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Procedure
1 Click the Permissions tab.
2 Click the Add access rights link to define permissions for a new user or user group.
3 Search for a user or user group.
The search results show all of the users and user groups from the Orchestrator LDAP server that match
the search.
4 Select a user or user group and click OK.
5 Right-click the user and select Add access rights.
6 Check the appropriate check boxes to set the level of permissions for this user and click OK.
To allow a user to view the workflow, inspect the schema and scripting, run and edit the workflow, and
change the permissions, you must check all check boxes.
7 Click Save and Close to exit the editor.
You set the appropriate user permissions on a workflow.
Validating Workflows
Orchestrator provides a workflow validation tool. Validating a workflow helps identify errors in the workflow
and checks that the data flows from one element to the next correctly.
When you validate a workflow, the validation tool creates a list of any errors or warnings. Clicking an error
in the list highlights the workflow element that contains the error.
If you run the validation tool in the workflow editor, the tool provides suggested quick fixes for the errors it
detects. Some quick fixes require you to provide additional information or input parameters. Other quick fixes
resolve the error for you.
Workflow validation checks the data bindings and connections between elements. Workflow validation does
not check the data processing that each element in the workflow performs. Consequently, a valid workflow
can run incorrectly and produce erroneous results if a function in a schema element is incorrect.
By default, Orchestrator always performs workflow validation when you run a workflow. You can change the
default validation behavior in the Orchestrator client. See “Testing Workflows During Development,” on
page 17. For example, sometimes during workflow development you might want to run a workflow that you
know to be invalid, for testing purposes.
Validate a Workflow and Fix Validation Errors
You can validate workflows in either the Orchestrator client or in the workflow editor. However, you can only
fix validation errors if you have opened the workflow for editing in the workflow editor.
Prerequisites
You must have a complete workflow to validate, with schema elements linked and bindings defined.
Procedure
1 Click the Workflows view.
2 Navigate to a workflow in the Workflows hierarchical list.
3 (Optional) Right-click the workflow and select Validate workflow.
If the workflow is valid, a confirmation message appears. If the workflow is invalid, a list of errors appears.
4 (Optional) Close the Workflow Validation dialog box.
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