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XIQ Site Engine NBI start workflow from another workflow with passing a value in the variable input

Antonio_Opromol — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 13:44:38 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to run a workflow from another workflow with the NBI mutation call:

mutation {
workflows{
startWorkflow(input: {
id: "idnumber"
variables: "[....]"
} {
status
message }}

but I want to set a variable value in the list of variables of the workflow that i want to run in manner that this use the value that I pass to it.

How to do this?

I'm able to run the second workload with the id alone input field, but I don't know how to pass also a variable value in the NBI mutation call.

Is there and example on how to do this?

Thanks

Re: XIQ Site Engine NBI start workflow from another workflow with passing a value in the variable i

Robert_Haynes — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:14:51 GMT

You should be able to accomplish this by sending "variables" which is JSON formatted data. I am not clear on if custom variables defined within the workflow can be referenced here - but try that...

input StartWorkflowInput {
  #DEPRECATED - Replaced by operationId. NBI responses will not return this value anymore.
  clientMutationId: String
  id: Long
  #Unique identifier optionally passed into input object of any query/mutation call, returned in the corresponding response output.
  operationId: String
  path: String
  variables: Json
}

For example:

variables: {deviceIP: "192.168.1.1"}

Re: XIQ Site Engine NBI start workflow from another workflow with passing a value in the variable i

Antonio_Opromol — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:56:45 GMT

Hi Robert, I've already done this try, but doesn't work

Re: XIQ Site Engine NBI start workflow from another workflow with passing a value in the variable i

Antonio_Opromol — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 12:41:17 GMT

Hi Robert,

I've found my problem and was that in value of my variable there were a /n character and removing this in effect the format

variables: {deviceIP: "value"}

works well.

The problem I need now to solve is that in my value string to set as variable can be present control characters in the middle or double quotes, and using a string with these chatacters the mutation executon fails and no variable value is set.

Re: XIQ Site Engine NBI start workflow from another workflow with passing a value in the variable i

Zdeněk_Pala — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 06:55:05 GMT

This one works for me:

'''mutation { workflows { startWorkflow(input: {path: "%s", variables: {deviceIP: "%s"}}) {status, message}}}''' %(emc_vars["WorkflowToExecute"],varDevice['ip'])