Enable and Disable Playbooks

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Want more control over your playbooks? Good news! You can enable and disable playbooks.

Now when you create a playbook, you can choose to disable an incomplete playbook and return to complete the playbook configuration later.

Enable and Disable

To learn more about how to enable or disable a playbook, follow the instructions below:

Ensure you create a playbook.
Add an action to the playbook. Notice that the Save button is disabled.
For details on how to configure an action to save a playbook or save an incomplete playbook, review the sections below.

Scenario: You’ve already added an action, and you want to save your playbook.

In the Title field, enter an action title.
In the Action drop-down, select an action.
The Save button is now enabled.
You can add Configures (e.g., inputs and outputs) later. It is not required at this time.
Click Save.
The playbook has successfully saved!

Scenario: You have some configured actions and just added another action you want to configure later.

Click the Enabled toggle to disable the playbook.
Add an action without entering a title, selecting an action from the drop-down, or adding Configure — you can still save the playbook.
The playbook has successfully saved!

In the playbook, click the vertical ellipsis and click Export.
Any unconfigured actions, descriptions, and action names are present when exporting a playbook and importing it into Turbine.

Scenario: You created and exported an incomplete playbook, and now you want to upload it.

From the navigation menu, select ORCHESTRATION > Playbooks.
From the Playbooks home page task bar, click the plus menu icon, and then select Upload a playbook.
Click DRAG + DROP or Browse to upload the playbook (.yml file).
On Upload a Playbook, in the Title field, enter a title.
In the Name field, click the lock icon to enable the field.
Enter a different name. You cannot duplicate the exact name of a playbook.
Click Create and Build.
The playbook opens.

Turbine defaults incomplete playbooks in a disabled status.