Link Properties
Whenever a link is created in a
Policy it will be configured to trigger the next object in the
Policy when the previous one succeeds. You can modify these Link
Conditions as well as other properties of the Link by
double-clicking the link.
To connect a link to a different
object while preserving the properties that have been configured,
right-click the link and click Detach. Click on the target object
where you want to connect the link.
To enable or disable a link,
right-click the link and click Enable. An enabled link appears as a
solid line. A disabled link appears as a dashed line.
General Tab
Name
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Type the name of the link. If
you have enabled Show Link Labels in the
Opalis Integration Server Client Configuration dialog, the contents of the
Name field will be used as the link
label.
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Description
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Type a description for this
link.
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Include and Exclude tabs
Opalis Integration Server enables
you to configure conditions for passing data to the following
objects in the policy, according to criteria that you specify.
These criteria are configurable in the Link Conditions.
Link Conditions enable you to build
automatic decision-making capabilities into your Policies. For
example, a Policy must stop a database server before backing it up;
if the database server stops properly then the Policy will launch
the backup application. If the database does not stop properly, an
email is sent to the administrator to escalate the issue.
The Include tab specifies the conditions
that will allow data to flow to the next object in the Policy. The
Exclude tab specifies the
conditions that will cause data to be excluded from the next object
in the Policy. The rules on the Exclude tab will supersede the rules on
the Include tab.
Note: The
rules on each tab are joined using an 'or' condition. Only one of
the conditions on a tab will need to be true for the entire tab to
be true.
To Add a Link
Condition:
1.
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Double-click the link. The
Link Properties dialog
appears.
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2.
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Click the Include or Exclude tab according to the condition
that you want to create.
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3.
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Click Add. A new link condition appears in
the list.
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4.
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Click on each underlined portion
of the link condition and change the values to specify the
Published Data, condition, and the value that will make up the
rule.
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Note: Link
conditions that are set to "matches pattern" or "does not match
pattern" will use regular expressions to create the pattern. For
more information about regular expressions, see
Regular
Expressions.
To Remove a Link
Condition:
1.
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Double-click the link. The
Link Properties dialog
appears.
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2.
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Click the Include or Exclude tab according to the condition
that you want to delete.
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3.
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Select the link condition and
click Remove.
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Options Tab
Color
|
Click and select the color of
the link.
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Width
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Type the width, in pixels, of
the link.
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Trigger delay
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Type the number of seconds that
the link will wait before triggering the next object in the
Policy.
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Tip:
Specify different link colors on your branches to make them easier
to read. For example, mark a "pass" branch as green and a "fail"
branch as red to identify the difference.