ibm change perl csapi: how to get value of depending attrs of a listbox

[gserri]

Hello everyone,
I'm an IBM Rational Change Admin in my company, please could someone help me?

I'm trying to develop a trigger, fired in the submission transition [START2entered], that should stop all the insertions performed by cli (using perl api) that don't have the right values in the listboxes.

In particular I don't know how to check if the values of depending attributes are right, I try to explain better with an example.

In my CR_Process there are the attribute [severity] that depends on [request_type] in this way:
request_type = [Defect]        ->   severity = [Any|Fatal|Severe|Medium|Warning|Maskable]
request_type = [Enhancement]   ->   severity = [Any|High|Medium|None]

Using the method "GetListBox" I can obtain the label/value of the two attributes, in this way:

#----------------------------------------------------------------
my $list = $csapi->GetListBox($aUser, "request_type");
for(my $i=0; $i < $list->getListboxSize(); $i++) {
    my $label = $list->getLabel($i);
    my $value = $list->getValue($i);
   
    print "Listbox label|value: [$i] - [$label]|[$value]\n";
}
#Output:
Listbox label|value: [0] - [Any]|[0]
Listbox label|value: [1] - [Defect]|[1]
Listbox label|value: [2] - [Enhancement]|[2]
#----------------------------------------------------------------
#----------------------------------------------------------------
my $list = $csapi->GetListBox($aUser, "severity");
for(my $i=0; $i < $list->getListboxSize(); $i++) {
    my $label = $list->getLabel($i);
    my $value = $list->getValue($i);
   
    print "Listbox label|value: [$i] - [$label]|[$value]\n";
}
#Output:
Listbox label|value: [0] - [Any]|[0]
Listbox label|value: [1] - [Fatal]|[1]
Listbox label|value: [2] - [Severe]|[2]
Listbox label|value: [3] - [Medium]|[3]
Listbox label|value: [4] - [Warning]|[4]
Listbox label|value: [5] - [Maskable]|[5]
Listbox label|value: [6] - [High]|[6]
Listbox label|value: [7] - [None]|[7]
#----------------------------------------------------------------

How can I have the values of [severity] related to [request_type=Defect]?
How can I have the values of [severity] related to [request_type=Enhancement]?
There is a method to get that data?

In the file [pt_listbox.cfg] this data there is, but it is very complicated to extract.

Thanks you in advance for your support, and I want wish to all an happy year 2019.

Regards,
Giuseppe

[Sheehan, Richard (US)]

Giuseppe,

 

Have you thought about attacking the problem differently?  (or maybe I’m not following your problem).  Anyway, I set up my listboxes using dependencies.  I then use a jython script where the script fills in the lower level values dependent on the what the upper level is set to.  This prevents illegal entries from popping in.

 

Rich

 

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[gserri]

Hi Richard ,
thank you very much for your answer and time spent to help me.

Excuse me, but I inform to you that I have some doubts because I don't know very well how to use/run or test the "jython script".
For me it is all new, because in my job experience in ChangeAdmin, I have used (and I use) only perl trigger or some default trigger.js that are called in "bsf" with standard args, but I don't have never developed some "jython script" (even if I know javascript a little bit).

There is some docs or examples to see how to use them? How to get listbox value and the dependencies?

I don't know, I would like to develop a sort of "check.js" (fired in START2entered in pre-transition with verify bsf check.js) that can verify if all related attributes values are right.

Thanks you again in advance for your support and for your time, kindly,
Giuseppe

[Rahuldeb Chakrabarty]

Hello Giuseppe,

Have you found the solution?

Thanks a lot for your time and support.

Regards,

Rahuldeb Chakrabarty

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