Adding an operation

Operations are the means by which services communicate. You can add operations in the Editor by dragging and dropping them at the Canvas panel.

1. Open the Editor.
2. Select the component on the Components panel.
3. Drag and drop the component at the Canvas panel.
   The new component is displayed on the Canvas panel.
4. Click the new component on the Canvas panel.
5. Enter a name for the component on the Settings panel.
6. Specify the attributes and components of the operation.
   See the table below on what to specify for the various operations.

   Operation type	Attributes
   Notify operation	Service Specify a service provisioned using the Sequencer extension as the service implementing the operation. You can drag-and-drop the service on the operation or select it from a drop-down list. Clients Specify the client service that can fire the operation Fields Specify the output field(s) of the operation by drag-and-dropping the field(s) at the operation
   Solicit/response operation	Service Specify a service provisioned using the Sequencer extension as the service implementing the operation. You can drag-and-drop the service on the operation or select it from a drop-down list. Clients Specify the client service that can fire the operation Response(s) Add a response (or more) to the solicit by clicking the symbol below the solicit and entering a name for the response(s) Fields Specify the output and input fields of the operation by drag-and-dropping the fields at the operation
   Request/reply operation	Service Specify the service implementing the operation. You can drag-and-drop the service on the operation or select it from a drop-down list. Reply(ies) Add a reply (or more) to the request by clicking the symbol below the request and entering a name for the reply(ies) Fields Specify the output and input fields of the operation by drag-and-dropping the fields at the operation
   Consume(/reply) operation	Service Specify the service implementing the operation. You can drag-and-drop the service on the operation or select it from a drop-down list. Reply(ies) (optional) Add zero or more reply(ies) to the consume by clicking the symbol below the consume and entering a name for the reply(ies) Fields Specify the input and (if applicable) output fields of the operation by drag-and-dropping the fields at the operation