automation

This object (of the type: Automation) encapsulates the properties of the PReS Workflow process that triggered the current operation.

This object is only available in a Web context.
The automation object available in DataMapper scripts is not of the same type. It has different properties.

Properties

The following table lists the properties of the Automation object.

Property Description
jobInfos Returns an object containing JobInfo 1 to 9 values from PReS Workflow.
properties Returns an object containing additional information (file name, process name and task ID) from PReS Workflow.

Accessing automation properties

To access JobInfo 1 to 9 (defined in Workflow):

automation.jobInfos.JobInfo1;

To access ProcessName, OriginalFilename or TaskIndex (defined in Workflow):

automation.properties.OriginalFilename;

Example

Assume that a Workflow process can be triggered when an XML file appears in a certain folder. The XML file contains data that you want to show on a web page.

Add a Set Job Infos and Variables Task to the Workflow process. Define a Job Info (see Set Job Infos), say, %9, and fill it with data from the XML, for example:

xmlget('/request[1]/values[1]/first[1]',Value,KeepCase,NoTrim)

In Connect Designer, you can use the automation object to retrieve the value in a script, like this:

var my_var = automation.jobInfos.JobInfo9;
  
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  • Last Published: 2019-05-22 : 2:52 PM