Invoke/Call any dialog from Automation Script | Maximo

Question:

Can we invoke/call my custom dialog or any dialog from the automation script, like we usually can trigger it from the Push button or from Select Action of the application 

Answer:

Yes, you can in the latest version 7.6.1. 

1. Get the dialog name from the application designer 

2. using below mentioned automation script to call it. 

In my example, I created one object launch point automation on the work order application to trigger automation. 

Below is the body of the automation in which I called one of the standard change status dialogs. 

from psdi.server import MXServer

from psdi.mbo import MboConstants

from psdi.common.context import UIContext

from psdi.webclient.system.controller import SessionContext, Utility, WebClientEvent

mxServer = MXServer.getMXServer()

userInfo = mxServer.getUserInfo("maxadmin")

vmbo = mbo.getString("wonum")

if vmbo == '30352551':

    context = UIContext.getCurrentContext()

    if context:

        wcs = context.getWebClientSession()

        Utility().sendEvent(WebClientEvent("status", wcs.getCurrentPageId(), None, SessionContext(wcs)))

        #service.error("",str(abc))

To Close a dialog, either use "okdialog" or in the newer version in can be done with 1 line of code:

service.closeDialog() 

Uses of UIContext (bean) via automation Scrip to Access List View Filterst | IBM Maximo

There are scenarios where you need to access the current List View filter (including QBE and user-applied conditions) directly from an Automation Script.

Maximo provides access to this information through the UIContext and the active Web Client session.

Therefore, The following snippet demonstrates how to retrieve the effective WHERE clause applied in the current application’s list view (including both user filters and QBE criteria).

Traditional Approach

from psdi.common.context import UIContext

wclause = UIContext.getCurrentContext().getWebClientSession().getCurrentApp().getResultsBean().getMboSet().getUserAndQbeWhere()

service.error("", wclause);

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and now More Concise and Readable Approach:

from psdi.common.context import UIContext

wclause = service.webclientsession().getCurrentApp().getResultsBean().getMboSet().getUserAndQbeWhere()

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