Get Advertisement Status
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator
The Get Advertisement Status activity is used to retrieve the status of an advertisement assigned to a computer to determine if a software deployment action has completed.
For the procedure to configure this object, see: Configuring the Get Advertisement Status Activity
Properties and Published Data
The following tables list the properties and published data for this activity.
When a computer name and advertisement ID are specified that do not result in any data returned (the advertisement is not assigned to or known by the computer), the published data will only contain the Computer Name and Connection properties.
Get Advertisement Status Properties
| Element | Description | Valid Values | Look up |
|---|---|---|---|
Advertisement ID |
The site-specific identifier for the advertisement |
String |
No |
Computer Name |
The name of the computer for which you want to retrieve the status of the assigned advertisement |
String |
No |
Get Advertisement Published Data
| Element | Description | Value Type |
|---|---|---|
Advertisement ID |
The site-specific identifier for the advertisement |
String |
Computer Name |
The name of the computer for which the advertisement status applies |
String |
Connection |
Specifies the connection to the Configuration Manager server |
String |
Last Acceptance Message ID |
The identifier of the last acceptance status message |
Integer |
Last Acceptance Message ID Name |
The short description of the last acceptance status message |
String |
Last Acceptance Message ID Severity |
The severity of the last acceptance status message |
Integer 1073741824 = Informational 2147483648 = Warning 3221225472 = Error |
Last Acceptance State |
The numeric category of the last acceptance status message |
Integer |
Last Acceptance State Name |
The short description of the acceptance category |
String |
Last Acceptance Status Time |
The date and time when the last acceptance message was generated |
String (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM or PM, UCT) |
Last Execution Context |
The user account under which the program ran |
String |
Last Execution Result |
The last string returned by a status file message or an error return code |
String |
Last State |
The numeric category of the last delivery status message |
Integer |
Last State Name |
Short description of the delivery category |
String |
Last Status Message ID |
The identifier of the last delivery status message |
Integer |
Last Status Message ID Name |
Short description of the last delivery status message |
String |
Last Status Message ID Severity |
The severity of the last delivery status message |
Integer |
Last Status Time |
The date and time when the last delivery message was generated |
String (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM or PM, UCT) |
Resource ID |
The site-specific identifier of the target computer |
Integer |
Configuring the Get Advertisement Status Activity
To configure the Get Advertisement Status activity
From the Activities pane, drag a Get Advertisement Status activity to the active runbook.
Double-click the Get Advertisement Status activity icon. The Properties dialog box opens.
Configuring the Details tab:
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.
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
Right-click the property value box, click Subscribe, and then click Published Data.
Click the Activity drop-down box and select the activity from which you want to obtain the data.
To view additional data elements common across the runbook, select Show Common Published Data.
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 contains the following additional activities.