Sharing AdminStudio Extended Attribute Data With Workflow Manager Workflows

Workflow Manager 2020

You can create a Workflow Manager Template that includes a data group that contains data elements that are defined in the AdminStudio Extended Attributes XML file.

When you create a data group with a Data Type of AdminStudio Data Type, that data group is automatically populated with a data element for each entry in the AdminStudio Extended Attributes XML file.

Also, because you can associate a request with a package:

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If you edit this package’s data in the Extended Attributes view in Application Manager, the data stored in the Workflow Manager Request is automatically updated.

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If you edit the data submitted with the Request, the package data displayed in the Extended Attributes view in Application Manager is automatically updated.

Note:By design, extended attributes data in Application Manager and Workflow Manager data have a one-to-one relationship. You can only associate one Workflow Manager request with a package in the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Application Catalog; once the request is associated with a package, it is no longer available for association with other packages in the Application Catalog.

To share extended attributes between AdminStudio and Workflow Manager:

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Enable data sharing between Workflow Manager and AdminStudio Application Manager by selecting the Integrate with Workflow Manager check box in the Extended Attributes area of the General Options tab of the Application Manager Options dialog box.

Note:The default Extended Attributes Description File is: C:\AdminStudio Shared\EA_Default.xml

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Open the Template Details page of the template that you want to share data with.

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Create a new data group and set the Data Type to AdminStudio Data Type.

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After you click Create, that data group’s Data Elements are automatically created and populated by the fields defined in the AdminStudio Extended Attributes Description File.