. In toolbar, click iTRAC > Template Manager.

  4. Select an existing template, click View/Edit.

  5. Right-click an existing step, then select Copy Step.

    The step window opens in edit mode with all the attributes of the selected step.

  6. Specify a name for the new step.

  7. Edit step attributes as necessary, then click OK.

17.9.2 Modifying a Step

  1. Access the Sentinel Control Center. For more information, see Step 1 in Accessing the iTRAC Administration Tools.

  2. Click the iTRAC tab.

  3. In the toolbar, click iTRAC > Template Manager.

  4. Select an existing template, then click View/Edit.

  5. Right-click an existing step, then select Edit Step.

  6. Edit the step attributes, then click OK.

17.9.3 Editing a Manual Step

  1. Access the Sentinel Control Center. For more information, see Step 1 in Accessing the iTRAC Administration Tools.

  2. Click the iTRAC tab.

  3. In the toolbar, click iTRAC > Template Manager.

  4. Select an existing template that contains a manual step, then click View/Edit.

  5. Right-click the manual step, then select Edit Step.

  6. Change the name for the step.

  7. Attach a role to this step by selecting a role from the drop-down list.

    For more information on roles, see Managing iTRAC Roles.

  8. Click Associate to associate a variable, then select the variable from the list or create new variables to be associated.

  9. Set a default value for the variable as desired.

  10. Check Read-Only, if this variable is to be forced to the default value.

  11. Click the Description tab, then provide a description for this step.

  12. Click Preview to preview the step you created.

  13. Click OK to save the step.

17.9.4 Editing a Decision Step

  1. Access the Sentinel Control Center. For more information, see Step 1 in Accessing the iTRAC Administration Tools.

  2. Click the iTRAC tab.

  3. In the toolbar, click iTRAC > Template Manager.

  4. Select an existing template that contains a decision step, then click View/Edit.

  5. Right-click a decision step, then select Edit Step.

  6. Change the name of the step.

  7. Click the Description tab to provide a description for this step.

  8. Click OK to save the step.

17.9.5 Editing a Mail Step

  1. Access the Sentinel Control Center. For more information, see Step 1 in Accessing the iTRAC Administration Tools.

  2. Click the iTRAC tab.

  3. In the toolbar, click iTRAC > Template Manager.

  4. Select an existing template that contains a mail step, then click View/Edit.

  5. Right-click a mail step, then select Edit Step.

  6. Change the name of the step.

  7. Specify the To and From e-mail addresses, then specify a subject for the e-mail in the General tab.

  8. Click the Body tab, then compose the e-mail message.

  9. Click OK to save the step.

17.9.6 Editing a Command Step

  1. Access the Sentinel Control Center. For more information, see Step 1 in Accessing the iTRAC Administration Tools.

  2. Click the iTRAC tab.

  3. In the toolbar, click iTRAC > Template Manager.

  4. Select an existing template that contains a command step, then click View/Edit.

  5. Right-click a command step, then select Edit Step.

  6. Change the name for this step.

  7. Specify the path and name of the command or script to execute relative to the /opt/novell/sentinel/bin/actions directory.

  8. (Conditional) Select Use Variables, if you want to run a command or script referenced in a variable that is populated during the workflow process.

  9. Specify any command line arguments to pass to the command or script.

  10. (Conditional) Select Use Variables, if you want to run a command or script referenced in a variable that is populated during the workflow process.

  11. Specify a variable to hold output from the command or script.

    Any standard output is placed into these variables.

  12. Click the Description tab to provide a description for this step.

  13. Click OK to save the step.

17.9.7 Deleting a Step

  1. Access the Sentinel Control Center. For more information, see Step 1 in Accessing the iTRAC Administration Tools.

  2. Click the iTRAC tab.

  3. In the toolbar, click iTRAC > Template Manager.

  4. Select an existing template, then click View/Edit.

  5. Right-click an existing step, then select Delete Step.

  6. In the Alert Message window, select Yes to confirm deletion.