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The Orchestrator Dynamic Types plug-in lets you define dynamic types, create objects of these types, and
set relations between them.
The definition of a dynamic type contains the descriptions of its properties and a set of finder workflows
and actions which can be used to find dynamic objects of this type. Runtime instances of dynamic types are
called dynamic objects. You can run workflows on the dynamic objects you create and perform different
operations on them.
Each dynamic type must be defined in a namespace. Namespaces are helper dynamic objects that let you
group dynamic types in containers.
You can use the Dynamic Types plug-in together with the HTTP-REST plug-in to integrate third-party REST
API services into the Orchestrator and expose third-party objects as Orchestrator types.
1 Define a new dynamic type and its properties by running the Define Namespace and Define Type
workflows from the Dynamic Types plug-in. In result, you obtain a set of finder and inventory
workflows for finding objects of the new dynamic type and their relations with other objects.
2 Modify the new finder and inventory workflows, so that they receive their input from the third-party
REST API.
a Create REST operations by using the Add a REST Operation workflow from the HTTP-REST plug-
in and map these operations to the corresponding REST API methods.
b Modify the finder and inventory workflows to invoke these REST operations and consume their
outputs.
Dynamic Types Configuration Workflows
The workflows in the Configuration package of the Dynamic Types plug-in let you create dynamic types,
export and import type definitions from an XSD file, and define relations between the dynamic types you
created.
You can access these workflows from Library > Dynamic Types > Configuration in the Workflows view of
the Orchestrator client.
Workflow Name Description
Define Namespace Defines a new namespace.
Define Relation Defines a new relation between types.
Define Type Defines a new type within a given namespace.
Export Configuration As Package Exports a configuration as a package.
Import Configuration As Package Imports a configuration as a package.
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