Management → Managing Global Processes → Global Process Utility Steps
Several utility steps are provided for global processes.
Locks are typically used to prevent specific processes from modifying the same resource at the same time, such as when a database is being updated.
In an Acquire Lock step, the process tries to acquire a lock with the specified name. If there is no other lock with that exact name, the process acquires the lock with that name and continues. If another process is using a lock with that exact name, the process waits until the lock is released by the other process. Any processes that access the resource without a lock or with a lock of a different name do not wait on this lock.
Locks are released automatically when the process completes, but you can also release the lock using the Release Lock step if you need to release it explicitly before continuing later steps in a process. Administrators can also release locks. See Managing Locks.
The following table describes the property for these steps.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Lock Name | Specify the lock name. The default setting is as follows:
${p:component.name}-${p:componentProcess.name}-${p:resource.name}
Tip: The default lock name setting is set using a
default variable. Therefore, to make the lock names exactly the same for
different objects and processes, you can enter a static string for the name or
use variables that will resolve to the same in both processes. For example, if
you want to lock a resource against concurrent use for two processes in
different components that are mapped to the same resource, you could use
${p:resource.name} as the lock name for both.
|
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Status | Values: Success or Failed |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Enter a name for the step. |
| Property Name | Enter a name for the property. |
| Property Value | Enter a value for the property. |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Enter a name for the step. |
| Property Name | Enter a name for the property to be checked for values in the outgoing connections. |
The Join step enables you to join steps in a process. There are no properties for this step.
For the Join step to continue processing on to its outboard connections, all its inbound connection paths must be valid. To be valid, all that should evaluate to success do so, all that should evaluate to failure do so, all that should evaluate to any value do so, and all that should evaluate to a specific switch value do so.
You can do an implicit join without the Join step by having multiple inbound connections for another step. Regardless of whether it is an implicit or explicit join, all incoming connections must be valid for the joining step to be executed.
One reason you should choose an explicit Join step is when your process has multiple steps that must all complete to a certain outcome and then should continue on to multiple outbound steps without additional processing between them.
The Manual Task step enables you to interrupt a process until some manual intervention is performed. Manual tasks in global processes are submitted dynamically as part of the step.
The following table describes the properties for this step.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Enter a name for the step. Include clearly identifiable information in the name as it appears in the notification about the task. |
| Users | Select the users who can approve or reject this task. |
| Groups | Select the groups who can approve or reject this task. |
| Template Name | Enter the template name to use for the task notifications. The default is TaskCreated. |
| Require Comment | Require a comment upon approval or rejection. |
| Comment Prompt | Enter a prompt for the
comment box that appears in the approval form. For example:
Enter reason and phone number: |
All roles are required, so all affected users must respond before the process can continue.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Enter a name for the step. |
| Process | Select the global process name. |
| Resource Name | Enter the resource name. The default value is as follows:
${p:resource.name} |
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