Running application processes

To run an application process, specify the environment to use and the process to run. In many cases, you also specify the component versions to deploy.

Before you begin

Create an environment.
Create an application process.

Procedure

Click Applications, click the application, and then next to the environment, click Request Process .
In the Run Process window, in the Process list, select the application process.
To skip component versions that have not changed since the previous deployment, select the Only Changed Versions check box. If you clear this check box, all of the component versions that you select are deployed, even if they are already in the inventory.

If the process you selected deploys component versions, you must specify the component versions to deploy. In this case, you can use the component versions in a snapshot, or you can select component versions manually.

To use the component versions in a snapshot, select the snapshot in the Snapshot list.
To specify component versions manually, follow these steps:
1. Click Choose Versions.
2. In the Component Versions window, specify the component versions to use. You can specify the versions for each component individually by clicking the Add link next to a component in the table. You can also specify versions for all of the components at once by clicking Select For All and then clicking one of the following options:
  - Click Latest Available to select the most recent component version.
  - Click Versions With Name to select the most recent component version whose name matches a string.
  - Click Currently Deployed to select the currently deployed versions.
  - Click None (Clear All) to clear your selections.
3. Click OK.
  Note: Make sure to select a version for each component. If you do not select a version for a component, that component is not included in the application process.
If the process has properties, specify values for those properties.
Optional: To schedule the deployment for a later date, click Schedule Deployment? and then specify when to run the deployment.
Click Submit.

Results

The server runs the application process with the specified component versions. You can view the process requests by going to the History tab for the environment or application. Typically, resources are mapped for each component version that is deployed by the application process. You can use the same application process for different environments, some of which do not have mappings for all components. If you run an application process on an environment where not all components are mapped, the resulting status for those components is Not Mapped.

You can view the progress of the process by going to the History tab and opening the process request. The application process request shows each step in the process. Within each process, the steps are not shown in the order that they run in. Instead, the steps are shown in the order that they appear on the process editor, from the steps at the top of the canvas to the steps at the bottom of the canvas.

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