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Get Object

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

The Get Object activity is used to search for a record based on a set of filter criteria. The Get Object activity supports incidents, changes, and activities.

The following published data element is specific to Get Object. 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.

Get Object Published Data

Element Description

Number of Objects

The number of objects returned by the Get Object activity

Configuring the Get Object Activity

To configure Get Object Activity

  1. From the Activities pane, drag a Get Object to the active runbook. Double-click the Get Object icon.

  2. On the Details tab, in the Properties section, click the ellipsis button (...), and then select the Connection to the Service Manager computer that you want to use for this activity.

  3. Click the ellipsis button (...), and then select the Class that you want to use to define this activity.

  4. In the Filters section, click Add. In the Name box, click the down arrow and select an item from the list. The items that appear in the list are specific to the class that you selected in the previous step. For a list of the available classes and their respective fields, see Service Manager Classes, Fields, and Filters.

  5. In the Relation box, click the down arrow and select a relationship descriptor for the filter.

    Important

    Note that the Applies to all object filter conditions Equal and Does not Equal are case-insensitive.

  6. In the Value box, click the ellipsis button (...), and then select a value to be applied to this filter. If the ellipsis button does not appear for the filter you have selected, enter the value you want to use. Click OK.

    If applicable, to automatically populate the value for a filter from the data published by a previous activity in the workflow, right-click the Value box, point to Subscribe, and then click Published data. Click the published data element you want to use, and then click OK.

    The published data for each activity depends on the class that was selected when the activity was created. For a list of the data elements published by each class, see Service Manager Published Data. For information about the Common Published Data items, see Published Data in the System Center Orchestrator 2012 Runbook Guide.

  7. Add additional filters as needed.

  8. To make changes to a filter, click the filter, and then click Edit. Make the necessary changes, and then click OK. To remove a filter, click the filter, and then click Remove.

  9. For information about the settings on the General and Run Behavior tabs, see Common Configuration Instructions for all Activities.

  10. Click Finish.

Other Activities

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