Not able to fetch Configurable variable values in WFM

Hi,

I have created a custom_instantiation.cfg file in which I have 3 field for which i need a user input. I defined these variables as Configurable in the Global Variable section of the Workflow properties.

Now in my Java class i am trying to retrieve their value using job.getvariable("brandName") but while running the workflow it is coming as "null".

I tried debugging the same and in the "job spec" file this variable is not appearing at all.

Teamsite 7.2.1
WFM 7.0

Kindly suggest.

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Adam Stoller

If the variable is not showing up in the debug-mode job-spec, then you've probably missed doing something [or done something wrong]. I'd probably focus on that rather than your Java code - because if you figure out how to get the variables where you expect them, the Java code may just start working as-is.

ssharma48

Thanks for the response.

I re-generated the custom_instantiation file and it work fine for me but now out of these variables I want to set avalue for 1 of the variable i.e. I have a variable called "BrandName" and I want to retrieve its value directly from the DCR only and set it custom_instantiation file for the further processing.

Please suggest can we achieve this in the custom instantiation file or not.

Adam Stoller

Thanks for the response.

I re-generated the custom_instantiation file and it work fine for me but now out of these variables I want to set avalue for 1 of the variable i.e. I have a variable called "BrandName" and I want to retrieve its value directly from the DCR only and set it custom_instantiation file for the further processing.

Please suggest can we achieve this in the custom instantiation file or not.

You're probably best off setting (or re-setting) the value of the variable as part of a task (externaltask probably) rather than parsing through the list of files attached to the job and then parsing a particular file during instantiation.

ssharma48

Thanks ghoti for the reply.

Its my bad not elaborated the problem.

Summary :
I have 4 datatypes (page,zones, promotions and addsite) and a single workflow for all of them. Now as per the requirement we have created the custom instantiation form and for the 3 datatypes (page,zones, promotions) we are allowing the user to input the brandName and billId.

But for the 4th one i.e addsite we want to extract the value of brandName and billId from the DCR only (by parsing the DCR and get the values in java).

To distinguish between the datatypes now we are using the below code in custom_instantiation.cfg in the init function.

function init()
{
dcrType = IWDatacapture.getFormType();
dcrvpath = IWDatacapture.getDCRPath ();
alert(dcrType);
alert(dcrvpath);
}

But the value of both the variable is coming as "blank".

I am quite new to the WFM please pardon me if I have for any fundementals wrong. Would be great if you can point me in the right direction.

Regards,
Shkha

Adam Stoller

Thanks ghoti for the reply.

Its my bad not elaborated the problem.

Summary :
I have 4 datatypes (page,zones, promotions and addsite) and a single workflow for all of them. Now as per the requirement we have created the custom instantiation form and for the 3 datatypes (page,zones, promotions) we are allowing the user to input the brandName and billId.

But for the 4th one i.e addsite we want to extract the value of brandName and billId from the DCR only (by parsing the DCR and get the values in java).

To distinguish between the datatypes now we are using the below code in custom_instantiation.cfg in the init function.

function init()
{
dcrType = IWDatacapture.getFormType();
dcrvpath = IWDatacapture.getDCRPath ();
alert(dcrType);
alert(dcrvpath);
}

But the value of both the variable is coming as "blank".

I am quite new to the WFM please pardon me if I have for any fundementals wrong. Would be great if you can point me in the right direction.

Regards,
Shkha

The WFM will not give you the form type or DCR path, because it is not a DCR, it's a custom instantiation configuration file.

You will have to find the form variable that holds the list of pre-selected files and loop through it and examine each path to see if it represents one of the data types you're interested in.

What happens if someone has both a promotions and an addsite DCR attached to the job?