1.5.3 General procedure for creating new plug-ins and adding them to service templates

Users can create custom plug-ins and add them to service templates as steps.

You might use this procedure when:

You want to create a new plug-in and define processing that executes a command.

Required knowledge

General procedure

Table 1‒5: General procedure for creating new plug-ins and adding them to service templates
Task		Mandatory/optional	Refer to
1	Create a plug-in.	Mandatory	6.2.1 Procedure for creating plug-ins
2	Copy the release service template that you want to edit.	Optional	5.2.1 Procedure for copying service templates
3	Add a plug-in you created as a step in a flow.	Mandatory	3.4.1 Procedure for adding steps
4	Add and delete related steps when adding a step affects the flow of processing.	Optional	3.4 Adding and editing steps, 3.5.3 Operations that can be performed on steps and relational lines
5	Set step properties when editing a plug-in affects step properties.	Optional	3.6 Setting step properties
6	Set service properties when editing a plug-in affects service properties.	Optional	4.2 Editing and adding service properties
7	Validate the edited service template^#.	Optional	8. Validating Service Templates
8	Release a completed service template and prepare to create the service.	Mandatory	5.4.2 Procedure for releasing a service template
9	To move the service template from the development environment to another environment, export the service template, and then import it to the destination environment.	Optional	5.5.1 Procedure for exporting service templates, 5.6.1 Procedure for importing service templates
10	Create, edit, and execute the service.	Mandatory	JP1/Automatic Operation Administration Guide Creating services Editing services Executing services

#: If the validation process finds an issue with the service template, repeat tasks 1 to 7 as needed.