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sandeepr's avatar
sandeepr
New Contributor II
2 years ago

Datamanagement sequence

Hi Everyone,

I have requirement to run 4 data management steps in parallel, is there a way to run 4 data management steps same time?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

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  • MarkBird's avatar
    MarkBird
    Contributor III
    2 years ago

    Hi Sandeep

    I haven't tried to run data management steps in parallel before, but what you could try is to put each step in it's own sequence and then kick them all off at once using a business rule: 

     

    BRApi.Utilities.StartDataMgmtSequence(si, "Sequence 1", Nothing)
BRApi.Utilities.StartDataMgmtSequence(si, "Sequence 2", Nothing)
BRApi.Utilities.StartDataMgmtSequence(si, "Sequence 3", Nothing)
BRApi.Utilities.StartDataMgmtSequence(si, "Sequence 4", Nothing)

     

    This should start each of them in the background, so I think it will effectively run them in parallel.

    Regards,

    Mark

    • drgerrow's avatar
      drgerrow
      New Contributor III
      2 years ago

      This solution seems a little klunky to me for the average user and normal use case, I'm wondering if an easier option might be that the Data Management Sequence could have a checkbox upfront that prompts whether the Steps can be run in parallel or not, similar to how it prompts today what servers to run on.

    • BoscoBear21's avatar
      BoscoBear21
      New Contributor
      2 years ago

      Hi Mark, How would I pass a variable (user selection from a parameter) from the initial Data Management Sequence to the next DM step?

      I am running into errors when using the code when trying to pass the Entity and Scenario variables.  

      Thanks, Stephen

      • MarkBird's avatar
        MarkBird
        Contributor III
        2 years ago

        Hi Stephen

        In order to pass parameters to the sequence you need to create a Dictionary (Of String, String). See below:

        'Prepare Parameters
Dim params As New Dictionary(Of String, String)
params.Add("Paramter1Name", "Paramter1Value")
params.Add("Paramter2Name2", "Paramter2Value")

'Execute Sequence
BRApi.Utilities.StartDataMgmtSequence(si, "DataMgmtSequenceName", params)