Using the Automation center

The Concert Workflows Automation center provides easy-to-use tools for running prebuilt workflows or tasks, such as reusable support or development tools for common tasks, on-demand. This is helpful for teams who are frequently using the same automated actions for tasks like provisioning or troubleshooting, without requiring them to use the workflow editor to duplicate and modify common workflows with each run.

As an alternative to using the workflow editor, which involves a more complex configuration process, you can create tiles in the Automation center to quickly reference an existing workflows, modify the required variables, and run the workflow.

The Automation center consists of panels, which are containers for various workflows. Each workflow is represented as a tile. When you create a tile, you specify the workflow, workflow version, and worker group, and then enter the parameter values required to execute the selected workflow. If required, you can provide authentication credentials for the specified workflow.

To open the Automation center in the Concert UI, go to Workflows > Automation center. Here, you can create a panel to group automation tasks in a logical way. Then, you can create a tile that references an existing workflow and allows you to quickly enter required input metrics instead of doing so in the workflow editor.

For more details about using the Automation center, refer to the IBM Rapid Network Automation documentation.