About Network Integrity Actions

Actions accomplish a particular function in Network Integrity at run time. Actions contain one or more processors.

Processors perform the sub-tasks of an action. See "Working with Network Integrity Processors" for more information.

By grouping processors in an action, the action can achieve a complex function such as discovering a network, importing an inventory system, assimilating discovered data, or detecting and resolving discrepancies.

At run time, actions are implemented as J2EE message driven beans (MDBs).

You can create the following types of actions:

Discovery action: discover data (typically from a network) and save it in the Results Model. See "About Discovery Actions for Network Integrity" for more information.
Import action: import data (typically from an inventory system) and save it in the Results Model. See "About Import Actions for Network Integrity" for more information.
Assimilation action: process data (typically discovered data) and save it in the Results Model. See "About Assimilation Actions for Network Integrity" for more information.
Discrepancy detection action: find discrepancies between discovered and imported data. See "About Discrepancy Detection Actions for Network Integrity" for more information.
Discrepancy resolution action: solve discrepancies in an external system or a network. See "About Discrepancy Resolution Actions for Network Integrity" for more information.

When creating actions, you can configure them as abstract actions. See "About Abstract Actions for Network Integrity" for more information.