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  • 1.  Need to be able to copy a record in altiris 7.1 using workflow?

    Posted Jul 30, 2011 05:21 AM

    Need to the ability to copy a record in Altiris 7.1.  The senario is, we store contract details, when the contract expires at the end of the year, we want to be able to copy the contract 'record' and then just change the few relevant fields in the new record.  Has anybody used worlflow the allow a record to cbe copied?



  • 2.  RE: Need to be able to copy a record in altiris 7.1 using workflow?

    Posted Jul 30, 2011 12:58 PM

    Your have a few options:

    1. Use generated resource components to fetch the contract from the CMDB and insert a new contract into the CMDB once updated.

    2. Use generated SQL components to do the same.



  • 3.  RE: Need to be able to copy a record in altiris 7.1 using workflow?

    Posted Jul 30, 2011 02:41 PM

    1. Use generated resource components to fetch the contract from the CMDB and insert a new contract into the CMDB once updated.

    Sorry I new to this, How can I do that? that sounds like exactly what I need, thank you



  • 4.  RE: Need to be able to copy a record in altiris 7.1 using workflow?

    Posted Jul 31, 2011 12:34 PM

    Workflow should come with a generated resource library loaded by default in each project (Symantec.Components.Generated7.Altiris.Resource). This resource library introduces components like Get*ByID and GetAll*, where the * are various resources. If you don't find the specific resource you want to use, you have to "regenerate" the library by double-clicking on the project in Workflow Manager and running the wizard against the SMP you're going to use.

    These components come as-is, and it's important to note that they're generated by running against the NS Web Services solution on the SMP. I'd consider them "advanced" components.

    There is also a library called Symantec.Components.Resource7 (loaded by default) that introduces higher level components, like Get Resource, Get Resources, and Save Resource. These components depend on the generated library mentioned above to provide different resource types to fetch. If you don't see the resource type you'd like to fetch, you have to regenerate the generated library mentioned above. These components are actually handcoded, and aren't generated like the previous library above.

    When you use either of these 2 libraries, you need to use a Create SMP Credentials component (pointing at the SMP you want to use) before using a resource component afterwards.