Run an automation script via a URL

Question

Maximo 7.6.1.1:

I want to run a Maximo automation script by invoking a URL in a separate system.

Is it possible to do this?

Answer 1

This is a great use-case and something that we've been working through in the last few days.

1. Create automation script. - mine is called automation_api_test
2. Manually invoke it through the API using a browser to make sure that you can actually get it to run. (%servername%/maximo/oslc/script/automation_api_test?var1=1212321232&var2=1555&site=OPS&_lid=wilson&_lpwd=wilson)

3. Script it like you would your regular automation script. Here's one that can read in a few parameters from the URL and use those to perform operations in the core system.

   importPackage(Packages.psdi.server);
   importPackage(Packages.psdi.util.logging);
   
   var resp = {};
   // Get the Site ID from the Query Parameters
   //var site = request.getQueryParam("site");
   
   var var1 = request.getQueryParam("var1");
   var var2 = request.getQueryParam("var2");
   var site = request.getQueryParam("site");
   //var zxqponum = request.getQueryParam("ponum");
   
   //logger.debug(zxqprinter);
   service.log("TESTING script Params" + request.getQueryParams());   
   service.log("var1 " + request.getQueryParam("var1"));
   service.log("var2 " + request.getQueryParam("var2"));
   
   //count the number of WO's in the site
   var woset = MXServer.getMXServer().getMboSet("WORKORDER", request.getUserInfo());
   woset.setQbe("SITEID","="+site);
   var woCount = woset.count();
   resp.wo_count = woCount;
   woset.close();
   
   // Get Total Count
   resp.total = woCount;
   //create the response - still not sure why I had to append the vars to a string.
   
   resp.var1= "" + var1;
   resp.var2= "" + var2;
   resp.site= "" + site;
   
   var responseBody = JSON.stringify(resp);