Welcome
Orchestrating
Orchestrate anything with HCL Universal Orchestrator.
Workstation definition
A workstation is a scheduling item that runs tasks.

What's new
The What's new section tracks the capabilities delivered across each HCL Universal Orchestrator release, organized by version, so you can navigate directly to the features relevant to your deployment.
Getting started with HCL Universal Orchestrator
HCL Universal Orchestrator is a cloud-native workload orchestration and scheduling platform built on Kubernetes. Its microservices-based architecture enables the centralized orchestration of multi-cloud and hybrid environments from a single point of control.
Deploying and Administrating
Deploy, connect, and administer HCL Universal Orchestrator on your own infrastructure, or start immediately with a hosted SaaS environment where the service provider manages all platform operations.
Administering multitenancy
Configure and administer a HCL Universal Orchestrator multitenant environment.
Using the UI
The UI is the HCL Universal Orchestrator interface, from which you can design your scheduling environment and monitor every process.
Orchestrating
Orchestrate anything with HCL Universal Orchestrator.
- Orchestration CLI commands
  You can use the various command options in Orchestration CLI to achieve specific results. The command options are not case sensitive and you can use either uppercase or lowercase letters.
- Workflow definition
  A workflow is a set of tasks to be run, together with times, priorities, and other dependencies that define the processing order.
- Task definition
  A task definition is a unit of work that specifies an action to be performed on specific workstations in the HCL Universal Orchestrator network.
- AI agent definition
  An AI agent uses a large language model (LLM) as its cognitive engine to interpret natural-language requests, break down complex goals, and make autonomous decisions.
- Cross dependencies definition
  Cross dependencies enable you to define dependencies between workflows running on different orchestration engines.
- Event source definition
  An event source is an item that allows HCL Universal Orchestrator to receive events from specific event plug-ins.
- Endpoint definition
  An endpoint is a reusable item that defines the connection parameters required to communicate with an external system.
- Calendar definition
  Calendars define the days in which workflows do or do not run.
- Folder definition
  You can use folders to organize your items accordingly to your business needs.
- Credentials definition
  Credential definitions are used to store user IDs and passwords, or tokens.
- Variable table definition
  Variables are values that can change according to the purpose of workflows and task templates.
- Run cycle group definition
  You can schedule workflows based on common run cycle groups.
- Workstation definition
  A workstation is a scheduling item that runs tasks.
  - Managing a workstation definition from the Orchestration CLI
    In this topic you can find the syntax to manage a workstation.
  - Managing a workstation definition from the UI
    You can create a workstation definition using the UI.
  - Static pools
    A static pool in HCL Universal Orchestrator groups multiple workstations together and manages the workload by assigning tasks to available workstations within the pool. This helps to optimize resource utilization.
- Resource definition
  A resource is an item that represents a quantifiable asset, measured in terms of units. You can add resources as dependencies in tasks or workflows.
- Event plug-in structure
- Managing matching criteria
  In this topic you can find a description of matching criteria.
- Parsing OCLI files in streaming
  HCL Universal Orchestrator enables you to add or replace files containing multiple item types through OCLI in a single command.
- Data exchange and transformation
  This topic explains how you can streamline your workflows using data exchange and transformation.
- Changing the default editor for Orchestration CLI
  To customize the editing experience in HCL Universal Orchestrator, you can modify the default editor by setting the visual or editor environment variables.
Orchestrating from Mobile
You can use your mobile devices to manage quickly and easily your whole HCL Universal Orchestrator environment.
Monitoring
Take your environment under control.
Using REST API
Use REST APIs to easily integrate workload scheduling capabilities with external products and solutions.
Uno AI Pilot
Welcome to the HCL Universal Orchestrator AI Pilot documentation. This resource is designed to guide you through everything you need to know about using UnO AI Pilot effectively. You will find detailed instructions, feature overviews, and helpful tips to ensure you get the best experience with UnO AI Pilot.
UnO Agentic AI Builder
Troubleshooting
Recover your environment if any issue occurs.
Notices

Workstation definition

A workstation is a scheduling item that runs tasks.

A workstation is automatically created for agents and for cloud task launchers. You can manage a workstation by using a workstation definition.

Workstation definitions can be managed from the Orchestration CLI and from the UI. For information about how to manage workstations, see:

Note:

You can delete the default cloud or agent type workstations from your environment if they are not referenced in any item definitions.

To restore a deleted cloud type workstation, refresh or reload the UI. The workstation reappears in the palette under the Assets tab.

For agent type workstations, you must restart the specific agent container. Then refresh the UI page to view the deleted workstations back in the palette.

Each workstation has a Limit property that sets the number of tasks that can run simultaneously on it. The maximum value you can set for this property is 10000. For more information, see limit cpu.