5.5.1

Create a Simple XML Document
You can run a workflow from the Orchestrator client to create a simple XML document for testing purposes.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the Orchestrator client as a user who can run XML workflows.
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Verify that you created the c:/orchestrator folder at the root of the Orchestrator server system or set
access rights to another folder.
Procedure
1 Click the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client.
2 In the workflows hierarchical list, open Library > XML > Samples XML (Simple) to navigate to the
Create a simple XML document workflow.
3 Right-click the Create a simple XML document workflow and select Start workflow.
4 Type the filepath to the XML document to create.
For example, c:/orchestrator/filename.xml.
5 Click Submit to run the workflow.
The workflow creates an XML document that contains a list of users. The attributes for each entry are user
ID and name.
Find an Element in an XML Document
You can run a workflow from the Orchestrator client to find an element in the XML created by the Create a
simple XML document workflow.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the Orchestrator client as a user who can run XML workflows.
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Verify that you created the c:/orchestrator folder at the root of the Orchestrator server system or set
access rights to another folder.
Procedure
1 Click the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client.
2 In the workflows hierarchical list, open Library > XML > Samples XML (Simple) to navigate to the
Find element in document workflow.
3 Right-click the Find element in document workflow and select Start workflow.
4 Type the filepath to the XML document.
For example, c:/orchestrator/filename.xml.
5 Click Submit to run the workflow.
The workflow searches for an element and displays the result in the system log.
What to do next
To view the result, select the completed workflow run in the Orchestrator client and click Logs on the
Schema tab.
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