Cloud Managed Network (Meraki) - Create an Automation

Now that we have built the individual pieces of our use-case, we will tie them together with an Automation. Automations allow users to control when, how, and with what data a workflow should run.

Operations Manager Video

Step 1

From Operations Manager select Create an Automation from the Quick Start menu. 

Step 2

Enter Lab – Meraki – XX for the name and click Create. 

Step 3

From the Workflow dropdown, select Lab – Meraki – XX.

Step 4

Next, we need to create a trigger. Triggers define how the automation will be kicked off.  These include an API endpoint, a scheduled trigger, an event trigger, or a manual trigger.   For this lab, we will use a manual trigger.  Click the + under Triggers and a new trigger will open on the right-hand side of your window.

 Step 5

Name the trigger Form Trigger and select Manual from the Type dropdown.

 Step 6

From the Form dropdown, select Lab – Meraki - XX. 

 Step 7

Click Save Changes.   The trigger is created and now appears on the left side of the screen.

 Step 8

We are ready to run our automation.  Click the Run button.

 Step 9

The trigger kicks off and requires us to complete the form.  Complete the form using the following values. 

• Organization Name: Itential Workshops
• Network Name: Lab – Meraki - XX
• Network Notes: enter any notes
• Time Zone: select any time zone
• Tags:  enter any tag
• Product Types:  Select all 3
• Claim Devices:  Select both devices
• Meraki Adapter: Meraki

Step 10

Click Run Manually.   The results will open in a new Operations Manager tab.

 Step 11

The Outgoing tab of the Transformation task shows that the task took the formData and sent the variables individually to the first Child Job task.

 Step 12 

The Child Job task then took the variables and created a new Meraki network, which was sent to the Query task.  

Step 13

The Query task queried the network ID and sent it to the second Child Job task, which claimed the devices and associated them with the new Meraki network. 

 Step 14

Navigating to the Meraki dashboard, you can see the new network has been created and the devices have been claimed.