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Contents
Contents
About Motion 4 in Monitor Mode ......................................................................... 5
Motion 4 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 5
Display Resolutions .............................................................................................................................. 5
Login Information Displayed on UI ....................................................................................................... 5
The Resource Manager (Read Only) ..................................................................................................... 6
Task Assignment ................................................................................................................................... 6
Monitoring............................................................................................................................................ 7
Pre-requisites to Operation ...................................................................................................................... 8
Client Installation and Startup ............................................................................... 9
Install Motion 4 Client .............................................................................................................................. 9
Client Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 9
Before You Begin .................................................................................................................................. 9
Installing the Client Software ............................................................................................................... 9
Launch Motion4...................................................................................................................................... 11
Monitor mode .................................................................................................................................... 12
Monitoring Resources .......................................................................................... 14
About Resource Manager ....................................................................................................................... 14
Endpoint Icons .................................................................................................................................... 14
Motion4 Monitoring ............................................................................................ 15
About Monitoring ................................................................................................................................... 15
Global Monitoring with Insight .......................................................................................................... 15
Workflow Monitoring ......................................................................................................................... 17
Monitoring Device Status ................................................................................................................... 17
Monitoring Device Storage Status and Files on Devices .................................................................... 18
Process Explorer Operations .................................................................................................................. 18
Using Process Explorer ....................................................................................................................... 19
Storage Explorer Operations .................................................................................................................. 25
Using Storage Explorer ....................................................................................................................... 26
Execute an Action ............................................................................................................................... 27
Task Assignment Operations .................................................................................................................. 27
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Using Task Assignment ....................................................................................................................... 27
FE35Action Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 28
Open the Action Config Management console .................................................................................. 29
Create a new action............................................................................................................................ 29
Make a copy of the Action ................................................................................................................. 31
Create an AddressBase from the endpoint alias ................................................................................ 31
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About Motion 4 in Monitor Mode
About Motion 4 in Monitor Mode
Motion 4 Overview
Motion4 is a new workflow engine that services the requirements to integrate staff, devices, and
applications into a holistic workflow. Sometimes referred to as an enterprise bus, the product ostensibly
provides the integration and workflow structure for discrete modules that form part of the content
management and digital supply chain.
The following functions are available in Monitor Mode.
Display Resolutions
The Motion 4 client supports a variety of low to high display resolutions. Along with higher resolutions,
the following minimum resolutions are supported:
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1024 × 768 (XGA) (4/3)
1280 × 720 (16/9)
Login Information Displayed on UI
The following basic Login information is displayed in the upper right of the UI:
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Credential (Login and group)
versioning (what version client connects to what version server)
Service Name selected at logon
The UI will display…
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if there is no Insight
Current user: N/A
if connected to Insight and the user name is set
Current user: User Full Name
if connected to Insight and the user name is not set
Current user: user login name
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About Motion 4 in Monitor Mode
The Resource Manager (Read Only)
The Resource Manager along with the Workflow Builder can be considered the heart of the application.
The Resource Manager is designed to handle queues and priorities of jobs related to devices until these
devices are available to process the job. In addition, it load balances common device types and manages
the throughput of work to the devices based on their configuration and loading parameters. For
example, if one device were to go offline, then the Resource Manager would take the responsibility for
re-prioritizing files to the remaining online devices.
Task Assignment
This graphical component is present in both in Motion4 standalone client and Insight Client. It is a
powerful tool for cooperation within/between departments where users can see tasks assigned to their
groups, accept them, and when a task is completed, update the task status.
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About Motion 4 in Monitor Mode
Monitoring
This user application allows an operator to monitor tasks, devices, files status, and the status of a
particular workflow or set of workflows. It gives an overview of all the staff, applications, and devices
that form part of the infrastructure set which deliver the workflows and processing capability of tasks
and workflows.
The Process and Storage Explorers
These graphical components are present in both in Motion4 standalone client and Insight Client. They
allow an operator to monitor tasks, devices, files status, and the status of a particular workflow or set of
workflows.
Process Explorer:
Storage Explorer:
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About Motion 4 in Monitor Mode
Pre-requisites to Operation
The following must be implemented prior to using Motion4:
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A properly installed Motion4 system: Client and Server. Installing a Motion4 system is the subject of
the section: Motion4 Client Installation (see "Client Installation and Startup" on page 9). and the
Motion4 Server Installation Reference.
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Client Installation and Startup
Client Installation and Startup
Install Motion 4 Client
This section describes how to install Motion Client 4. This process applies to all versions of Motion
Client, unless otherwise documented.
Client Requirements
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Operating Systems:
 Windows 7 (with latest SP and all the security updates)
 Windows 8 (with latest SP and all the security updates)
 Windows 10 (with latest SP and all the security updates)
 Windows Server 2012 (with all the security updates)
Software:
 MSXML 6.0
 Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.5 with latest Service Pack (restart required)
 Magellan Diagnostic Logger
Before You Begin
Before Installing Motion Client, uninstall any previous version of Motion Client.
Installing the Client Software
1. Double-click on the Motion Client .msi file to start the installation process. The Client Setup Wizard
opens.
2. On the Welcome screen click Next.
3. The Custom Setup screen displays the location where the client will be installed. This path cannot be
changed. (C:\Program Files (x86)\Imagine Communications\Motion\Client).
 Click Next to continue.
 (Option) Click Reset to reset install parameter original settings.
 (Option) Click Disk Usage to review space usage on the specified install location
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Note: On installation device controllers are deployed in their own individual folders.
4. On the User information screen specify the Motion 4 Server address and then click Next to continue.
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5. On the User information screen select the Client Mode and then click Next to continue.
 Monitor only Client: The Monitor only client contains 4 tabs: Task Assignment / Process
Explorer / Storage Explorer/ Resources.
 By default, the Process Explorer tab is displayed when the user opens the client.
 This view disables the user’s ability to edit the Resources tab.
 The Workflows and Trigger tabs are not available to the user.
 The Resources tab is available, but the user can’t change any settings.
 Full Client: In this mode all tabs are available to the user: Workflows/Triggers/Task Assignment /
Process Explorer / Storage Explorer/ /Resources.
6. On the "Ready to install" screen click Install. The installation should complete successfully.
7. On the Completed screen click Finish to conclude the installation.
Launch Motion4
Use the following procedure to launch Motion 4 Client.
1. On the machine where the Nexio Motion4 client application was installed, click on the Nexio Motion
icon:
 A shortcut on the desktop:
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And a shortcut in the Start Menu:
2. On the login screen specify the following:
 User Name: Enter your user name
 Password: Enter your password
 Service Name: Select an available service from the dropdown.
 (Optional) Check "Remember me" to have the system remember your credentials for future
access.
3. When finished click Login.
 A loading bar indicator at the bottom of the Motion 4 Login screen indicates progress. The
operator does not have access to the UI until loading is completing an the system is fully
initialized.
 This launches the Motion Client.
Monitor mode
The Monitor only client contains 4 tabs: Task Assignment / Process Explorer / Storage Explorer /
Resources. By default, the Process Explorer tab is displayed when the user opens the client.
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By default, the Process Explorer tab is displayed when the user opens the client.
The Resources tab is available, but is read only.
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The Workflows and Trigger tabs are not available to the user.
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Monitoring Resources
Monitoring Resources
About Resource Manager
In Monitor Mode the Resources tab is available, but is read only.
The Resource Manager is designed to handle queues and priorities of jobs related to devices until these
devices are available to process the job. In addition, it load balances common device types and manages
the throughput of work to the devices based on their configuration and loading parameters. For
example, if one device were to go offline, then the Resource Manager would take the responsibility for
re-prioritizing files to the remaining online devices.
Endpoint Icons
Endpoint icons provide a quick visual reference to operation status.
: Waiting for the first health check to return with the new parameters after publishing a new or
modified endpoint.
: Error message icon. Device controller returns an error message in healthCheck.
: Endpoint published successfully.
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Motion4 Monitoring
Motion4 Monitoring
About Monitoring
The Motion Monitor allows an operator to monitor tasks, devices, files status, and the status of a
particular workflow or set of workflows. It gives an overview of all the staff, applications, and devices
that form part of the infrastructure set which deliver the workflows and processing capability of tasks
and workflows.
The Process and Storage Explorer graphical components are present in both in Motion4 standalone
client and Insight Client. They allow an operator to monitor tasks, devices, files status, and the status of
a particular workflow or set of workflows.
The ability to monitor appears at a macro level for system administrators or those in the role of MCR
operator, where their ability to look at all workflows and devices to which they have security rights.
Note: An individual user can monitor workflows they have requested through the Insight UI.
Global Monitoring with Insight
When integrated with Insight, the UI allows administrators and operational staff to monitor all
workflows and devices across the organization based on their security privileges. In the following image
Process Explorer is launched.
Motion Plugins in Nexio Insight
The Storage Explorer, Process Explorer, and the Tasks module can be referenced in Nexio Insight. They
are shown differently for admin and ordinary users. The following screen shot illustrates how Motion4
plugins appear in Nexio Insight:
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Transfer Monitor
Task Manager
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Workflow Monitoring
In the Process Explorer UI there is a list of workflow types (definitions); the user can select one or more
types to monitor. List of instances is then filtered based on the user’s selection. For each workflow
instance a user can see the priority, status of workflow, progress of current activity on device, who
started this workflow, and when it was started.
Monitoring Device Status
In the Published part of Resource Repository a user can view the health-check statuses of all devices.
Colored pictograms provide visual feedback of the state of each device in system.
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A green pictogram indicates the device is operating normally.
A red pictogram indicates the device is malfunctioning, then the device is marked with.
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Monitoring Device Storage Status and Files on Devices
In Storage Explorer UI is a list of spied storages, for each device a media base is built with the list of all
files on storages. For each media file an extensive set of metadata is extracted and presented to the
user.
Also the volume of storage use by device can be displayed.
Process Explorer Operations
The Process Explorer page is used to monitor workflow instances (aka processes) in the system. This
page provides a snapshot about the system and is automatically refreshed every few seconds. The
explorer shows workflow instances which are in running, done, failed, etc. state as a live feed, so it gives
an idea what is happening right now. It is also serves as a history. The user can watch the log, errors and
progress of different jobs which are being executed on devices.
Process Explorer is composed of 3 parts:
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The left pane lists available workflows. The operator can select to display all or one particular
process and display their requests in the center pane.
The center pane displays all requests for all or a selected process. By default, instances are ordered
by ‘created date’.
The right pane displays details of the checked requests (action progression, history, Event Details).
These are read-only information, but the Priority can be changed.
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Note: Changing priority will not affect activities which are running or already done.
Using Process Explorer
Depending on the status of a selected request, the operator has the capability to pause, resume and
abort a request.
Note: Multiple item selection is available by holding SHIFT or CTRL keys while clicking on items.
List Workflows
1. Expand the dropdown to display all workflows.
2. Check "Show only Published Workflows" to filter the list to only published workflows
3. From the list of workflows select the individual workflow(s) to display.
Toolbar Actions
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Filter Workflows: On the toolbar there are filtering options to help find the appropriate process (like
only published, done, failed, aborted, running, etc.)
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 Search for/ Find an Instance.
 Select only one or several processes to monitor, or filter for date.
 Search by MediaId in Process Explorer.
Start/Stop Workflows: The following toolbar icons are used to start stop workflows.
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Restart (
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Edit Parameter and Restart (
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Abort (
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Abort_All (
) a process
) a process.
) a single/selected item.
) is for aborting all items.
Sort workflows by date
It is possible to sort the display of workflows by date Modified date/time or Created date/time.
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On the Created column click the arrow to toggle the sort of workflows by creation date.
On the Modified column click the arrow to toggle the sort of workflows by modified date.
Change a Workflow’s Priority
When the priority of a workflow instance (from ProcessExplorer) is changed, the priority is propagated
to the jobs that are already queued in the Resource Manager. This permits users to change a workflow’s
priority when it becomes urgent.
Right click Context menu
1. Select a workflow.
2. Right click and from the context menu select Change Priority.
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3. From the expanded options select the desired priority level.
Restart Workflows
The restart actions the ProcessExplorer allow the operator to restart a workflow(s).
Right click Context menu
1. Select a workflow instance (or multiple workflow instances).
2. Right click and from the context menu select Restart.
Restart Button Operation
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Clicking on the Restart button (
) starts the ‘default’ action.
Clicking on the drop down button provides the following options:
 Default: Restart the workflow using the latest published version (if the argument list didn't
change, otherwise fallback to second case)
 Restart the workflow using the latest published version, but allow the user to review and edit
the parameters before starting a new instance.
Edit Parameter and Restart a process.
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Clicking on the Edit Parameter and Restart button (
) restarts the modified action.
When restarting a workflow, editing the parameters, the execute dialog is pre-filled with the
previous parameters.
Workflow Actions
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Published Workflows: The latest published version of a workflow is used when restarting an instance
from a published version.
Editing Workflows: The latest version of the workflow being edited is used when restarting an
instance from an editing version. (i.e. not published).
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Review requests
1. From the left pane select an available workflow (or multiple workflows).
2. Requests associated with the workflow process(es) are displayed their in the center pane.
Pause a request
1. Select/highlight a running request
2. From the ribbon bar select « Pause ». All requests are paused for the selected process.
Right click Context menu
1. Select a workflow request.
2. Right click and from the context menu select Pause.
Resume a request
1. Select/highlight a paused request.
2. From the ribbon bar select « Resume ». All requests for the paused process are resumed.
Right click Context menu
1. Select a workflow request.
2. Right click and from the context menu select Resume.
Abort All requests
1. From the ribbon bar select the Abort All button (
). All requests for the process are aborted.
Abort a request
1. Select/highlight a workflow instance (or multiple workflow instances).
2. From the ribbon bar select the Abort button (
). The request for the process is aborted.
When an abort action is selected the following message is displayed.
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: Abort_Red indicates the in-line status
Right click Context menu
1. Select a workflow instance (or multiple workflow instances).
2. Right click and from the context menu select Abort.
Review request details
1. Select/highlight a request
2. The right pane displays details of the checked requests:
 Actions tab view displays the action progression
 History tab view displays past actions for the selected request
 Event Details tab view displays specifics on the event selected in the Actions or History tab.
The Action Details Dialog
The Action Details dialog provides Status, Input, and Output tabs for displaying an action's details. This
allows an operator to easily see the Ins and Outs of actions, but also get the job ID to search in Magellan
DL; the Job ID is used as a suffix for the action logs. The UI allows copying the individual displayed data
to the clip board (job ID, filename in the input, etc.)
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Status tab: This tab displays the Action Display name, Activity Name (FTP transfer, etc.), Job ID,
Action ID, current message and progress (same as in the list). Datetimes are displayed in regional
format.
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Input tab: This tab displays the action inputs and endpoints (location\device name\endpoint alias).
The user can check the endpoint parameters in the Resource Manager.
The following examples show CheckID with one endpoint (left) and CheckID with multiple endpoints
(right).
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Output tab: When the action is done, this tab displays the outputs
Storage Explorer Operations
Storage Explorer is responsible for monitoring spied MediaFiles on storage devices. Devices and their
connections which support spying are displayed in this module and are available for checking their
content. It is also possible to execute a very simple search for media name.
Incremental spy feature: Nexio Motion 4.4 added incremental spy action support for devices, such as
archive that have an API allowing partial retrieval of the inventory. Based on the date of the last item in
the Database, the Device Controller asks only for "what's new since...". The incremental spy action is
performed as required, while a full spy action is scheduled every night.
Devices, their MediaFile contents, and their metadata are shown in a read-only manner. A user can
browse a huge number of MediaFiles, or can search for them (search functionality is limited). Also the
Actions (set up in ActionConfig) can be managed and executed from here.
Storage Explorer is a read-only viewer, which does not allow modifying files, folders, nor file properties.
It supports huge number of files; there is no exact limit of the maximum. The file list is refreshed
automatically by default every 2 seconds, giving nearly live information.
It is present in both in Motion4 standalone client and Insight Client, and allows an operator to monitor
storage devices and file status.
This window is composed of 4 parts:
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The left pane shows the configured servers and their capacities. For each server, the remaining
capacity, total capacity and status are displayed. The operator can click on desired server to display
all media information in the center part.
The center pane displays media information for the selected server/path in the left part. The title of
this window displays the name and eventually the path of the selected server.
The operator can select a media and drag and drop this media in another device/Path destination or
execute a local action right clicking on this media.
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The right panes displays metadata for the selected File and Content if HS media file is installed.
Using Storage Explorer
1. Select the Storage Explorer tab.
2. Open a Connection from the left pane by double-clicking on a storage. The contents are displayed in
the center pane.
3. (Option) Click the Search icon. The Search Results are displayed.
4. Select a MediaFile in the center pane. The details are displayed in the right panels (File Details and
Content Properties). This information is generated by the Extended Metadata Extractor during spy
process.
 Some files can be extracted (mostly video files), but others will contain only basic file
information, such as name, created time, extension, etc.
 Files before and under extraction also show basic information.
 Extended metadata is available only after the file is closed.
Filter for properties
It is also possible to filter for certain properties such as name, extension, created date, modified date,
size. By default the file sort order in Storage Explorer is by Name in Ascending order.
Known Issue: ‘expanding the endpoint’
Spying on an endpoint that contains large amount of files (~720000) returns results in an organized
folder structure. On Storage Explorer, when expanding the endpoint, the first level directories are
initially out of order. However, after about ~20 - 30 secondss, the folders are re-ordered correctly.
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Execute an Action
This module gives access to the Action Config Management. Users can execute Actions (set up in
ActionConfig) on one or more MediaFiles by selecting them.
For details on using the Action Config Management console see section System Management > Action
Configuration (see "FE35Action Configuration" on page 28).
Task Assignment Operations
On the Task Assignment page a user can observe and manage the human tasks created by the ‘Human
Task’ action found in the ‘Human Activities’ group in the workflow toolbox.
This module shows the human tasks and the user’s that can manage them. In the Task Assignment UI a
user can track list of tasks that he can assign to himself and a list of tasks already assigned to him. Using
this UI the user can assign tasks to himself, un-assign tasks he can’t accomplish, or finish tasks.
Using Task Assignment
Typically a task is assigned to a group of users. The first user action is to assign the task.
1. User reviews available tasks. The following filters are available for admin users; a limited set is
available to normal users:
 Assignable to me
 Assigned to me
 Assigned or assignable to anyone
2. User assigns a task to himself/herself and then notifies other members of the group that he/she will
do this task.
 The user can un-assign tasks he/she cannot accomplish.
3. The Info panel describes the task to perform.
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4. Once the task has been completed, the user returns to this panel, selects the task, updates the
status (fills in the comment, the execution time and the final status of the task), and then saves it by
selecting ‘Finish Task’.
5. This status is then tested in the workflow to decide what to do next.
Note: If the status is Pending the Finish Task button is inactive.
FE35Action Configuration
Actions are basically shortcuts to workflows, which can be executed on certain MediaFiles. These
Actions can be saved on the server to make it accessible to all users.
Actions have a name, some associated connections (on which they can be executed), and an associated
workflow. The user can map certain information to input arguments of the associated workflow. These
mappings are completed by the client when executing the action and the actual MediaFile properties
are substituted.
For Example: "Endpoint" allows a user to pass the Endpoint of the file that is selected to the workflow.
The data is of type AddressBase to be passed directly as a variable to the resource activities.
The available mappings can be seen the following screenshot:
Note: These Actions are not the same Actions available in Nexio Insight Client. Nexio Insight Actions are
saved in Nexio Insight server, not Motion4 server.
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Open the Action Config Management console
1. From the toolbar select the Action Configuration icon.
2. Select Action Configuration from the dropdown
Create a new action
1. On the Action Config Management dialog click the ‘create new action’ icon.
populated with default settings.
. The dialog is
2. In the Name field specify the name of the Action
3. Click the add icon
in the center pane to associate a Storage Device with the action. From the
dropdown choose select a specific device or "Select all" for all devices, and then click Add.
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4. Option: To delete an associated Storage device, select a device in the center pane and then click the
minus icon
.
5. LaunchWorkflow:
Click the dropdown to choose from a list of available workflows.
6. Workflow parameters. When a workflow is selected parameters specified for that workflow are
listed. These parameters can be modified as required.
7. Select the dropdown list for the workflow parameter and choose a parameter/endpoint.
8. The final action will reflect all defined settings.
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Make a copy of the Action
Use an existing action as a template to speed up the creation of new Actions.
1. Click the copy icon.
2. This copy can then be renamed and new devices associated and workflows specified.
Create an AddressBase from the endpoint alias
In addition to the current ability to create an AddressBase object by providing a Guid, Motion 4.6 and
higher includes a static method for creating an AddressBase object from an Endpoint Alias.
New EndpointAddress with {.EndpointAlias = "xxx" }
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The endpointalias property is case insensitive
Where, xxx = A unique alias name.
The following graphic illustrates the location of the EndPointAddress parameter.
Example 1:
{.EndpointAlias = " xyz" } Depending on its designation…
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xyz will give back just the first endpoint which name is xyz, and which will be the first depending
on the SQL server collation.
Or
 xyz can be everything that the user gives on the resource repository
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Example 2:
{.EndpointAlias = "shared" } will get a list of published endpoints.
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