Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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User interface walk through

Dashboard

Watch this slideshow to learn about the dashboard.

Use the dashboard to navigate to the area of the Cloud Service Management Console where you can complete your tasks. Based on your role, certain dashboard items display, representing the areas of functionality that are available to you. In the top banner, click Cloud Service Automation or the grid icon (when available) for quick navigation to and from functional areas in CSA.

Organizations

Organizations are groupings that determine their members' entry points into the cloud system, including services and providers that are available to members. An organization can be a company, business unit, department, or a group.

Click Organizations on the My Applications side-bar menu.

For more information on setting up your organization, navigate to the following topics:

What are organizations?

Create an organization

View an Organization

Configure an Organization

Delete an organization

Providers

Providers are management platforms that offer centralized control over the infrastructure and resources used in a cloud computing environment.

For example, an Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration provider can deploy virtual machines, while an SiteScope provider can monitor applications.

Click Providers on the My Applications side-bar menu.

For more information on setting up providers using service designs, navigate to the following topics:

Providers

Components (Per Provider Type)

Manage provider types

Manage environments

Workflows

The Workflows area redirects you to the Operations Orchestration Web Studio, where you can view OO flows.

Click Workflowson the My Applications side-bar menu to see your integration with Operations Orchestration Web Studio.

When you click on Workflows, there are two options which appears on the left side of the Workflows area:

Orchestration - The Orchestration area is an integration with Operations Orchestration, where you can view content and explore runs in the OO application. This redirects to the OO webstudio for instructions.
Designer - The Designer screen helps you configure a Workflow Designer component. This page redirects to the OO webstudio for instructions.

Designs

Designs are templates for orderable services. CSA allows you to create two types of service designs:

Sequenced designs specify directed execution of service component lifecycles. Use sequenced designs for complex services and services that rely on run book automation, such as integrations with legacy data center systems.
Topology designs specify components and their relationships to define the service lifecycle. Use topology designs for straightforward Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) deployments.

Click Designs on the My Applications side-bar menu to create your own Sequence or Topology designs.

For more information on creating sequential designs, see Sequenced Designs

Sequenced Designer

Add a Service Design

Import and export a service design

For more information on creating Topology designs, see Topology Designs

Browse topology designs

Topology design versions

Testing a topology design

Offerings

Offerings refine existing service designs before they are published to a service catalog. A service offering adds pricing, images, and other specific information required for the subscription process.

Click Offerings on the My Applications side-bar menu to create one or more offering to your service design.

For more information on creating service offerings, navigate to the following topics:

Service Offerings

Import offerings

Modify offerings

Copy Offering Versions

Create offering versions

Catalogs

Catalogs are collections of service offerings. Subscribers see service offerings from organization-specific catalogs when they log in to the Marketplace Portal.

Click this tile to create catalogs for your organization.

Click Catalogs on the My Applications side-bar menu to create catalogs for your organization.

For more information on creating catalogs, navigate to the following topics:

Catalogs

Import Catalogs

Overview Tab

Access control for catalogs

Approval policies

Operations

The Operations area allows you to view and manage subscriptions and service instances for all consumer organizations. A subscription originates with a subscription request, which is a request for delivery of cloud services that is initiated by the subscriber (end user) using a service catalog in the Marketplace Portal. After a subscription request is approved, a service instance is created.

Click Operationson the My Applications side-bar menu to manage subscriptions and service instances for your organization.

For more information on Operations, navigate to the following topics:

Operations

View Subscriptions for an Organization

Subscription events overview

View events for a subscription

View providers for a subscription

Upgrade subscriptions

Resume or cancel a paused subscription

Content Store

The content store has access to the latest CSA content offerings published by HPE Software on HPE Live Network and the extended community.

Click Content Storeon the My Applications side-bar menu to consume and deploy the content.

For more information on Content Store, see Content Store

Cloud Analytics

The Cloud Analytics area is an integration with HPE IT Business Analytics that automatically gathers metrics from CSA to build key performance indicators. It provides scorecards and dashboards so that Resource Supply Managers and Service Business Managers have insight into how to measure and optimize the cost, risk, quality and value of IT services and processes.

Click Cloud Analyticson the My Applications side-bar menu to see your organization's integration with HPE IT Business Analytics.

For more information on Cloud Analytics, see the following topics:

Cloud Optimizer

The Cloud Optimizer area is an integration with Cloud Optimizer, which is a web-based analysis and visualization tool that analyzes performance trends of elements in virtualized environments. When Cloud Optimizer is integrated with CSA, you can monitor the performance and analyze the capacity, usage, and forecast trends of the virtualized infrastructure.

Click Cloud Optimizeron the My Applications side-bar menu to see your organization's integration with Cloud Optimizer.

For more information on Cloud Optimizer, see the following topics:

Cloud Optimizer

Health Status

Settings

The Settings area is used to configure the HPE Live Network connection in order to activate the Content Store tile.

Click this tile

Click Settings on the My Applications side-bar menu toto manage content store settings.

For more information on Settings, see the following topics:

Settings

Configure Content Store settings

Also see Dashboard Widgets.

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