Managing Workflows
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9 Managing Workflows
About this chapter:
This chapter briefly describes the Workflow Engine branch in the Sheer DNA
Manage application.
About the Sheer Workflow Editor, below, provides an overview of the
Sheer Workflow Editor.
Workflow Engine Branch, page 134, briefly describes the Workflow Engine
sub-branches, namely, Templates and Workflows.
For more information about the Workflow Engine branch menus and toolbar,
refer to page 52.
9.1 About the Sheer Workflow Editor
The Sheer 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
Sheer Commands as well as Sheer’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 Sheer 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
Sheer Workflow Editor, refer to the Cisco Active Network Abstraction
Workflow User’s Guide.
All workflows are stored on the Sheer DNA Gateway. The Workflow Editor
engine resides on the Sheer DNA Gateway,
using AVM 66.
Note: In order to use workflows AVM 66 must be up and the relevant license
must be installed.
