Actions
You can use actions to create tasks that will be completed automatically at a specified step in a release. An automated task can create a new object or record; change the value of a field in a record; kick off a workflow that runs in the background; or carry out any other operation that you define.
When you create an automated task, you select an action that the task will carry out; the action that you select must be defined in the Actions application. This product ships with a set of predefined actions that can be used in a release process. For each action, there might also be an action group. An action group includes both an action to carry out the task and one or more additional, related actions.
You can create your own customized actions to fit the needs of releases in your data center. For instructions, see the online help for the Actions application.
For a complete list of the predefined actions that are included for the Release process, go to the Actions application ( ). Type PMREL in the Actions field, and click Enter to display a list of the predefined release actions. Brief descriptions are included.
The built-in actions are also listed and described in the following table.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| PMRELACCEPTACT | Approval action for a task. |
| PMRELSCOPEACT | Approval action for a task. |
| PMRELSCHEDACT | Approval action for a task. |
| PMRELROLLACT | Approval action for a task. |
| PMRELADCACGRP | Action group for Add Change to Release request accepted. |
| PMRELVALADDCHGRELREQ | Validate Add Change to Release request. |
| PMRELCANCELRELREQ | Cancel release request. |
| PMRELCOMREQCREAT | Creates a process request for the selected release. |
| PMRELCPYCHGPLANTGTS | Copy planned targets from a change to a release. |
| PMRELCPYCHGSWIMAGES | Copy planned software images from a change to a release. |
| PMRELCRCHGRELRELATE | Create a change/release relationship. |
| PMRELCREATESWDST | Action to create a software distribution. |
| PMRELDISTSOFT | Action to distribute software. |
| PMRELTESTCONN | Action to test the OMP connection. |
| PMRELGETDISTSTATUS | Action to get distribution status from an OMP. |
| PMRELPROGTOACPT | Change the release progress to Accepted. |
| PMRELPROGTOACPTGRP | Action group for changing the release progress to Accepted. |
| PMRELPROGTOBLT | Change the release progress to Built. |
| PMRELPROGTOBLTGRP | Action group for changing the release progress to Built. |
| PMRELPROGTOSCHD | Change the release progress to Scheduled. |
| PMRELPROGTOSCHDGRP | Action group for changing the release progress to Scheduled. |
| PMRELPROGTOCANC | Change the release progress to Canceled. |
| PMRELPROGTOCANCGRP | Action group for changing the release progress to Canceled. |
| PMRELPROGTOCOMM | Change the release progress to Communicated. |
| PMRELPROGTOCOMMGRP | Action group for changing the release progress to Communicated. |
| PMRELPROGTOIMPL | Change the release progress to Implemented. |
| PMRELPROGTOIMPLGRP | Action group for changing the release progress to Implemented. |
| PMRELPROGTOCOMP | Change the release progress to Complete. |
| PMRELPROGTOCOMPGRP | Action group for changing the release progress to Complete. |
| PMRELPROGTOPLAN | Change the release progress to Planned. |
| PMRELPROGTOPLANGRP | Action group for changing the release progress to Planned. |
| PMRELRMCACGRP | Action group for accepting a request to Remove Change from Release. |
| PMRELVALREMCHGRELREQ | Action group for validating the acceptance of a Remove Change from Release request. |
| PMRELRMCHGRELRELATE | Remove a change/release relationship. |
| PMRELREMCHGPLANTGTS | Remove planned targets of a change from a release. |
| PMRELREMCHGSWIMAGES | Remove software images for a change from a release. |
| PMRELREQRJ | Triggered when a release request is rejected. |
| PMRELREQEXCEPTION | Throws an invalid release request exception. |
| PMRELREQSETOWNER | Sets the owner of the current release to the currently logged-in user |
| PMRELREQSTATEEXCEPTION | Throws an invalid release request state exception. |
| PMRELREQCA | Triggered when a release request is canceled. |
| PMRELREMCHGRP | Action group for Remove Change from Release request. |
| PMRELXFRCHGRP | Action group for Transfer Change to another Release. |
| PMRELADDRELREQGRP | Action group for Add Change to Release request submitted. |
| PMRELADDRELREQRELATEREC | Create the related record entries. |
| PMRELUPDTPROGHIST | Update release progress history. |
| PMRELPROGTOOPEN | Change release progress to Open. |
| PMRELPROGTOOPENGRP | Action group for changing release progress to Open. |
| PMRELREMRELREQRELATEREC | For Remove Change from Release, create the related record entries. |
| PMRELADDRELREQRELATEREC | For Add Change from Release, create the related record entries |