Operator processes

This topic provides an overview of and instructions to work with operator processes.

• • Overview
  • Before you begin
  • To insert a hyperlink to display in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel process description field
  • To include a hyperlink in the Results tab of an process exposed in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel
  • To create a hyperlink using context items

Overview

An operator process is a process that is exposed in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel application. All activities can be added to a process exposed on TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control panel. 

You can insert hyperlinks into processes that are exposed in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel application. The hyperlinks are formatted as static strings, using http://, https://, HTML, or made up of one or more context items.

In the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel, hyperlinks are rendered in the Results tab or the description window of the process you execute. Workflow operators can click the link to access a website. While testing and debugging operator workflows, in TrueSight Orchestration Development Studio, the hyperlinks are functional.

When creating an process exposed in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel, you enter hyperlinks in the following places:

• Description field of the process property. The hyperlink is displayed in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel when you click the show description link. 

• In an activity in the details field of the Results tab. The hyperlink is displayed in the results table in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel.

Before you begin

Have open on the TrueSight Orchestration Development Studio process canvas a process you are creating or editing that contains at least one activity.

To insert a hyperlink to display in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel process description field

1. Edit the process properties.
2. In the description type the link for the website. When running the process in the operator control panel, this link is displayed in the process description.

The HTML link that follows creates a link that is displayed in bold text, called "BMC" for the BMC Software, Inc. web site.

To include a hyperlink in the Results tab of an process exposed in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel

1. Double-click an activity on the process canvas.

2. In the Results tab of the Properties Panel enter the link in the details field.
   The following example hyperlink creates a link, that is displayed in bold text, called "BMC" for the BMC Software, Inc. web site.
    

   <a href="http://www.bmc.com" target="bmc"><b>BMC</a>

   The following example hyperlink is created with the string http:// to the BMC Software, Inc. website. 
   

   http://www.bmc.com

   The following example hyperlink is created with the string https://and opens the email server to the login page. 
   

   https://www.emailserver.com/
3. Click OK to close the Properties Panel.

When running the process in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel the link is displayed in the Results tab.

To create a hyperlink using context items

1. Double-click the called process on the process canvas.
2. In the Results tab of the Properties Panel, click the context item button next to the details field to open the Context Browser window.
3. Select or create a context item to use for the hyperlink. The context item can be a URL or it can be made of multiple context items that create a URL.
4. Click OK to insert the context item and close Properties Panel.

When running the process in the TrueSight Orchestration Operator Control Panel the link is displayed in the Results tab.