Need to get varieble value back in WorkFlow.

Schak

Hi,
I am facing the following problem.
In my wf a file gets a metadata field in one task(3rd task). Now in the 5th task I want to get that new value.
If I use the following codes, then null value comes..
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sub getGroup()
{
foreach my $file ($iw_selected_files) {
$file=~ s/\\/\//g;
my $grpid = `$iwhome/bin/iwextattr -g "TeamSite/Metadata/Content Group" "$iwmount$area/$file"`;
print LOG "GROUP ID : $grpid \n";
}

return($grpid );
}

my($perGroup) = getGroup();
#######################


__INSERT__(group v=\"$perGroup\"/);


####################
This is because the wf template runs before the original wf run.
So i am trying to call and extermal task in the fifth step to get the new value in that external task.
But how can I get that value back in Workflow?
Thanks.

Adam Stoller

Hi, I am facing the following problem. In my wf a file gets a metadata field in one task(3rd task). Now in the 5th task I want to get that new value. If I use the following codes, then null value comes.. ####### sub getGroup() { foreach my $file ($iw_selected_files) { $file=~ s/\\/\//g; my $grpid = `$iwhome/bin/iwextattr -g "TeamSite/Metadata/Content Group" "$iwmount$area/$file"`; print LOG "GROUP ID : $grpid \n"; } return($grpid ); } my($perGroup) = getGroup(); ####################### __INSERT__(group v=\"$perGroup\"/); #################### This is because the wf template runs before the original wf run. So i am trying to call and extermal task in the fifth step to get the new value in that external task. But how can I get that value back in Workflow? Thanks.

I'm not sure what issue you're trying to resolve here - but the code you posted suffers from being poorly written in that if you have 10 files associated with the workflow, the value of the EA from the 10th file is the only one that is used, the information from the other 9 files is completely ignored - but they are processed anyway - which is thus horribly inefficient.

Beyond that - the code you posted is clearly intended for the WFT code - because it is being used to set the information in the sharedby element of a grouptask. This has nothing to do with accessing EAs from files in the third or fifth task - so I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish - nor what you've tried in terms of writing the code yourself.