Creating a custom workflow in the Authoring Tool - exporting your unsealed management packs
We have seen how we can use workflows to send notifications or apply templates in the other chapters and earlier in this, but now we are going to take it one step further and create our own custom workflow. So when do you need to create a custom workflow? Well, you might want to do something else than applying a template or sending a notification, or you might want to target another class than the ones you are able to target from the console.
Getting ready
Make sure that you have completed the previous recipe, Exporting your unsealed management packs using SMLets, and that the Authoring Tool is installed and working properly.
How to do it...
In this example, we are going to create a workflow that takes a backup of all our unsealed management packs every day. To do this we will use the PowerShell script we created in the previous recipe as a base:
- Start the Service Manager Authoring Tool.
- Go to File and...
