# Control

The Control Task parameter information is rendered in XML as a `<control>` element.

### Attributes

method
  The name of the control task

### Child elements

<controllable>
  This element contains one child: the ConfigurationItem that will execute the control task.
<parameters>
  This element contains one child: the ConfigurationItem that constitutes the parameters used to execute the control task.

## Example

    <control method="checkConnection">
      <controllable>
        <overthere.LocalHost id="Infrastructure/localhost">
          <os>UNIX</os>
        </overthere.LocalHost>
      </controllable>
      <parameters />
    </control>