Create Collection

Artigo
10/24/2013

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator

The Create Collection activity is used in a runbook to create a grouping of computers within Configuration Manager that can be used to perform Configuration Management activities such as to deploy software updates or install applications.

For the procedure to configure this object, see: Configuring the Create Collection Activity.

Properties and Published Data

The following tables list the properties and published data for this activity.

Create Collection Properties

Element	Description	Valid Values	Look up
Collection Name	The name of the collection to be created	String	No
Comment	An optional comment of up to 255 characters associated with the collection	String	No
Parent Collection	The name of an existing collection to which the collection will be assigned as a sub-collection, or the Root Collection if this collection will be at the root level	String. Default: Root Collection.	Yes

Create Collection Published Data

Element	Description	Value Type
Collection ID	The site-specific identifier for the new collection as specified by Configuration Manager	String
Collection Name	The name of the collection that was created	String
Comment	An optional comment of up to 255 characters associated with the collection	String
Connection	Specifies the name of the connection to the Configuration Manager server	String
Parent Collection	The name of an existing collection to which the collection was assigned as a sub-collection, or the Root Collection if this collection will be at the root level	String

Configuring the Create Collection Activity

To configure the Create Collection activity

From the Activities pane, drag a Create Collection activity to the active runbook.
Double-click the Create Collection activity icon. The Properties dialog box opens.
Configuring the Details tab:
1. In the Connection section, click the ellipsis button (...), and then select the Configuration Manager server connection that you want to use for this activity. Click OK.
2. In the Fields section, enter a value for each of the required properties. If the property is Lookup-enabled, you can click the ellipsis (…) button next to the text box to browse for a value.
  
  You can also use published data to automatically populate the value of the property from the data output by a previous activity in the runbook.
  
  To use published data
  1. Right-click the property value box, click Subscribe, and then click Published Data.
  2. Click the Activity drop-down box and select the activity from which you want to obtain the data.
  3. To view additional data elements common across the runbook, select Show Common Published Data.
  4. Click the published data element you want to use, and then click OK.
    
    For a list of the data elements published by each activity, see the Published Data tables in the activity topic. For information about the Common Published Data items, see Published Data in the System Center Orchestrator 2012 Runbook Guide.
For information about the settings on the General and Run Behavior tabs, see Common Configuration Instructions for all Activities.
Click Finish.

Other Activities

The Integration Pack for System Center Configuration Manager integration contains the following additional activities:

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