Overview
Simulation allows you to validate the execution of a workflow, a specific set of tasks within a workflow or a standalone task in the Universal Controller without actually having to execute the underlying operation of each task instance.
Creating a Simulation
Step 1 | From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Other > Simulation. The Simulation list displays: |
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Step 2 | Enter / select Details for a new Simulation, using the field descriptions below as a guide.
To display more of the Details fields on the screen, you can either:
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Step 3 | Click a button. The Virtual Resource record is added to the database, and all buttons and tabs in the Virtual Resource Details are enabled. |
Note
To open an existing record on the list, either:
- Click a record in the list to display its record Details below the list. (To clear record Details below the list, click the button that displays above and below the Details.)
- Clicking the Details icon next to a record name in the list, or right-click a record in the list and then click Open in the Action menu that displays, to display a pop-up version of the record Details.
- Right-click a record in the a list, or open a record and right-click in the record Details, and then click Open In Tab in the Action menu that displays, to display the record Details under a new tab on the record list page (see Record Details as Tabs).
Simulation Details
The following Simulation Details is for an existing Simulation. See the field descriptions, below, for a description of all fields that display in the Simulation Details.
For information on how to access additional details - such as Metadata and complete database Details - for Virtual Resources (or any type of record), see Records.
Simulation Details Field Descriptions
The following table describes the fields, buttons, and tabs that display in the Simulation Details.
Field Name | Description |
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Details | This section contains detailed information about the Simulation. |
Task | |
Workflow | |
Vertex ID | |
Status | |
Exit Code | |
Simulation Variables | Specifies variables that should be added for simulation purposes, including any built-in monitor variables starting with "ops_trigger_". The Simulation Variables are for adding variables that the simulated instance would have normally produced, therefore, are only available after the instance is already Queued or Running. |
Publish Status | Specifies if Status events should be published to task monitor instances. |
Publish Late Start | Specifies if Late Start events should be published to task monitor instances. |
Publish Late Finish | Specifies if Late Finish events should be published to task monitor instances. |
Publish Early Finish | Specifies if Early Finish events should be published to task monitor instances. |
Execute Abort Actions | Specifies if Abort Actions should be executed for the simulated instance. |
Execute Email Notification Actions | Specifies if Email Notification Actions should be executed for the simulated instance. |
Execute Set Variable Actions | Specifies if Set Variable Actions should be executed for the simulated instance. |
Execute SNMP Notification Actions | Specifies if SNMP Notification Actions should be executed for the simulated instance. |
Execute System Operations Actions | Specifies if System Operation Actions should be executed for the simulated instance. |
Metadata | 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. |
Buttons | This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Simulation Details that let you perform various actions. |
Save | Saves a new Simulation record in the Controller database. |
Save & New | Saves a new record in the Controller database and redisplays empty Details so that you can create another new record. |
New | Displays empty (except for default values) Details for creating a new record. |
Update | Saves updates to the record. |
Delete | Deletes the current record. |
Refresh | Refreshes any dynamic data displayed in the Details. |
Close | For pop-up view only; closes the pop-up view of this task. |
Tabs | This section identifies the tabs across the top of the Script Details that provide access to additional information about the script. |
Output |