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View Description
Policies Displays existing policies.
You can use the Policies view to create and apply policies.
Workflows Provides access to the Orchestrator workflow library.
You can use the Workflows view to view information about each workflow, create, edit, and run
workflows, as well as to interact with the workflows.
Inventory Displays the objects of the plug-ins that are enabled in Orchestrator.
You can use the Inventory view to run workflows on an inventory object.
Orchestrator Views in the Design Perspective
From the Design perspective in the Orchestrator client, you can create and modify workflows and actions. You
can also manage resources, configuration elements, and policy templates.
View Description
Workflows Provides access to the Orchestrator workflow library.
You can use the Workflows view to view information about each workflow, create, edit, and run
workflows, as well as to interact with the workflows.
Actions Provides access to the libraries of predefined actions.
You can use the Actions view to duplicate actions, export them to a file, or move them to a different
module in the actions hierarchical list.
Resources Provides access to the list of resource elements.
You can use the Resources view to import external objects such as images, sysprep files, HTML templates,
XML templates, and custom scripts, and use them as resource elements in workflows and Web views.
Configurations Provides access to the available configuration elements.
You can use the Actions view to create configuration elements to define common attributes across an
Orchestrator server.
Packages Displays a list of the available packages and where a selected package is used.
You can use the Packages view to add, import, export, and synchronize packages.
Inventory Displays the objects of the plug-ins that are enabled in Orchestrator.
You can use the Inventory view to run workflows on an inventory object.
Orchestrator Views in the Administer Perspective
From the Administer perspective in the Orchestrator client, you can access the inventory and manage
authorizations, Web views, and packages.
View Description
Inventory Displays the objects of the plug-ins that are enabled in Orchestrator.
You can use the Inventory view to run workflows on an inventory object.
Policy Templates Displays a list of the available master policies.
You can use the Policy Templates view to create policy templates.
Authorizations Displays a list of the available authorization elements.
You can use the Authorizations view to create and edit authorization elements.
Web views Displays a list of the available Web views.
You can use the Web views view to create, publish, and export Web views to a working folder. You
can either modify exported Web views or use them as templates from which to create other Web views.
You can also use Web views to access Orchestrator functions from a Web browser.
Packages Displays a list of the available packages and where a selected package is used.
You can use the Packages view to add, import, export, and synchronize packages.
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