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jeffvdt
New Contributor II
4 months ago

connector business rule

Hi All,

 

I think i have a very simple requirement but i cant seem to get it to work. I just want the API to make use of the entity which the user is currently using in the workflow. The code i now have is as following

                   Dim sURL As String = "xxx"
                    Dim pkWFunitPk As WorkflowUnitPk = BRApi.Workflow.General.GetWorkflowUnitPk(si)
Dim sYear As String = TimeDimHelper.GetYearFromId(pkWFunitPk.TimeKey).ToString
                        Dim sPeriod As String = TimeDimHelper.GetSubComponentsFromId(pkWFunitPk.TimeKey).Month.ToString
                        Dim sAPIKey As String = "xxx"
                        Dim sYearPeriodParam As String = String.Format("?yearPeriod={0}{1}", sYear, sPeriod)
                        Dim sEntities As String = "&company=244"
                        'Dim sEntityParam As String = String.Format("&company=[{0}]", sEntities)
                        Dim sJson As String = String.Empty
 
                        '----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                        'Execute HTTP Request
                        Using client As New HttpClient
                            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Client_Secret", sAPIKey)
 
                            'Send the GET request
                            Dim response As HttpResponseMessage = client.GetAsync(String.Format("{0}{1}{2}", sURL, sYearPeriodParam, sEntities)).Result
                            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode()
  • Hi,

    If all this is in a Connector Rule then you can use the api object to get the information for the current workflow so you don't  need to use the BRApi to retrieve the WorkflowInfo object i.e.  api.WorkflowProfile.ProfileKey

    So you would only need this code:

    Dim sEntityFilter As String = BRApi.Workflow.Metadata.GetProfileEntitiesAsMemberFilter(si, api.WorkflowProfile.ProfileKey)

  • Hi,

    Just to clarify are you trying to get the Entities assigned to the current workflow and are the Entity names the same as in the source system?  

     

    • jeffvdt's avatar
      jeffvdt
      New Contributor II

      Yes, i just want to use the entities assigned to the current workflow. Entity name is the same as in ERP so thats easy i think 🙂 Thanks for your help!!!!

      • SimonHesford's avatar
        SimonHesford
        Contributor

        The following will return you a comma delimited string like this:

        E#[381],E#[145],E#[492],E#[573]

        Dim wfProfileInfo As WorkflowProfileInfo = BRApi.Workflow.Metadata.GetProfile(si, "NameOfYourWFProfile")
        Dim sEntityFilter As String = BRApi.Workflow.Metadata.GetProfileEntitiesAsMemberFilter(si, wfProfileInfo.ProfileKey)

         

        Therefore you will probably want to format the string to get rid of the Dimension flag e.g.

        sEntityFilter.Replace("E#",String.Empty)