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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.

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" Copy

• 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 Copy

• 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" Copy

• 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" Copy