{"id":2802,"date":"2012-01-18T20:50:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T19:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2012-01-18T20:51:19","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T19:51:19","slug":"building-a-sleep-activity-for-orchestrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/contoso.se\/blog\/?p=2802","title":{"rendered":"Building a SLEEP activity for Orchestrator"},"content":{"rendered":"

When building runbooks you sometimes need to include a delay or a sleep. You can configure a delay on the links between activities, but it is not always a good solution. In the example in the image below I have a delay on each link. As you can see it looks like the runbook is on the first activity, but it is not, it is on the link, waiting. You don’t see the link as a step in the runbook and you cant see the link delay as a step in the history log either. A better alternative is to use a “wait” or “sleep” activity. In this blog post I will show you how you can build a “sleep” activity with Orchestrator Integration Toolkit. We will use a Powershell cmdlet named start-sleep and input number of seconds we want to sleep.<\/p>\n

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  1. Download and install the Orchestrator Integration Toolkit<\/li>\n
  2. Start the Orchestrator Command-Line Activity Wizard<\/li>\n
  3. On the welcome page click Next<\/li>\n
  4. Assembly Details. Input a\u00c2\u00a0name a assembly file, for example ContosoSleep as name and C:\\IP\\ContosoSleep.dll as\u00c2\u00a0assembly file<\/li>\n
  5. Commands. Click Add<\/li>\n
  6. Add\/Edit Command. Input
    \nName:\u00c2\u00a0Sleep
    \nMode: Run Windows PowerShell<\/li>\n
  7. Switch to the Arguments tab, click Add parameter<\/li>\n
  8. Add\/Edit Parameter. Input
    \nName: Number of seconds to sleep
    \nUsage mode: Command Argument
    \nDisplay Style: Text
    \nDefault value:\u00c2\u00a0<leave blank><\/li>\n
  9. Click Ok<\/li>\n
  10. On the Arguments tab, in the Command Line text field, input
    \nstart-sleep -s
    \nthen click Insert and Number of seconds to sleep
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  11. Click Ok<\/li>\n
  12. Commands. Click Next<\/li>\n
  13. When you see “The wizard completed successfully” click “Build Integration Pack”<\/li>\n
  14. Product Details. Fill in the information, for example
    \nProduct Name: Contoso Sleep
    \nCategory Name: Sleep
    \nCompany: Contoso
    \nYou can click Modify and change the icon. Click Next<\/li>\n
  15. Activities. Verify that your Sleep activity is listed, then click Next<\/li>\n
  16. Dependencies and included files. Our example don’t need any extra files so click Next<\/li>\n
  17. Orchestrator Integration Pack File. Input a path where the Integration Pack will be created. Click Next<\/li>\n
  18. The integration pack is created. Click Finish to exit the wizard<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now,\u00c2\u00a0register and deploy\u00c2\u00a0the integration pack with Deployment Manager. After that is successfully you can restart your Runbook Designer console and you will see a new Integration Pack with your new activity.<\/p>\n

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    As you can see in the image below we can now easy see that the runbook is in “sleep mode” as Sleep is its own activity. More examples with the Orchestrator Integration Toolkit can be found here<\/a>. You can download my sleep IP here. ContosoSleep<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0. Please note that this is provided \u00e2\u20ac\u0153as is\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with no warranties at all.<\/p>\n

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