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OnCommand Workflow Automation 5.1

Schemes window

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The Schemes window displays the available schemes and enables you to manage the schemes. OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) uses schemes to acquire data relevant to an environment.

A scheme represents the data model for a system. The data model is a collection of dictionary entries. You can define a scheme and then define a data source type. The data source defines how the data is acquired and the scheme is populated. For example, a vc scheme contains data relevant to your virtual environment, such as virtual machines, hosts, and datastores.

Schemes table

The Schemes table lists the available scheme entries. Each entry is identified as one of the following:

  • community certification - content created by users

  • ps certified icon wfa - content developed by Professional Services (PS), which is available only on custom installations made by PS

  • community certification - packs developed by users

  • lock icon wfa - content created by users that is locked

  • netapp certified - NetApp-certified content

You can customize the table display by using the filtering and sorting features available for each column, as well as by rearranging the column order.

  • Filter icon enables or disables filtering for the entire table. A red "x" appears over the icon if filtering is disabled.

  • Double-clicking Filter icon clears and resets the filtering selections.

  • Filter icon on each column header enables you to filter based on the content of the columns. Clicking Filter icon in a column allows you to filter on a specific item from the drop-down list or on all available items.

  • Clicking the column header toggles between ascending and descending order of sorting. You can identify the applied sort order by the sort arrows (Sort up icon for ascending and Sort down icon for descending).

  • To rearrange the location of columns, you can drag and drop columns to place them in any required order. However, you cannot hide or delete any of these columns.

  • Clicking the Search filter text box allows you to search for specific content. In addition, you can search using supported operators for the applicable column type, Alphabetic or Numeric.

The Schemes table contains the following columns:

  • Certification

    Indicates whether the scheme is user-created (community certification), PS (ps certified icon wfa), community (community certification), user-locked (lock icon wfa), or NetApp-certified (netapp certified).

  • Name

    Displays the name of the scheme.

    You can search for a scheme by entering its name in the Search filter text box.

  • Display Name

    Displays the name of the scheme.

    You can search for a scheme by entering its name in the Search filter text box.

  • Entity Version

    Displays the version number of the object in major.minor.revision format—​for example, 1.0.0.

    You can search for a scheme by entering the version number in the Search filter text box.

  • Description

    Displays the description of the scheme.

    You can search for a scheme by entering its description in the Search filter text box.

  • Type

    Indicates whether the scheme is used to acquire data from a remote system or directly from workflows or commands. Possible values are Data Source Acquisition and Other.

    You can search for schemes by entering the type in the Search filter text box.

  • Reset Flag

    Indicates whether the scheme is reset during the next data acquisition cycle. Possible values are true and false.

  • Last Updated On

    Displays the date and time when the scheme was last updated.

    You can search for schemes by selecting the required time category from the filter drop-down list.

  • Updated By

    Displays the name of the user who updated the scheme.

    You can search for schemes by entering the user name in the Search filter text box.

  • Locked By

    Displays the name of the user who locked the scheme.

    You can search for schemes by entering the user name in the Search filter text box.

Toolbar

The toolbar is located above the column header. You can use the icons in the toolbar to perform various actions. These actions can also be accessed from the right-click menu in the window.

  • New icon (New)

    Opens the New Schemes dialog box, which enables you to create a new scheme.

  • Edit icon (Edit)

    Opens the Scheme <SchemeName> dialog box for the selected scheme, which enables you to edit the scheme.

  • Lock icon (Lock)

    Opens the Lock the Scheme confirmation dialog box, which enables you to lock the selected scheme. This option is enabled only for the schemes that you created.

  • Unlock icon (Unlock)

    Opens the Unlock the Scheme confirmation dialog box, which enables you to unlock the selected scheme. This option is enabled only for the schemes that you locked. Administrators can unlock schemes that are locked by other users.

  • Delete icon (Delete)

    Opens the Delete Scheme confirmation dialog box, which enables you to delete the selected user-created schemes.

    Note You cannot delete a WFA or PS scheme.
  • Export icon (Export)

    Enables you to export the selected user-created scheme.

    Note You cannot export a WFA or PS scheme.
  • Reset scheme icon (Reset Scheme)

    Enables you to reset the scheme during the next data acquisition cycle.

  • add to pack icon (Add To Pack)

    Opens the Add To Pack Schemes dialog box, which enables you to add the scheme and its dependable entities to a pack, which is editable.

    Note The Add To Pack feature is enabled only for schemes for which the certification is set to None.
  • remove from pack icon (Remove From Pack)

    Opens the Remove From Pack Schemes dialog box for the selected scheme, which enables you to delete or remove the scheme from the pack.

    Note The Remove From Pack feature is enabled only for schemes for which the certification is set to None.