Effectors, Sensors, and Policies

Effectors, sensors, and policies are adjuncts attached to resources, defining workflow steps for various purposes:

• a sensor block uses the result of the workflow to set a sensor value on the resource
• an effector block runs the workflow when the effector is explicitly invoked, either in the UI, by the REST API, or by a workflow
• a policy block runs the workflow automatically according to the conditions, typically to check enforcement or take corrective action

The following attributes are typically used:

• a period and/or a trigger should be specified for a sensor and a policy (not supported on effector, but one can use the invoke-effector step in sensor and policy workflows)
• parameter blocks can be specified for an effector

More information can be found in the AMP documentation for Workflow.