Component and Generic Process Utility Steps

Several Utility Steps are provided for component and generic processes. These include the following:

• Process Sleep

  Enter time in seconds for a component process to sleep. The default is 30.

• Acquire Lock

  Lock a component process.

• Release Lock

  Release a locked component process.

• Set Status

  Set the status of a component process.

• Set Property

  Set a property in a component process.

• Switch

  Define a switch step for a component process. See Using Switch Steps and Conditions in Processes.

• Join

  Join steps in a component process. There are no properties for this step.

• Manual Task

  A mechanism used to interrupt a component process until some manual intervention is performed. A task-interrupted process will remain suspended until the targeted user or users respond.

• Add Inventory Status

  Set the inventory status during a component process.

• Remove Inventory Status

  Revert the inventory status to a prior setting during a component process.

• Run Component Process

  Run a different component process as part of the current component process.

• Run Generic Process

  Run a generic process as part of the current component process.