OO220 – Operations Orchestration Flow Development

Course subjects

Module 1: Course Overview

Module 2: Introduction to Operations Orchestration

• Describe OO and its key benefits

• Explain the system and functional architecture of OO

• Identify role-based privileges in OO

• Discuss the key capabilities of OO

• Describe collaborative development in OO

• Define content packs, operations, and projects

• Explain the improvements in OO

Module 3: Introduction to Flow Authoring

• Describe the OO Studio flow authoring environment

• Explain the components of the OO Studio application

• Explain a flow and describe the main components of a flow

• Explain the differences between:

  • A flow and an operation in OO

  • An operation and a step in OO

• Author a simple flow

• Test the flow in the OO Studio Debugger

• Modify a flow and test the modified flow

• Explain the purpose of OO Studio Debugger

• Explore the panes in the Debugger window

Module 4: Administration and Maintenance with OO Central

• Explain the role of OO Central in deploying automated workflows

• Describe the OO Central UI

• Deploy projects and dependencies

• Run flows, monitor progress, and evaluate results

• Set flow permissions

• View the dashboard and reports

• Visualise a deployed workflow

• Enable authentication and add local users

• Set the security banner

Module 5: Inputs

• Explain inputs and flow variables

• Explain local and global variables

• Define inputs in the Inspector window

• Use input data flow options

• Add, remove, replace, and disable inputs

• Create and assign system properties to inputs

• Use login credentials with a stored system account

• Create and use a selection list as an input

• Validate an input using a created system evaluator

• Work with flow inputs

Module 6: Results and Filters

• Explain how to use results to create flow variables that contain operation outputs

• Use the Step Inspector window’s Results tab to add results to steps

• Use the Filter Inspector window to filter a result so only the data required by the flow is assigned to a result flow variable

• Use assignment actions to specify which action is taken for assigning the final result

Module 7: Operations, Responses, Transitions, and Subflows

• Explain how operations and subflows are used as steps in a flow

• Create new operations

• Modify operation properties

• Define responses and response rules

• Explain transition properties

• Use subflows in a parent flow

• Explain best practices for working with subflows

• Assign step results in a subflow to output fields for use in the parent flow

• Work with the Properties editor of a subflow

Module 8: Looping and Iteration Operations

• Explain how OO handles iterations and related tasks, such as list compilation

• Perform looping, iteration, and related tasks for the content in the OO library

• Author a flow that uses iteration and list compilation

• Create a flow that uses the counter operation

Module 9: Parallel Processing

• Explain the implementation of the following multi-processing methods in your flows:

  • Multi-instance step

  • Non-blocking step

  • Parallel-split step

• Describe how to handle flow data in multi-processing operations

• Create flows that use a multi-instance step

• Create flows that use a parallel-split step

Module 10: Working XML Processing

• List and describe the operations and filters available in OO for working with XML

• Explain how to use iterative operations to compile data extracted from XML documents

• Build a flow that validates and parses an XML document

• Use XML filters to extract data from an XML document

• Build a flow that validates and parses XML data returned from a web service Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) inquiry

• Use XSL Transform to represent XML as HTML

Module 11: JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

• Describe the concepts of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

• Work with JSON in OO

Module 12: File Systems

• Locate and use the file system (FS) content in the OO library

• Differentiate between FS content of the cross-platform and Windows-only content

• Write data to a file

• Read and filter data

• List the contents of a directory

Module 13: Remote Debugging

• Explain the need for and benefits of remote debugging

• Configure remote debugging:

  • Explain the prerequisites for remote debugging

  • Explain the remote debugging lifecycle

  • Explain the permissions for remote debugging

  • Add or edit OO Central server connections

• Configure the proxy settings for debugging on a remote OO Central environment

• Rerun a flow

Module 14: Emails

• Explain how to add email notifications to flows

• Use content in the OO library to:

  • Get email messages

  • Send emails

  • Generate a run report URL to include in the email notifications

  • Use Microsoft Exchange email

• Use the PowerShell operation to interoperate with third-party Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) providers

Module 15: PowerShell Wizard

• Explain the benefits and requirements of the PowerShell wizard

• Configure the PowerShell wizard and import flows

• Verify and debug the generated flows

Module 16: OO Shell

• Explain the Operations Orchestration Shell (OOSH) utility

• Run commands using the OOSH utility

• Connect to an OO Central server using the OOSH utility

• Display the flow information using the OOSH utility

• Run a flow using the OOSH utility

Module 17: Source Control Management (SCM)

• Summarise the features of Source Control Management (SCM) in OO

• Set up an SCM repository:

  • Create an SCM repository

  • Create a local project

  • Link OO Studio to the SCM repository

  • Check out a repository

• Work with SCM:

  • Add a project in SCM

  • Commit changes to the SCM repository

  • Update a workspace from SCM

  • Lock and unlock OO content

• Explain additional functions of SCM

Module 18: Micro Focus ITOM Marketplace

• Access the Micro Focus ITOM Marketplace

• Download the latest content packs

Module 19: Documentation

• Describe the importance of operation/flow documentation

• Describe the importance of operation/flow documentation

• Generate documents

Module 20: Flow Authoring using Designer

• Describe an OO Workflow

• Discuss the OO flow authoring

• Explore the OO Workflow Designer

• Explain the OO Central overview

• Navigate the OO Central

• Debug a flow

Module 21: Trigger a Flow using OO SSX

• Explain OO Self-Service X

• Manage OO Self Service X

• Run Self-Service X Scenarios

• Trigger a Flow using OO Self-Service X

Module 22: New Features in Operations Orchestration

• Describe the new features in OO