Managing services
Overview of Automation Director services
A service is a customized set of instructions that follow a process flow to automate data center tasks such
as provisioning. Services are integrated with infrastructure groups so they operate within the designated
storage profiles to help manage resources. A storage administrator can create a service and then allow
users to run it. Access to services is managed by user groups and service groups.
Services are classified by tags to indicate the purpose or type and to display them in a hierarchical
structure. Because Automation Director lets you register the same service in multiple tags, you can
display a list of services according to usage, such as by workload or business unit.
More information
Workflow for creating a service on page 31
Creating or editing a service on page 32
Services tab
The Services tab enables users to do the following:
• View services and filter them using tags.
• Create custom tags or tag groups using Organize Tags.
• Using the Card view or Table view, see service details, status, and actions.
• Create and submit service requests.
• Copy a service to make a new service.
Tag Search pane
The Tag Search pane enables users to filter services that have been tagged.
Tags are organized into groups, such as Applications, Hypervisors, and Storage Services. Each group
has one or more tags.
To use tags, click a tag name to see only services tagged with that name in the Services pane. Click the
tag again to expose all tags in that group and all services that were filtered out.
You can only use one Service Group tag at a time.
You can click Organize Tags to create your own tag groups and then add tags to the groups. You can also
add tags to the provided groups.
Services pane
The Services pane displays all the services that a user can use, based on the user's permissions.
The Services pane has two views; Card View and Table View. You can toggle between them using the
buttons at the top of the Services pane.
The Card View includes graphical representations of services that can include badges and watermarks.
The following table contains the watermarks that are visible in the services Card View.
Managing services
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