Configuration Management module setup validation workflows
You can use the workflows in the Setup Validation folder as templates to use when creating new workflows and methods to test the success of a newly created process. This section describes the following setup validation workflows:
Test Create Configuration Items workflow
Use this workflow as a template for creating configuration items and as a method for testing configuration item creation.
Test Create Configuration Item workflow inputs
Input | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
configuration name | Specifies a configuration group defined in the module configuration | Yes |
configuration item type | Specifies the class name of the configuration item
| Yes |
Test Create Configuration Item workflow outputs
Output | Description |
|---|---|
configuration items | Contains an XML document providing the details of the configuration items returned by the request; contains available values from the configuration management system for the elements of the configuration-item concept |
success status | Indicates whether the workflow finished successfully |
status message | Provides a workflow-specific explanation for the value of success status |
Test Delete Configuration Items workflow
Use this workflow as a template for deleting configuration items and as a method for testing the success of deleting configuration items.
Test Delete Configuration Item workflow input
Input | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
configuration name | Specifies a configuration group defined in the module configuration | Yes |
class name | Specifies the configuration item's class name
| Yes |
request id | Specifies the configuration item's request ID | Conditional; required only for BMC_AR_System |
configuration item name | Specifies the configuration item's name | Conditional; required only for HP ServiceCenter |
Test Delete Configuration Item workflow outputs
Output | Description |
|---|---|
configuration items | Contains an XML document providing the details of the configuration items returned by the request; contains available values from the configuration management system for the elements of the configuration-item concept |
success status | Indicates whether the workflow finished successfully |
status message | Provides a workflow-specific explanation for the value of success status |
Test Update Configuration Item Status workflow
Use this workflow as a template for updating a configuration item's status and as a method for testing the success of creating the update.
Note
This workflow does not support BMC IT Service Management 8.0 and 8.1.
Test Update Configuration Item Status workflow inputs
Input | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
configuration name | Specifies a configuration group defined in the module configuration | Yes |
class name | Specifies the configuration item's class name.
| Yes |
instance id | Specifies the configuration item's instance ID | No |
configuration item name | Specifies the configuration item's name | No |
new status | Specifies the new status
| Yes |
Test Update Configuration Item Status workflow outputs
Output | Description |
|---|---|
configuration items | Contains an XML document providing the details of the configuration items returned by the request; contains available values from the configuration management system for the elements of the configuration-item concept |
success status | Indicates whether the workflow finished successfully |
status message | Provides a workflow-specific explanation for the value of success status |
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