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Will run given step of workflow instance plus following steps if specified by --perform-following-steps option.
Usage
zowe zos-workflows start workflow-step <stepName> [options]
Positional Arguments
stepName
(string)- Specifies the step name that will be run.
Options
--workflow-key
|--wk
(string)- Workflow key of workflow instance to be started
--workflow-name
|--wn
(string)- Workflow name of workflow instance to be started
--resolve-conflict-by
|--rcb
(string)How variable conflicts should be handled. Options: outputFileValue: Allow the output file values to override the existing values. existingValue: Use the existing variables values instead of the output file values. leaveConflict: Automation is stopped. The user must resolve the conflict manually.
Default value: outputFileValue
Allowed values: outputFileValue, existingValue, leaveConflict
--perform-following-steps
|--pfs
(boolean)Identifies whether to perform also following steps in the workflow instance.
Default value: false
Zosmf Connection Options
--host
|-H
(string)- The z/OSMF server host name.
--port
|-P
(number)The z/OSMF server port.
Default value: 443
--user
|-u
(string)- Mainframe (z/OSMF) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.
--password
|--pass
|--pw
(string)- Mainframe (z/OSMF) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.
--reject-unauthorized
|--ru
(boolean)Reject self-signed certificates.
Default value: true
--base-path
|--bp
(string)- The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all z/OSMF resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.
Profile Options
--zosmf-profile
|--zosmf-p
(string)- The name of a (zosmf) profile to load for this command execution.
Examples
To start step "Step1" only in a workflow instance in z/OSMF with workflow key "d043b5f1-adab-48e7-b7c3-d41cd95fa4b0":
zowe zos-workflows start workflow-step "Step1" --workflow-key "d043b5f1-adab-48e7-b7c3-d41cd95fa4b0"
To start a workflow instance in z/OSMF from step "Step1" with workflow key "d043b5f1-adab-48e7-b7c3-d41cd95fa4b0":
zowe zos-workflows start workflow-step "Step1" --workflow-key "d043b5f1-adab-48e7-b7c3-d41cd95fa4b0" --perform-following-steps
To start step "Step1" only in a workflow instance in z/OSMF with workflow key "d043b5f1-adab-48e7-b7c3-d41cd95fa4b0"and if there is a conflict in variable's value use the value that is in output file:
zowe zos-workflows start workflow-step "Step1" --workflow-key "d043b5f1-adab-48e7-b7c3-d41cd95fa4b0" --resolve-conflict-by "outputFileValue"
To start step "Step1" only in a workflow instance in z/OSMF with workflow name "testWorkflow":
zowe zos-workflows start workflow-step "Step1" --workflow-name "testWorkflow"