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Orchestrating
Orchestrate anything with HCL Universal Orchestrator.
Workflow definition
A workflow is a set of tasks to be run, together with times, priorities, and other dependencies that define the processing order.
Creating an embedded task from the UI
The purpose of the following scenario is to show how to create an embedded task in the context of an example.

What's new
HCL Universal Orchestrator is constantly evolving to offer you the most comprehensive orchestration capabilities. For known limitations, workarounds, and contact information of HCL Customer Support, see Release notes.
What is HCL Universal Orchestrator
An introductory overview of HCL Universal Orchestrator.
Deploying and Administrating
All the information you need to deploy and administrate HCL Universal Orchestrator.
Using the UI
The UI is the HCL Universal Orchestrator interface, from which you can smoothly 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.
  - Triggers
    You can use triggers to create services, and to define whether the orchestration must be time-driven or event-driven
  - Managing a workflow definition from the Orchestration CLI
    In this topic you can find the syntax to manage a workflow definition.
  - Managing a workflow definition from the UI
    You can create a workflow from the UI.
  - Managing a task in workflow from the Orchestration CLI
    In this topic you can find the syntax to add a task to a workflow definition.
  - Creating an embedded task from the UI
    The purpose of the following scenario is to show how to create an embedded task in the context of an example.
  - Selecting workflows in Orchestration CLI
    In Orchestration CLI you can perform actions either on a single workflow or on multiple workflows in the same instance. When you want to run commands on multiple workflows, instead of the workflow name, select the set of workflows by means of attributes and workflow qualifiers.
- 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.
- Event source definition
  An event source is an item that allows HCL Universal Orchestrator to receive events from specific event plug-ins.
- 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.
- Workstation definition
  A workstation is a scheduling item that runs tasks.
- 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.
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.
Troubleshooting
Recover your environment if any issue occurs.
Notices

Creating an embedded task from the UI

The purpose of the following scenario is to show how to create an embedded task in the context of an example.

About this task

Tasks can either be an embedded task, or they can reference a task template.

For information about how to define a task template from the UI, see Creating and referencing a task template from the UI.

David is an HCL Universal Orchestrator user who needs to upgrade the Java version on the existing backup server named BK_server. To automate the process, David decides to create a workflow that contains an embedded task. David prefers to create an embedded task instead of referencing a task template because he only needs to use the task in that workflow.

To create an embedded task named UPGRADE_JAVA_VERSION inside the UPGRADE_JAVA workflow, perform the following steps:

Procedure

Create a workflow named UPGRADE_JAVA and define general information about it.
1. From the Blocks tab in the Graphical Designer page, drag a workflow and drop it into the workspace.
2. In General information, in Folder, select a folder.
3. In Workstation, select the existing workstation BK_server.
4. In Name, type UPGRADE_JAVA.
Create an embedded task named UPGRADE_JAVA_VERSION into the UPGRADE_JAVA workflow and define information about the task.
1. From the Blocks tab in the Graphical Designer page, drag an executable task and drop it into the UPGRADE_JAVA workflow.
2. In Name, type UPGRADE_JAVA_VERSION.
3. Untoggle the Use job definition option.
4. In Workstation, select BK_server.
5. In Description, type Java upgrade to version 11.
6. In Task, select Inline script from the drop-down menu.
7. In Command text or script name, type apt install --only-upgrade openjdk-11-jre-headless -y.
Click Deploy to deploy the workspace.

Results

You created an embedded task to upgrade the Java version on the backup server named BK_server.