New and Changed Information

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New and Changed Information

The following table provides an overview of the significant changes to this guide for this current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to this guide or of all new features in this release.

New and Changed Information for Release 6.5

Feature Description Where Documented
Schedule multiple instances of the same workflow. You can schedule the same workflow to execute multiple times. Previously, only one schedule could exist per workflow.

Scheduling a Service Request
Upload files. You can upload files to the Cisco UCS Director appliance using a workflow task with a special input type, fileUpload.

File Uploads

Define global variables.

You can define global variables for use in Orchestration task inputs.

User-Defined Global Variables

New Workflow Designer features.

Several new features make navigating in the Workflow Designer easier:

  • - Zoom controls to reduce and enlarge your view of the workflow

  • - A Fit to Window action that scales the workflow to your screen with a single click

  • - A Navigator to pan the view window within the work area

The Workflow Designer now also displays counts of conditional, custom, and total tasks.

The Workflow Designer

Header-based search for workflows.

You can search for and open a workflow from anywhere in Cisco UCS Director.

Opening Workflow Designer from a Header Search

Resource locking

You can lock and unlock resources in a workflow using special tasks that acquire and release named semaphores.

Locking Resources