Targets

Targets are the systems and resources a workflow is able to communicate with. They come in a variety of types depending on the product or platform you want to connect to.

• Default targets - Automation comes with some default targets configured.

• Integration targets - Automation can use certain integration credentials to automatically create targets for out-of-box and custom workflows. This eliminates the need for you to add and configure targets for technologies that have already been integrated.

• Remote targets - Automation runs in a public cloud, which means that any target you want your workflows to communicate with must be accessible from the public internet. For on-premises targets that do not have direct access to the public internet, if you want to integrate the on-premises product into a workflow, use the Automation Remote virtual appliance to bridge the gap.

• Target groups - Allow your workflows to dynamically pick one or more targets from groups at runtime, which can contain multiple targets of the same type or a mix of different target types.

Targets can have an account key (credentials) associated with them, but an account key is not required. For more information, see the Target Types Help topic.