Creating the configuration items

When you use configuration items in workflows, they act as constants for processes on a grid. Two workflows that you will create later in this chapter, the Copy File workflow and the Copy Files in Directory workflow, will use configuration items for the adapter name, the directory command, and the copy command. This task creates the configuration items that will be used in the subsequent workflows.

To create the configuration items

1. In the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio Project Navigator, expand the Samples module and double-click Configuration.
2. In the Module Configuration pane, click Add Module Configuration Group .
   A new configuration group named NewContainer1 is added in the Module Configuration pane, and the Name field in the Group Name pane displays NewContainer1.
3. In the Name field, type Samples and then click Save.
4. In the Module Configuration pane, select the Samples configuration group that you just created.
5. Click Add Module Configuration Item at the top of the Module Configuration pane.
   A new configuration item named NewValueNode1 is added in the Module Configuration pane, and the Name field in the Item Details pane displays NewValueNode1.

6. Enter the following information in the Item Details pane, and then click Save.

   Field	Description
   Name	Enter CMD_Adapter.
   Type	Select Static Value.
   Value	Enter the name of the Command Line adapter configured on your grid (for example, commandLineAdapter).

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   The configuration item and value are displayed below the selected group as shown in the following figure.
   
   Module Configuration and Item Details panes
   
   
   

7. Repeat steps 4 through 6 to create a configuration item for the directory command with the following details:

   Field	Description
   Name	Enter DirectoryCommand.
   Type	Select Static Value.
   Value	Enter dir.

8. Repeat steps 4 through 6 to create a configuration item for the copy command with the following details:

   Field	Description
   Name	Enter CopyCommand.
   Type	Select Static Value.
   Value	Enter copy.

   You have created the three configuration items as shown in the following figure.
   
   Module Configuration pane
   
   
   

Where to go from here

Continue with importing the utilities modules.