Contents

• Notices

• Summary of amendments

• Preface

• 1. Flow of Service Template Development

  • 1.1 Overview

    • 1.1.1 Flow of service template development

    • 1.1.2 Elements involved in service template development

  • 1.2 Main windows used to develop service templates

    • 1.2.1 Transition of windows when developing service templates

    • 1.2.2 Service Builder window

    • 1.2.3 Procedure for starting editing of service templates

    • 1.2.4 Notes when an interrupt operation is performed in the Service Builder window

  • 1.3 Contents and structure of tasks associated with service templates

    • 1.3.1 Contents and structure of tasks performed when creating a new service template

    • 1.3.2 Contents and structure of tasks performed when editing and reusing a service template

    • 1.3.3 Content and structure of tasks performed when using an existing service template as is

  • 1.4 General procedure for creating new service templates

    • 1.4.1 General procedure for creating new service templates

  • 1.5 General procedure when editing and reusing an existing service template

    • 1.5.1 General procedure when editing service template definition information

    • 1.5.2 General procedure for editing a plug-in and applying the result to a service template

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

    • 1.5.4 General procedure for changing the version of a component used as a step

    • 1.5.5 General procedure for adding or deleting processing to or from a service template

    • 1.5.6 General procedure for dynamically or statically setting property values when executing services

    • 1.5.7 General procedure for setting service properties

  • 1.6 Using existing service templates provided by JP1/AO

    • 1.6.1 General procedure for using an existing service template provided by JP1/AO

  • 1.7 List of service template development features

• 2. Setting Service Template Definition Information

  • 2.1 Overview of development service templates and release service templates

  • 2.2 Creating and changing the service template definition information

    • 2.2.1 Service Builder Edit window General tab

    • 2.2.2 Procedure for creating blank service templates

    • 2.2.3 Procedure for changing the service template definition information

    • 2.2.4 Items to set in service template definition information

    • 2.2.5 Overview of custom files to be set to service templates

    • 2.2.6 Procedure for setting custom files for service templates

    • 2.2.7 Switching custom files for individual locales of the Web browser

    • 2.2.8 Format of custom files

  • 2.3 Setting display information for service templates in resource files

    • 2.3.1 Procedure for setting service resource files

    • 2.3.2 Format of service resource file

    • 2.3.3 Definitions in service resource files

    • 2.3.4 Correspondence between information displayed in service templates and properties in service resource files

    • 2.3.5 Service resource files automatically generated when a service template is created

    • 2.3.6 Service resource files updated when a service template is edited

    • 2.3.7 Displaying a service template in a Web browser that is set to a locale for which no service resource file is available

• 3. Creating and Editing Flows for Service Templates

  • 3.1  Service Builder Edit window Flow tab

  • 3.2 Relationship between flow and steps

  • 3.3 Creating flow hierarchies

  • 3.4 Adding and editing steps

    • 3.4.1 Procedure for adding steps

    • 3.4.2 Procedure for editing steps

    • 3.4.3 Settings in step definition information

    • 3.4.4 Overview of subsequent step conditions

    • 3.4.5 Conditional expressions that use arrows to indicate a connection with subsequent steps

  • 3.5 Defining the execution order of steps

    • 3.5.1 Procedure for defining the execution order of steps

    • 3.5.2 Auto-completion of property values

    • 3.5.3 Operations that can be performed on steps and relational lines

    • 3.5.4 Information inherited when pasting steps or relational lines

    • 3.5.5 Behavior when relational lines connect to multiple steps

    • 3.5.6 Scenarios where relational lines cannot be drawn

    • 3.5.7 Drawing relational lines when processing branches

  • 3.6 Setting step properties

    • 3.6.1 Overview of step properties

    • 3.6.2 Procedure for directly specifying the input property values of steps

    • 3.6.3 Procedure for mapping step property values

    • 3.6.4 Overview of property mapping

    • 3.6.5 Whether properties can be mapped depending on the visibility or data type

    • 3.6.6 Procedure for elevating step properties to service properties

    • 3.6.7 Example of defining step properties

    • 3.6.8 List of reserved properties

    • 3.6.9 Warning icon displayed for steps

  • 3.7 Managing the versions of components used as steps

    • 3.7.1 Overview of managing the versions of components used as steps

    • 3.7.2 Procedure for checking the versions of components used as steps

    • 3.7.3 Procedure for batch-updating components used as steps to the latest versions

    • 3.7.4 Procedure for changing the version of a component used as a step to any specified version

    • 3.7.5 Information inherited when the versions of components are changed

• 4. Setting Service Properties

  • 4.1 Property tab of the Service Builder Edit window

  • 4.2 Editing and adding service properties

    • 4.2.1 Overview of service property

    • 4.2.2 Procedure for editing service properties

    • 4.2.3 Procedure for adding service properties

    • 4.2.4 Items set for input properties of services

    • 4.2.5 Items set for output properties of services

    • 4.2.6 Items set for variables

    • 4.2.7 About dynamic changes to values set for the input properties for services and plug-ins

    • 4.2.8 Visibility and display settings for properties

    • 4.2.9 Procedure for deleting service properties

  • 4.3 Service share properties

    • 4.3.1 Overview of service share properties

    • 4.3.2 Procedure for adding service share properties

    • 4.3.3 Notes on defining service share properties

    • 4.3.4 Overview of shared built-in service properties

  • 4.4 Setting property groups

    • 4.4.1 Procedure for setting property groups

    • 4.4.2 Procedure for deleting property groups

• 5. Managing Service Templates

  • 5.1 Viewing service templates

    • 5.1.1 Procedure for viewing service templates

  • 5.2 Copying service templates

    • 5.2.1 Procedure for copying service templates

    • 5.2.2 Uniqueness of service templates and plug-ins

  • 5.3 Deleting development service templates

    • 5.3.1 Procedure for deleting development service templates

  • 5.4 Releasing service templates

    • 5.4.1 Overview of service template release

    • 5.4.2 Procedure for releasing a service template

  • 5.5 Exporting service templates

    • 5.5.1 Procedure for exporting service templates

  • 5.6 Importing service templates

    • 5.6.1 Procedure for importing service templates

    • 5.6.2 Importing service templates that contain steps using service components

    • 5.6.3 Reason for maintaining separate development and active environments

• 6. Creating and editing plug-ins

  • 6.1 Overview of plug-ins

    • 6.1.1 Available operations by plug-in type

    • 6.1.2 Plug-in executors

    • 6.1.3 Files transferred to Windows systems

    • 6.1.4 Files transferred to UNIX systems

    • 6.1.5 Commands required for plug-in execution

    • 6.1.6 Locale set for operation target devices during plug-in execution

    • 6.1.7 Character set used for communication by JP1/AO during plug-in execution

    • 6.1.8 Setting a specific character set during plug-in execution

  • 6.2 Creating and editing plug-in definition information

    • 6.2.1 Procedure for creating plug-ins

    • 6.2.2 Procedure for editing plug-in definition information

    • 6.2.3 Items to set in plug-in definition information

    • 6.2.4 Image files that can be set for component icons

    • 6.2.5 Plug-in credential types

  • 6.3 Setting plug-in properties

    • 6.3.1 Overview of plug-in properties

    • 6.3.2 Procedure for adding plug-in properties

    • 6.3.3 Procedure for editing plug-in properties

    • 6.3.4 Items to set for plug-in input properties

    • 6.3.5 Items to set for plug-in output properties

    • 6.3.6 Reserved plug-in properties for specifying execution-target hosts and authentication information

    • 6.3.7 About dynamic changes to values set for the input properties for plug-ins

    • 6.3.8 Procedure for deleting plug-in properties

  • 6.4 Editing platforms

    • 6.4.1 Procedure for editing platforms

    • 6.4.2 Items to set for platforms

    • 6.4.3 Procedure for setting commands

    • 6.4.4 Method for specifying scripts

    • 6.4.5 Procedure for setting scripts (when attaching created scripts)

    • 6.4.6 Procedure for setting scripts (when directly entering scripts)

    • 6.4.7 Specifying commands in the CLI Command text box

    • 6.4.8 Procedure for using the return value of a command or script as a flow branching condition (for values outside the 0 to 63 range)

    • 6.4.9 Return values of content plug-ins

    • 6.4.10 Relationship of command and script return values to the return values of plug-ins and steps

    • 6.4.11 Information output to standard output by plug-ins

    • 6.4.12 Procedure for mapping standard output and standard error output to output properties

    • 6.4.13 Specifying Output Filter

    • 6.4.14 Specifying Execution Directory

    • 6.4.15 Procedure for adding and editing environment variables

    • 6.4.16 Procedure for deleting environment variables

  • 6.5 Using resource files to set plug-in display information

    • 6.5.1 Procedure for setting plug-in resource files

    • 6.5.2 Format of plug-in resource files

    • 6.5.3 Correspondence between properties in plug-in resource files and information displayed for plug-ins

    • 6.5.4 Plug-in resource files automatically generated when plug-ins are created

    • 6.5.5 Plug-in resource files updated when plug-ins are edited

    • 6.5.6 Displaying plug-ins by using a Web browser with a locale for which the plug-in resource file has not been created

• 7. Managing plug-ins

  • 7.1 Copying plug-ins

    • 7.1.1 Procedure for copying plug-ins

  • 7.2 Deleting plug-ins

    • 7.2.1 Procedure for deleting plug-ins

• 8. Validating Service Templates

  • 8.1 Overview of service template validation

    • 8.1.1 General procedure for validating service templates

    • 8.1.2 Overview of building

    • 8.1.3 Overview of debugging

    • 8.1.4 Overview of operation tests

  • 8.2 Building service templates

    • 8.2.1 Procedure for building service templates

  • 8.3 Debugging service templates

    • 8.3.1 Service Builder Debug window

    • 8.3.2 General procedure for debugging service templates

    • 8.3.3 Functions used during debug operations

    • 8.3.4 Example of debugging service templates

    • 8.3.5 Procedure for starting debugging

    • 8.3.6 Settings used when starting debugging

    • 8.3.7 Procedure for debugging without pausing between steps

    • 8.3.8 Timing with which step execution can be interrupted

    • 8.3.9 Operations for interrupting step executions during debugging

    • 8.3.10 Step information that can be changed when step execution is interrupted

    • 8.3.11 Procedure for skipping plug-in processing during debugging

    • 8.3.12 Plug-ins that cannot be interrupted or skipped during debugging

    • 8.3.13 Procedure for checking property mapping settings during debugging

    • 8.3.14  Procedure for changing step property values or return value during debugging

    • 8.3.15 Importing and exporting step properties in the Service Builder Debug window

    • 8.3.16 Displaying step property values and return values during debugging

    • 8.3.17 Effect of changing values of step properties during debugging

    • 8.3.18 Procedure for handling debug tasks that are waiting for a response (response entry)

    • 8.3.19 Procedure for debugging a service template again without rebuilding

    • 8.3.20 Procedure for retrying a task from a failed step during debugging

    • 8.3.21 Procedure for retrying a task from the step after the failed step during debugging

    • 8.3.22 Displaying debug task flow

    • 8.3.23 Displaying the flow tree of a debug task

    • 8.3.24 Displaying a repeated execution flow during debugging

    • 8.3.25 Information displayed for repeated execution plug-ins and repeated execution flows during debugging

  • 8.4  Managing debug tasks

    • 8.4.1 Procedure for checking progress of debug tasks from the Tasks window

    • 8.4.2 Procedure for checking details about debug tasks from the Task Details window

    • 8.4.3 Procedure for checking task log entries for debug tasks

    • 8.4.4 Procedure for stopping debug tasks

    • 8.4.5 Procedure for forcibly stopping debug tasks

    • 8.4.6 Procedure for deleting debug tasks

  • 8.5 Testing the operation of service templates

    • 8.5.1 Procedure for testing the operation of service templates

• Appendix

  • A. Reference Information

    • A.1 Reference information for build and release operations

    • A.2 Compatibility for service templates

    • A.3 Version changes

• Index

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