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Akalya_N
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7 months ago

Data management Sequence

Hello Community, I am encountering an issue with a Data Management Sequence consisting of four steps. The first step is not executing as expected. If anyone has insights into potential causes, I wo...
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  • Henning's avatar
    Henning
    7 months ago

    Assuming you can confirm with your tests that overlapping is the issue here and you cannot reasonably change the setup of your sequences and rules (on which we in the forum have zero visibility), you might want to change your setup as follows.

    Only trigger step 1 and in the business rule that runs last, kick off the other three steps from the rule itself. This way you should be able to ensure that step 1 is completed before you kick off any other step.

    You can trigger DM sequences by using BRApi.Utilities.StartDataMgmtSequence, BRApi.Utilities.ExecuteDataMgmtSequence, or BRApi.Utilities.QueueDataMgmtSequence.

    StartDataMgmtSequence

    This starts a DM sequence, i.e. it runs the sequences (possibly) in parallel if you start several at once.

    ExecuteDataMgmtSequence

    This executes a DM sequence, i.e. it fully executes the first DM sequence, then the next one. etc. This always waits until the previously "executed" DM sequence has been fully completed.

    QueueDataMgmtSequence

    This behaves like StartDataMgmtSequence, except that this one creates queued tasks that are considered by all DM servers (i.e. you possibly spread the DM sequences across different servers, whereas StartDataMgmtSequence executes DM sequences only on the server the business rule is run that executes the DM sequences).

     

    I hope this helps you getting the execution order right.

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Akalya_N
New Contributor

I've added the 1st step as well in the same sequence. Even though the sequence ignored the 1st step and goes for remaining 2nd, 3rd and 4th step

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Henning
Valued Contributor II
7 months ago

How do you know that the 1st step is not executed exactly? It probably is executed, but does not do what you expect it to do. I am not aware of steps not being executed when they are run via a sequence.

First you need to investigate where / when the rule is no longer runs as expected. As step 1 runs a "Business Rule (BR) that includes an Extensibility Rule", you can use api.LogMessage() or BRApi.ErrorLog.LogMessage() in your code to write into the error log and then pin down the exact row of code where it likely goes wrong. First start by writing pointers into the error log (1, 2, 3, etc.) and when you know the WHERE (in the code), you can start writing parameters and variables into the error log if needed to see what might need fixing.