Create Change with Template

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

The Create Change with Template activity is used to configure a change record based on an existing template.

Important

Important System Center Orchestrator 2012 does not support the use of mandatory fields in child objects that the Create Change with Template activity creates. These template activities will fail in Service Manager if there are mandatory fields in any of the child objects it tries to create. This is because there is no way for the user to provide the mandatory properties for the associated activity.

The Create Change with Template activities create a change record by presenting the workflow author with a property grid of values associated with the change. This includes mandatory properties that will cause the create operation to be rejected by Service Manager if they are not provided.

The configuration user interface for Create Change with Template does not provide a way to configure child work items. It can only access the parent change. Therefore, if any of the child work items contain mandatory properties, the creation of the change will be rejected by Service Manager.

The following published data elements are specific to Create Change with Template. Additional published data is generated based on the class that you select when you define the activity. For a list of the data elements published by each class, see Service Manager Published Data.

Create Change with Template Published Data

Element	Description
Template ID	The unique identifier of the template used to create the change
Number of Objects	The number of objects returned by the Create Change with Template activity

See Also

Concepts

System Center Service Manager Activities
System Center Integration Pack for System Center 2012 Service Manager