Refresh Collection
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator
The Refresh Collection activity is used in a runbook to initiate collection evaluation. It ensures that the membership of a collection is current before other activities are performed on the collection or its members.
For the procedure to configure this object, see: Configuring the Refresh Collection Activity
Properties and Published Data
The following tables list the properties and published data for this activity.
Refresh Client Properties
| Element | Description | Valid Values | Look up |
|---|---|---|---|
Collection |
The name or ID of an existing collection When you use the browse feature to look up a collection name or enter a collection name manually or from published data, you must set the Collection Value Type property to Name or the action will fail. |
String |
Yes (for Collection Names) |
Collection Value Type |
Specifies whether the value in the Collection property is a collection name or a collection ID |
ID Name |
Yes |
Wait for Refresh Completion |
Specifies whether the runbook should pause and poll the status of the collection refresh until the collection refresh is complete |
True False |
Yes |
Polling Interval (seconds) |
The number of seconds to wait between polling attempts to determine refresh status |
Integer |
No |
Refresh Collection Published Data
| Element | Description | Value Type |
|---|---|---|
Collection |
The name or ID of an existing collection |
String |
Collection Value Type |
Specifies whether the value in the Collection property is a collection name or a collection ID. |
ID Name |
Connection |
Specifies the name of the connection to the Configuration Manager server |
String |
Polling Interval (seconds) |
Specifies whether the runbook should pause and poll the status of the collection refresh until the collection refresh is complete |
True False |
Wait for Refresh Completion |
The number of seconds to wait between polling attempts to determine the refresh status |
Integer |
Configuring the Refresh Collection Activity
To configure the Refresh Collection activity
From the Activities pane, drag a Refresh Collection activity to the active runbook.
Double-click the Refresh Collection 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: