Performing Network Operations and Actions

Network Operations and Actions are used to communicate with multiple Hawk agents at one time.

Network Operation

Using a network operation you can invoke a microagent method, of type IMPACT_INFO that returns information but does not perform any action, on multiple Hawk agents at the same time.

1. Select one or more microagent and click the Network Operation button. This takes you to the Network Operation pane which lists the available methods.
2. Select a method and provide any necessary input parameters and click Perform Operation.

The results are displayed in the Success tab and are sorted by the microagent name. The Timeout tab lists any agent that did not respond, usually due to a network problem.

Network Action

Using a network action, you can invoke a microagent method, of type IMPACT_ACTION or IMPACT_ACTION_INFO, that performs an action, on multiple Hawk agents at the same time.

The procedure of invoking a network action is similar to invoking a network operation.