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Managing Workflows

About the Cisco Workflow Editor

Workflow Engine Branch

Managing Workflows

About this chapter:

This chapter briefly describes the Workflow Engine branch in the Cisco ANA Manage application.

About the Cisco Workflow Editor, provides an overview of the Cisco Workflow Editor.

Workflow Engine Branch, briefly describes the Workflow Engine sub-branches, namely, Templates and Workflows.

For more information about the Workflow Engine branch menus and toolbar, see Workflow Engine Branch.

About the Cisco Workflow Editor

The Cisco Workflow Editor enables the creation and execution of logical flows of atomic tasks (activation commands), including, complex rollback scenarios. This logic enables the user to define relationships between tasks, including sequences, branches, failure procedures, scheduling, and access to Cisco Commands as well as Cisco's Information Model. The Workflow Editor can interface with an external system such as an order management system in order to create a full solution for service provisioning, which is user-customizable and user-extendable.

The Cisco Workflow Editor is a GUI-oriented process management tool that acts as a powerful visual design and execution tracing tool for defining and deploying activation workflows (a workflow consists of several tasks grouped together and arranged in a hierarchy). Workflow management is supported in runtime and includes a runtime GUI control console. The easy-to-use GUI is flexible enough to enable complex flows to be created with a minimum of effort. For information about launching and working with the Cisco Workflow Editor, refer to the Cisco Active Network Abstraction Workflow User's Guide.

All workflows are stored on the Cisco ANA Gateway. The Workflow Editor engine resides on the Cisco ANA Gateway,

using AVM 66.

Note In order to use workflows AVM 66 must be up and the relevant license must be installed.

After a workflow is deployed, it is accessible via Cisco ANA Manage for viewing properties and status. Deployed workflows can be invoked via the Cisco ANA API using BQL.

Workflow Engine Branch

The Workflow Engine branch in Cisco ANA Manage enables the user to manage the workflow templates and running workflows in runtime.

Note The Workflow Engine branch is only enabled upon installation of the relevant license.

The Workflow Engine branch includes the following sub-branches:

•Templates—Displays a list of the deployed workflow templates and enables the user to view the properties of the workflow template.

•Workflows—Displays a list of the running or completed workflows and enables the user to view and alter their current status.

For more information about the Workflow Engine branch functionality, refer to the Cisco Active Network Abstraction Workflow User's Guide.

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