How to Build an Itential Workflow: Part 2 – Adding Pre-Checks, Post-Checks, & Evaluations

Getting started with automating network infrastructure requires a logical, step-by-step approach. You should start simple with a relevant use case and translate the process into a series of logical tasks. Then, you can build out integrations and surrounding processes to ensure it works with your infrastructure and meets your standards. Last, you will implement your tasks until the workflow is complete.

In the second part of the Building Network Automation Workflows with Itential demo series, we continue to build upon the workflow from the previous demo. To extend and enhance the simple workflow, we will incorporate pre-check and post-check processes, along with evaluations and conditional tasks that allow more work to be automated with confidence.

In this demo, learn step-by-step how to:

• Build pre-check and post-check tasks into a network automation.
• Parse and evaluate result data from previous tasks.
• Integrate with IT systems to access data for the automation (IPAM).
• Format and translate data between tasks using Data Transformations.
• Run and test the workflow as part of the building process.