1.4 Managing services

You can use service templates imported into JP1/AO to create services for execution. You can also edit the services you create, and delete services that are no longer required.

The following figure shows the general procedure for automating operating procedures, and how it relates to service management.

Figure 1‒4: Flow of operating procedure automation (service management)

The service management functionality of JP1/AO lets you perform the following tasks:

Create services

You can create services for execution in the JP1/AO system. You create a service by entering property values in a service template.

You can create more than one service from the same service template.

Edit services

You can go back and edit the parameters you set when creating a service. However, you cannot modify a service group (a unit that groups services and its Connection Destinations) after the service has been registered. To modify a service group, you need to delete the service and then create it again.

You can edit the properties of an active service even if there are tasks in the system that were generated from that service. Any changes you make do not apply to tasks that are already generated, or to existing task histories.

Delete services

You can delete services from the JP1/AO system when they are no longer needed.

You can only delete a service if there are no tasks in the JP1/AO system that were generated from that service. If such tasks exist, move them to the task history list before deleting the service. You can delete a service for which there are entries in the history list without deleting the history list entries.

Import and export service properties: A file that defines a set of property values for a specific scenario or a particular user environment is called a property file. You can import and export property files. This allows you to use the property values defined for a particular service in another service.

Output (export) service lists.: You can output a list of services to a file in CSV format. Uses for this file include as a reference for managing services, and to assess which services need to be created.

Organization of this section

1.4.1 Service statuses