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Workflow Solution Glossary of Terms

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Glossary of Terms

Term Technology Definition
Workflow Workflow Designer Workflow is a term used for a business process requiring multiple parties and multiple technologies to accomplish a task.
Component Workflow Designer In terms of this solution, a component is an object that accomplishes a discreet task. A component performs its job standing alone. Example: a Send Email component can work without any dependencies on other components. However, a component is most useful when combined with other components to accomplish a task. In workflow, Send Email would be one action within a business process. The Altiris equivalent is a task - incremental pieces of works can link tasks into a job.
Workflow Designer Workflow Solution A GUI based development tool that allows its user to configure components to build a business process. Workflow Designer encompasses the full software development cycle, from defining the process to deployment.
Workflow Designer Studio Workflow Designer Lets you manage, create, and edit workflow projects. Workflow Designer Studio also lets you select global settings and set tool preferences.
Workflow Server Workflow Solution The execution environment for applications built using Workflow Designer. This publishes workflow projects to Workflow Solution. This is a standard Web server.
Items Altiris Platform Any object persisted in the CMDB (Example: policies, folders, and computers that allow resources managed). Each item has a Name, Description, GUID, and Attributes and can be cloned, imported, exported, presented, and secured (security). Items can be linked as references or named relations between two items.

An object with more behavioral qualities.
Resources Altiris Platform Physical objects that can be managed by the system. A resource can be a computer, a device, a person, printers, routers, contracts, software packages, and so forth. Resources are composed of three things: Resource Type, Data Classes (specific data relevant to a resource type), and Associations (relationships between resources, Example: User to Company, each resource can have multiple relationships (0 to 1, exactly 1, 0 to many, 1 to many)). All resources are items.

An object focused on data and behavior.
UI Framework Altiris Platform A mechanism for displaying information about a solution and collecting user input. Consists of controls, pages, and web services to construct new, consistent user interfaces.
Altiris Platform Services Altiris Platform Allows a solution to perform certain functions or relate to other solutions in a standard way.
  • Software Delivery - Allows software to be bundled into a package, advertised as available, and delivered to a resource.
  • Inventory - A service that intermittently collects data about a resource (most often an inventory of computer hardware and software) and stores that data in the Notification Database for use by other resources or services.
  • Messaging - A server based messaging service that a resource can subscribe to. A subscriber listens for a relevant message and may take actions based on the message received.
  • Policies - A set of rules or regulatory information controlling how clients interact with servers. Example: frequency of when information is sent to a server.
  • Report Engine - A service that lets users define the information to be included in a report. The engine uses custom SQL queries, combined with parameters given by a user to retrieve and present information in a grid.
  • Scheduling - A service allowing the scheduling of events. Example: monitoring performance, running reports, and updating clients on some frequency.
  • Alerts - A notification service that informs the appropriate party when intervention is needed. This notice is routed to a distributing manager.
Collection Altiris Platform A grouping of items, resources, or collections.
Altiris Agents Altiris Platform Objects, residing on a client computer, that communicate with the Notification Server in order to perform services. Examples: inventory scan and pulling policies and packages from the Notification Server.
Task Altiris Platform An action performed on a collection of computers. Example: software delivery tasks (advertisements).
Smart Task Altiris Platform An entity within Helpdesk Solution which is an action connected to an incident, but can incorporate a URL. It is created to allow users to redirect to another URL.

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Altiris Component Data Types

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