[Common] Automation Engine

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Guillaume Brochet

• March 24, 2021 12:48

Hi,

Current implementation i'm working on have manually added "Automation Instructions" into the standard "Automation Instructions Tasks".

I had a hard time figuring out which tasks would get called upon a certain action

 - in my scenario : AutoGen > Build Rule > For Field with Lookup Table : "cMap Target Reports xRef" ( Data View Data Source ID : AutoGen / Data View : webAETargetBuildXREFReportsSel)

 

I found this nice (but short) blog on Automation Engine : https://support.syniti.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011886307-Automation-Engine-Developer-Guide

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Execute the Automation Engine
To execute the automation engine, register the automation engine’s public plugin [DSP: Automation Engine Execution Adapter] to a DSP page and add the input columns to the page.

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Would be very nice. (is [DSP: Automation Engine Execution Adapter] a missing /broken link ) ?

 

Is it possible to know at Front End level which Automation Engine will be called upon action ?

 

Thanks for your feedback,

Best regards

Guillaume

 

 

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  Ben Bauer

  • April 19, 2021 12:48

  Hi Guillaume,

  The list of variables is equal to the column names in the "Data Load - View".  You can get the database name and the view name for the "Data Load - View" from the vertical of the Task record in the Automation Engine.  For example, Common -> Automation Engine -> Automation Instruction Tasks -> {vertical}.  You can also drill into the designs of these views if you wish to understand how the content is generated.

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  Guillaume Brochet

  • April 15, 2021 18:02

  Hi,

  After 22 days, the only way i found to match AE-Instruction with dsp web interface is usage of SQL monitoring tool.

  Time spent on this topic was very rewarding, this is a very powerful toolset inside dspMigrate.
  Once the basics are understood, in introduce much threshold into the tools.

  Best regards

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  Tyler Warden

  • April 15, 2021 18:58

  Thanks for the feedback Guillaume and impressive research.  I am curious what in say the front end of the application or in the help or blogs would have saved you some time from those 22 days.  

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  Guillaume Brochet

  • April 16, 2021 13:05

  Hi Tyler,

  What could be useful at front end is the possibility to display the associated "Automated Instruction" runned when clicking, or at least have it traced in a log somewhere (when a action fails we can see in the log something like :

  Build failed for 'srSAL001_CLIENT_IRIS_CLIENT_zLegacyKUNNRUpdSel' in database 'dswBB_EUR_SAP_PREP'. Executing Rule SQL for Instruction Group "Register+Source+Rule"-[54ea7eaf-128d-437a-8404-d707e6daa7df]
  Instruction "Register+Source+Rule+-+EUR"-[1ad85c44-b937-4254-bd18-2540f02805a9] 

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  Guillaume Brochet

  • April 16, 2021 13:09
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  What would also be very useful is the list of inside variable available in AE like #AutoGenerateRule#, #ACTION#, #boaUserId#, and insight of how their content is generated !

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  Guillaume Brochet

  • April 20, 2021 09:10

  Thanks Ben for this additional info. 

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