When you define an individual function as an action, instead of coding it directly into a scriptable task workflow element, you can expose it in the library for other workflows to use.

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From the drop-down menu in the Orchestrator client, select Design.

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Click the Actions view.

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Expand the root of the actions hierarchical list and navigate to the module in which you want to create the action.

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Right-click the module and select Add action.

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Type a name for the action in the text box and click OK.

Your custom action is added to the library of actions.

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Right-click the action and select Edit.

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Click the Scripting tab.

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To change the default return type, click the void link.

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Add the action input parameters by clicking the arrow icon.

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Write the action script.

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Set the action permissions.

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Click Save and close.

You created a custom action and added the action input parameters.

You can use the new custom action in a workflow.