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This section contains general information about the template.

Name

Name of this Universal Template.

Description

Variable prefix to append to the default prefix (ops_) for the system-assigned variables that are provided for the user-defined Fields in this Universal Template. The format of a system-assigned variable is: ops_, followed by the specified Variable Prefix, followed by the underscore character _, followed by the Name (not the Label) of the user-defined Field. For example: ops_oebs_username.
 
System-assigned variables are meant to be incorporated into the Script specified for the Universal Template. All system-assigned variables embedded in a Universal Template Script will be resolved when the Universal Task created from the template executes the Script.

This section contains assorted detailed information about the template.

Type of Universal Template.

Options:

• Script
  Universal Template will be executed as a Script.
• Extension
  Universal Template will be executed through the Universal Extension framework.

If Template Type is Extension; Specification for whether the Extension should be provided with task instance variable data when launched.

Options:

• None
  Do not provide the Extension with task instance variable data.
• Local
  Provide the Extension with task instance variable data.

Type of Agent on which Universal Tasks based on this template can be run.
 
Options:

• Any
• Linux/Unix
• Windows

If Template Type is Script and  Agent Type is Any; Indication that the specified Script can be executed by both Linux/Unix and Windows Agents.

If Use Common Script is enabled; Script to be executed by the specified Agent.

If Template Type is Script and Agent Type is Linux/Unix or Any (and Use Common Script is not enabled); Script to be executed by the Linux/Unix Agent.

If Template Type is Script and Agent Type is Windows or Any (and Use Common Script is not enabled); Script to be executed by the Windows Agent.

This section contains Agent default fields that will display for every Universal Task based on this template.

Name of the Agent resource that identifies the machine where the operation will run.

Agent Variable

Agent Cluster Variable

Credentials Variable

Cluster Broadcast

Cluster Broadcast Variable

If Universal Task Interact with Desktop Permitted system property = true; Specification for whether or not a task that runs an application with a GUI requires some manual actions from a user (for example, clicking buttons or entering values).

This section contains template-specific default fields that will display for every Universal Task based on this template.

Environment Variables

If Output Type is Extension; Output type that the Result Processing mechanism should assume when evaluating the output.

If the expected output is XML or JSON, it is valid to specify Text. However, when specifying XML or JSON, the output must be XML or JSON respectively; otherwise, the parsing will fail and the path expression evaluation will return no matches.

XPath Expression if Content Type is XML, or the JsonPath Expression if Content Type is JSON, to be used when evaluating the Extension output.

If  Output Type is Extension; Condition Operator to evaluate in combination with the specified condition Value.

If  Output Type is Extension; Condition Value to evaluate in combination with the specified condition Operator.

If  Content Type is XML or JSON; Strategy to take when applying the condition Operator and Value against the Path Expression matches when Content Type is XML or JSON.

Output File (for Exit Code Processing)

Start Line

Number of Lines

Scan Text

Restriction for the following Agent fields: Agent, Agent Variable, Agent Cluster, Agent Cluster Variable, and Cluster Broadcast.

Restriction for the following Credential fields: Credentials, Credentials Variable, Run with Highest Privileges, and Runtime Directory.

Restriction for the following Environment Variable field: Environment Variables.

Restriction for the following Exit Code Processing fields: Exit Code Processing, Exit Codes, Output Type, Scan Output for, and Output File.

Restriction for the following Automatic Output Retrieval Fields: Automatic Output Retrieval, Wait For Output, Failure Only, Start Line, Number of Lines, Scan Text, and Automatic Output File.

This section contains Metadata information about this record.

UUID

Universally Unique Identifier of this record.

Updated By

Name of the user that last updated this record.

Updated

Date and time that this record was last updated.

Created By

Name of the user that created this record.

Created

Date and time that this record was created.

When true, specifies the extension should run as a zip file. (default)

When false, specifies the extension should run from a folder with the extracted extension and platform dependency wheel.

This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Universal Template Details that let you perform various actions.

Save

Saves a new Universal Template record in the Controller database.

Save & New

Saves a new Universal Template record in the Controller database and redisplays empty Details so that you can create another Universal Template.

Save & View

Saves a new Universal Template record in the Controller database and continues to display that record.

New

Displays empty (except for default values) Details for creating a new record.

Update

Updates the Universal Template record in the Controller database.

Delete

Delete the currently open Universal Template.

Refresh

Refreshes any dynamic data displayed in the Universal Template Details.

Close

For pop-up view only; closes the pop-up view of this Universal Template.

This section identifies the tabs across the top of the Universal Template Details that provide access to additional information about the template.

Fields

Allows you to create the user-defined fields that will display in the Universal Tasks based on this template.