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LeAnnTDang
New Contributor III
5 months ago

DM job to run the one business rule for multiple sets of source and target parameter

Hello, We have a DM that receives one set of parameter inputs and runs the business rule for a target entity. We would like to convert this DM to run on multiple sets of inputs for multiple sets of...
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LeAnnTDang
New Contributor III
5 months ago

I have. However, the multiple sets of selections will not be used in all scenarios. If I preset 20 DM steps, and only 10 are being used, the job erred out at step 11, while subsequent steps need to be run after this step as well. Is there a way to bypass blank parameters for DM steps?

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    TheJonG
    Contributor III
    5 months ago

    Yes you can bypass blank parameters. What is the error you are getting? You can use the args.CustomCalculateArgs.NameValuePairs.XFGetValue to return a default value if the parameter is blank.

    Dim myParameter As String = args.CustomCalculateArgs.NameValuePairs.XFGetValue("MyParameter","Blank")

If myParameter = "Blank"
'Dont do anything
Else
'Do something
End if

     

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      LeAnnTDang
      New Contributor III
      5 months ago

      The error message was "Summary: Error processing Data Management Step 'CopyDataFromLandAcqProforma'. Invalid parameter. Entity Filter, E#|!ml_InactiveNoStatus_WF_Entities!|."

      Is your recommendation for namevaluepairs still aplicable for this error message? I don't believe this entity filter is being read as a parameter in the business rule. 

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        TheJonG
        Contributor III
        5 months ago

        No I don't think my reply is relevant to that error message. It looks like you haven't defined the |!ml_InactiveNoStatus_WF_Entities!| parameter in the parameters section of your DM step. You need to define it as e.g. EntityFilter = |!ml_InactiveNoStatus_WF_Entities!| and then put E#|!EntityFilter!| in the Entity Filter of the DM step. EntityFilter is just used as an example and can be any name you want.