ProcessRequest Class

This chapter provides an overview of ProcessRequest class and discusses the following topics:

• Data type of a ProcessRequest object.

• Scope of a ProcessRequest object.

• Options for items in jobs and jobsets.

• Values for output type and format.

• Alternative option to specify email or web attributes.

• ProcessRequest class built-in function.

• ProcessRequest class methods.

• ProcessRequest class properties.

• ProcessRequest examples.

Understanding ProcessRequest Class

The ProcessRequest class provides properties and a method for scheduling a pre-defined process or job. You must define the process or the job (using Process Scheduler Manager) before you can schedule it using the ProcessRequest class.

The properties of this class contain the same values as those required by Process Scheduler Manager for scheduling a process or job. Values you provide for these properties may override the equivalent values set in Process Scheduler Manager, depending on the override settings you make in PeopleSoft Process Scheduler pages.

Starting with PeopleSoft 8.4, PeopleSoft supports only the ProcessRequest class to schedule a process or a job in PeopleCode. The ScheduleProcess PeopleCode function is no longer supported. Any existing PeopleCode functions containing this deprecated function must be modified to use the ProcessRequest class to schedule a request.

This chapter assumes that the reader has working knowledge of PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.

See Also

Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler

Data Type of a ProcessRequest Object

A ProcessRequest object is declared using the ProcessRequest data type. For example:

Local ProcessRequest &RQST;

Scope of a ProcessRequest Object

A ProcessRequest object can be instantiated only from PeopleCode. However, if you need to access the Process Schedule Manager from outside of PeopleCode, for example, in a Visual Basic program, you can use the Process Schedule Manager API.

This object can be used anywhere you have PeopleCode, that is, in an application class, Component Interface PeopleCode, record field PeopleCode, and so on.

See Also

Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler

Options for Items In Jobs and Jobsets

A key feature of PeopleSoft Process Scheduler is the option to create a Job Definition consisting of other jobs. A job containing a job is called a jobset. Process Scheduler Server schedules the items within these jobs according to how the jobset is defined through the Process Scheduler Manager.

The ProcessRequest class requires the following properties to handle jobsets:

• JobName: indicates the name of the job that an item belongs to.

• PrcsItemLevel: indicates a job item’s process item level within a jobset.

• JobSeqNo: indicates a job item’s job sequence number within the Process Item Level.

The following is a simple example of a job containing only a single process:

Process	PrcsItemLevel	JobName	JobSeqNo
3SQR	0		0
XRFAPFL	1	3SQR	1
XRFPANEL	2	3SQR	2
XRFPCFL	3	3SQR	3

The following is an example of a jobset containing multiple jobs:

Process	PrcsItemLevel	JobName	JobSeqNo
MULTIJOB	0		0
AP_APY2015	1	MULTIJOB	1
AP_PSTPYMNT	1	MULTIJOB	2
BI JOBS	1	MULTIJOB	3
BIJOB01	2	BI JOBS	1
BIIVC000	3	BIJOB01	1
BIIVCLN	3	BIJOB01	2
BIIVCPN	3	BIJOB01	3
BIIVCEN	3	BIJOB01	4
BIJOB02	2	MULTIJOB	2
BIIVC000	3	BIJOB02	1
BIIVCLC	3	BIJOB02	2
BIIVCPC	3	BIJOB02	3
BIIVCEN	3	BIJOB02	4
BIJOB03	2	MULTIJOB	3
BIIVC000	3	BIJOB03	1
BIIVCLN	3	BIJOB03	2
BIIVCPN	3	BIJOB03	3
BIIVCEN	3	BIJOB03	4
BICURCNV	3	BIJOB03	5
BILDAR01	3	BIJOB03	6
BILDGL01	3	BIJOB03	7
BIGNAP01	3	BIJOB03	8

All the class methods that are used to change options for items within a job or jobset, use these attributes as optional parameters.

If a method is used without specifying any of these parameters, the system assumes the changes apply to all items within a jobset.

If one or more of these attributes are specified, the method applies the changes to items matching the value of these attributes.

In the case where a JobName is specified, the changes apply to all items within the specified job.

Specific methods used to manipulate options within a job or jobset include:

• AddDistributionOption

• SetEmailOption

• SetItemFolder

• SetOutputOption

When manipulating the options within a job or jobset, you must specify the process type and process name in the CreateProcessRequest function when instantiating a ProcessRequest object. This is required as the class needs to retrieve the job item information from the job definition for a specific job or jobset. The class uses this information to alter items within the job or jobset based on subsequent method calls made prior to scheduling the request. If the process type and process name are not specified when instantiating the ProcessRequest object, all PeopleCode programs trying to use any of the methods return an error message:

The method can not be used because the ProcessRequest is not properly initialized

In the previous jobset example, the ProcessRequest must be instantiated as follows:

Local ProcessRequest &RQST;

&RQST = CreateProcessRequest("PSJob", "MULTIJOB");

The following code examples use the previous example MULTIJOB, and show how items can be altered within a job or jobset:

• Change all items in the Jobset to “Web” with reports generated in PDF format:

  &RQST.SetOutputOption("Web", "PDF", "", "MULTIJOB"); 

  Alternatively, this can also be coded as follows:

  &RQST.SetOutputOption("Web", "PDF", "");

• Change the output option for job BIJOB02 to “Email” with reports generated in HTM format:

  &RQST.SetOutputOption("Email", "HTM", ", "BIJOB02");

• Change the output option for BIIVCPN in job BIJOB01 to “File” in LP (LinePrinter) format:

  &RQST.SetOutputOption("File", "LP", "BIJOB01", 3, 3);

• Change all items in level three to “Web” in PS (PostScript) format:

  &RQST.SetOutputOption("Web", "PS", "", "", 3);

Values for Output Type and Format

The values for output type and format are based on the generic process type assigned to a process type definition. The following table provides a cross-reference listing for all delivered process type definitions.

The following table lists all the values for OutDestType delivered with PeopleTools.

However, the values and defaults can be customized through Process Scheduler Manager. Please refer to the PeopleSoft Process Scheduler documentation for additional information on how to accurately determine the values for your system.

Similar to the OutDestType, the formats and defaults for a generic process type can be customized through Process Scheduler Manager. The following table lists the values and defaults as delivered.

Alternative Options to Specify Email or Web Attributes

To set the email or web attributes in PeopleTools versions prior to release 8.4, your PeopleCode program was similar to the following:

To Set Attributes for Web (Prior to 8.4)

The following example shows how to set web attributes in PeopleTools versions prior to release 8.4:

&RQST.OutDestType = "Web";
&RQST.OutDestFormat = "PDF";
&RQST.OutDest = "User : VP1,Role :Managers";

Set Attributes for Email (Prior to 8.4)

The following example shows how to set email attributes in PeopleTools versions prior to release 8.4:

Local string &Subject ;
Local string &Text;

&Subject = "SQR Report:  Cross Reference Listing";
&Text = "This text will be displayed as the text of this email ";
&RQST.OutDestType = "Email";
&RQST.OutDestFormat = "PDF";
&RQST.OutDest = "User : VP1,Role : MANAGERS";
&RQST.EmailSubject = &Subject;
&RQST.EmailText = &Text;
&RQST.EmailAttachLog = False;  

Set Attribute for Web (8.4 and Later)

The following example shows how to set web attributes in PeopleTools versions release 8.4 and later:

&RQST.SetOutputOption("Web", "PDF", "");
&RQST.AddDistributionOption("User", "QEDMO");
&RQST.AddDistributionOption("Role", "MANAGERS");

Set Attribute for Email (8.4 and Later)

The following example shows how to set web attributes in PeopleTools versions release 8.4 and later:

Local string &Subject ;
Local string &Text;

&Subject = "SQR Report:  Cross Reference Listing";
&Text = "This text will be displayed as the text of this email ";
&RQST.SetOutputOption("Email", "PDF", "");
&RQST.SetEmailOption(&Subject, &Text, False);
&RQST.AddDistributionOption("User", "QEDMO");
&RQST.AddDistributionOption("Role", "MANAGERS");

File Dependant Processing

You can define a process to be file dependent, which means associating a file with a process that gets scheduled once the system detects the presence of the file.

You can use the PrcsApi class methods for detecting files associated with a process, as well as for displaying additional messages about the process as it's running.

The PrcsApi class is an Application Package class that you must import into your PeopleCode in order to use its methods.

For example, you could use the PrcsApi class with a Application Engine program. In the Application Engine process PROCESS_EDI, you could create a file dependency (using the FileName ProcessRequest property) and make the process dependent on the file /vendor/edi*.data.

On 10/23, the system detects the file /vendor/edi_1023.data and schedules the process PROCESS_EDI. In the Application Engine program, you can refer to the file that started the process using the getAllFileNames PrcsApi class method.

On 10/24, the system detects the file /vendor/edi_1024.data and schedules the process PROCESS_EDI. The process is started from a different file, and can access that file, so duplicate processing doesn't occur.

See Also

PrcsApi Class

ProcessRequest Class Built-in Functions

CreateProcessRequest

GetNextProcessInstance

SetupScheduleDefnItem

ProcessRequest Class Methods

In this section, we discuss the ProcessRequest class methods. The methods are discussed in alphabetical order.

AddDistributionOption

Syntax

AddDistributionOption(DistIdType, DistId [, JobName] [, PrcsItemLevel] [, JobSeqNo])

Description

Use the AddDistributionOption method to set the distribution options for any job item in the main job. Distribution options enable you to distribute output in different formats (HTML, PDF, Excel, and so on) to other users based on their user ID or role ID.

This function is valid only if the output destination for the request is routed either to Web or Email.

Parameters

Returns

Returns a number: 0 if successful, 1 if system detected an error in the parameter passed.

Example

The following example grants access to the QEDMO user all reports in MULTIJOB from the Web, while users with role of MANAGERS have access to reports created in the BIJOB03 job.

&RQST.SetOutputOption("Web", "PDF", "");
&RQST.AddDistributionOption("User", "QEDMO", "MULTIJOB" );
&RQST.AddDistributionOption("Role", "MANAGERS", "BIJOB03");

See Also

ProcessRequest class: SetEmailOption method, SetOutputOption method.

PrintJobHTMLRpt

Syntax

PrintJobHTMLRpt()

Description

Use the PrintJobHTMLRpt method to generate an HTML report file displaying all items in a job or jobset in a tree as defined in the Job Definition component.

Parameters

None.

Returns

An HTML report as a string

Example

The following code:

Local ProcessRequest &JobRQST;
Local string &sHTML;

&JobRQST = CreateProcessRequest("PSJob", "SQRXRF");
&sHTML = &JobRQST.PrintJobHTMLRpt();

generates the following HTML file:

Example HTML file

See Also

ProcessRequest class: PrintJobRqstRpt method, PrintSchdlHTMLRpt method.

PrintJobRqstRpt

Syntax

PrintJobRqstRpt(ProcessInstance, ItemInstance [, PrintJobTree] [, PrintDistList] [, PrintNotifyList] [, PrintSystemMessage] [, PrintApplicationMessage] [, PrintParamList])

Description

Use the PrintJobRqstRpt method to generate an HTML report file displaying the current status of a specific process, job, or jobset.

Parameters

Returns

An HTML report as a string.

Example

The following PeopleCode program:

Local ProcessRequest &JobRQST;
Local string &sHTML;
Local string &sPRINT_JOBTREE;
Local string &sPRINT_DISTLIST;
Local string &sPRINT_SYSMESSAGE;
Local string &sPRINT_APPLMESSAGE;
Local string &sPRINT_PARAMLIST;

&sPRINT_JOBTREE = "0";
&sPRINT_DISTLIST = "1";
&sPRINT_SYSMESSAGE = "1";
&sPRINT_APPLMESSAGE = "1";
&sPRINT_PARAMLIST = "1";
&JobRQST = CreateProcessRequest();
&sHTML = &JobRQST.PrintJobRqstRpt(PMN_PRCSLIST.PRCSINSTANCE, 0, &sPRINT_JOBTREE,⇒
 &sPRINT_DISTLIST, &sPRINT_SYSMESSAGE, &sPRINT_APPLMESSAGE, &sPRINT_PARAMLIST);

Creates the following HTML report:

Example HTML report

See Also

ProcessRequest class: PrintJobHTMLRpt method, PrintSchdlHTMLRpt method.

PrintSchdlHTMLRpt

Syntax

PrintSchdlHTMLRpt([PrintJobTree] [, PrintDistList] [, PrintNotifyList] [, PrintMessageList] [, PrintParamList])

Description

Use the PrintSchdlHTMLRpt method to generate an HTML report file displaying all items in a job or jobset as defined in the Scheduled Jobset Definition component.

Parameters

Returns

An HTML report as a string

Example

The following code:

Local string &sHTML;
Local string &sPRINT_JOBTREE;
Local string &sPRINT_DISTLIST;
Local string &sPRINT_NOTIFYLIST;
Local string &sPRINT_MESSAGELIST;
Local string &sPRINT_PARAMLIST;

&sPRINT_JOBTREE = "1";
&sPRINT_DISTLIST = "0";
&sPRINT_NOTIFYLIST = "0";
&sPRINT_MESSAGELIST = "0";
&sPRINT_PARAMLIST = "0";
&JobRQST = SetupScheduleDefnItem("Sample", "MULTIJOB");
&sHTML = &JobRQST.PrintSchdlHTMLRpt(&sPRINT_JOBTREE, &sPRINT_DISTLIST, &sPRINT_⇒
NOTIFYLIST, &sPRINT_MESSAGELIST, &sPRINT_PARAMLIST);

Creates the following HTML report:

Example HTML report

See Also

ProcessRequest class: PrintJobHTMLRpt method, PrintJobRqstRpt method.

RunJobSetNow

Syntax

RunJobSetNow()

Description

Use the RunJobSetNow method to schedule a jobset based on settings defined in the Scheduled Jobset Definition component.

Parameters

None.

Returns

None. To verify that the method executed successfully, check the value of the Status property.

Example

/* Create the ProcessRequest Object & Run the Scheduled JobSet Now */
Local ProcessRequest &JobRQST;
Local integer &instanceList;

&JobRQST = SetupScheduleDefnItem("Sample","MULTIJOB");
&JobRQST.RunJobSetNow();
&instanceList = &JobRQST.ProcessInstance;

See Also

ProcessRequest class: Status property.

Schedule

Syntax

Schedule()

Description

Use the Schedule method to insert a request in the Process Request table which runs according to the values in the properties of the ProcessRequest object. To successfully schedule a process or job, certain properties are required.

• If you’re scheduling a single process, you must assign values to the following properties:

  • RunControlID

  • ProcessName

  • ProcessType

• If you're scheduling a job where job item changes are not made, you must assign values to the following properties:

  • RunControlID

  • JobName

• If you're scheduling a job where job item changes are made, you must assign values to the RunControlID.

  Note. You don't have to assign the JobName in this instance because it's set with the CreateProcessRequest function.

Parameters

None.

Returns

None. To verify that the method executed successfully, check the value of the Status property.

Example

&MYRQST.Schedule();
If &MYRQST.Status = 0 then
   /* Schedule succeeded. */
Else
   /* Process (job) not scheduled, do error processing */
End-If;

See Also

ProcessRequest class: RunControlID property, JobName property, ProcessName property, ProcessType property, Status property.

CreateProcessRequest

SetEmailOption

Syntax

SetEmailOption(EmailSubject, EmailText, EmailAddress, EmailWebReport, EmailAttachLog [, JobName] [, PrcsItemLevel] [, JobSeqNo])

Description

Use the SetEmailOption method to set the email options for all job items in the main job.

Parameters

Returns

None.

See Also

ProcessRequest class: SetItemFolder method, SetOutputOption method, AddDistributionOption method.

SetItemFolder

Syntax

SetItemFolder(PortalFolder [, JobName] [, PrcsItemLevel] [, JobSeqNo])

Description

Use the SetItemFolder method to associate a report folder with any job items jobset.

The folder that you specify must have already been created using the System Settings component in Process Scheduler Manager.

Parameters

Returns

None.

Example

&RQST.SetItemFolder("GENERAL", "MULTIJOB", 1, 2);

See Also

ProcessRequest class: AddDistributionOption method.

SetOutputOption

Syntax

SetOutputOption(OutputType, OutputFormat, OutputDest [, JobName] [, PrcsItemLevel] [, JobSeqNo])

Description

Use the SetOutputOption method to modify the output option of one or more job items in the main job.

Note. This method can also be used for a single process.

The job sequence number and job level are optional. They are required only when the same process name is referenced more than once in a job and the user intends to modify the output option of only one item.

If the ProcessRequest object contains an invalid output type for a process, you won't be able to successfully schedule a process or job.

The values for OutputType, OutDestFormat, and OutputDestination are dependent upon each other as well as on other values.

See Values for Output Type and Format.

Parameters

Returns

None.

Example

&RQST.SetOutputOption("Email", "HTM", "", "MULTIJOB", 1, 2);

See Also

ProcessRequest class: OutDest property, OutDestFormat property, OutDestType property.

UpdateRunStatus

Syntax

UpdateRunStatus()

Description

Use the UpdateRunStatus method to change the RunStatus for a specific process, job, or jobset.

Parameters

None.

Returns

None.

Example

Local ProcessRequest &RQST;

&RQST = CreateProcessRequest();
&RQST.ProcessInstance = 5;
&RQST.RunStatus = 1; /* Cancel the request */
&RQST.UpdateRunSttus();

See Also

ProcessRequest class: RunStatus property.

ProcessRequest Class Properties

In this section, we discuss the ProcessRequest class properties. The properties are discussed in alphabetical order.

EmailAttachLog

Description

This property specifies whether or not a log file is attached to the email sent at completion of this job (or process). This property takes a Boolean value.

This property is read-write.

Example

&RQST.EmailAttachLog = False;   /*  Do not attach Log File */

EmailSubject

Description

This property specifies the text used in the subject of the email sent at completion of this job (or process). This property takes a string value.

This property is read-write.

Example

&RQST.EmailSubject = "SQR Report:  Cross Reference Listing";

EmailText

Description

This property specifies the text of the email sent at the completion of this job (or process). This property takes a string value.

This property is read-write.

Example

&RQST.EmailText = "This text will be displayed as the text of this email ";

You can also use the text from a message in the message catalog for this property.

&RQST.EmailText = MsgGetText(65, 117, "Sample text for email with two parameters",⇒
 &MessageParm1, &MessageParm2);

EmailWebReport

Description

This property specifies whether an email is sent to recipients of the report after it is posted to the report repository. The URL for the report is included in the email. This option is applicable only when the OutDesType for the request is Web. This property takes a Boolean value: True, the web report should be attached, False otherwise.

This property is read-write.

FileName

Description

This property contains the name of a file to be used with file dependant processing, that is, processes which are initiated only after a file becomes available.

For a file dependent process, the FileName property is set to override the file name specified in the process definition. You must specify the complete file path and extension for the file, as a string.

This property works with the RunLocation property. If you don't specify a run location, any value assigned to this property is ignored.

This property is read-write.

Example

The following code example initiates QE_AETESTPRG once the c:\import\ediData.dat file becomes available on PSNT server.

Local ProcessRequest &rqst1;

&rqst1 = CreateProcessRequest();
&rqst1.RunControlId = "2";
&rqst1.ProcessType = "Application Engine";
&rqst1.ProcessName = "QE_AETESTPRG";
&rqst1.RunLocation = "PSNT";
&rqst1.FileName="c:\import\ediData.dat";
&rqst1.Schedule();

See Also

ProcessRequest class: RunLocation property.

Setting Process Definition Options

JobName

Description

This property contains the name of a job that you’ve defined in PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.

To schedule a job, you must assign values to JobName and RunControlID for the Schedule method to succeed.

If you’re scheduling a job, you don’t need to set the ProcessType property.

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.JobName = "3SQR";

See Also

ProcessRequest class: RunControlID property.

LanguageCd

Description

This property enables you to specify a language code for the process or job. If you don't specify a language code, PeopleSoft Process Scheduler first looks in the process run control table to retrieve a language code. If there isn't a value there, PeopleSoft Process Scheduler uses the user's language code specified in the User Definition table.

This property takes a string value.

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.LanguageCd = "ESP" /* Spanish */

NotifyTextMsgNum

Description

Use the NotifyTextMsgNum property to specify the message that should be displayed to the end user in the Event Notification popup display. This property takes a numeric value.

Note. You must specify both the message set and message number for the message to be displayed to the end user.

This property is read-write.

Example

&RQST.NotifyTextMsgSet = 65;
&RQST.NotifyTextMsgNum = 237;

See Also

NotifyTextMsgSet

NotifyTextMsgSet

Description

Use this property to specify the message set of the text message to be displayed to the end user in the Event Notification popup display. This property takes a numeric value.

Note. You must specify both the message set and message number for the message to be displayed to the end user.

This property is read-write.

Example

&RQST.NotifyTextMsgSet = 65;
&RQST.NotifyTextMsgNum = 237;

See Also

NotifyTextMsgNum

OutDest

Description

This property specifies the output destination for the process or job to be scheduled as a string.

Values depend on the setting for the OutDestType property:

• If OutDestType is FILE, OutDest must be the name of a directory. If the OutDest property isn’t set, it defaults to the setting in the Process profile. If the Process Profile was not updated with a default destination, the Process Scheduler server that picked up the request sets the directory based on the Log/Output Directory setting found in the Process Scheduler Configuration file.

• If OutDestType is PRINTER, OutDest must be the name of a printer. If the OutDest property isn’t set, it defaults to the setting in the Process profile. If the Process Profile was not updated with a default printer, the Process Scheduler server that picked up the request sets the printer based on the Default Printer setting found in the Process Scheduler Configuration file.

• If OutDestType is WEB or EMAIL, OutDest should contain the list of User IDs, Role IDs, or email addresses (for email only). If you don't set this property, it's automatically assigned to the person who submitted the request.

• If OutDestType is WEB, PeopleSoft Process Scheduler uses the OutDest property to determine who has access to the output.

• If OutDestType is EMAIL, PeopleSoft Process Scheduler uses the OutDest property to determine who to send the report output to.

  In both these cases, to identify whether it’s a User ID or a Role ID, the value has to be preceded by one of the following:

  U: Username or User: Username for a user ID

  R: Rolename or Role: Rolename for a role ID

  If the ID is not preceded by either of these identifiers, Process Scheduler assumes it's an email address.

  Note. Each ID must be separated by a semicolon (;).

  The following are two examples:

  &RQST.OutDest = "U:PTDMO;R:Employee;[email protected]"
  
  &RQST.OutDest = "User:PS;Role:Employee;[email protected];[email protected]"
  

• For any other value of OutDestType, this property has no effect.

You can specify directory and printer names using the UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) protocol.

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.OutDest = "C:\TEMP";

See Also

ProcessRequest class: OutDestType property.

Managing PeopleSoft Process Scheduler

OutDestFormat

Description

This property specifies the output format for the process or job to be scheduled as a string. Values depend on your settings for the ProcessType and OutDestType properties:

The values for OutDestType, OutDestFormat, and OutDest are dependent upon each other as well as on other values.

See Values for Output Type and Format.

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.OutDestFormat = "RTF";

See Also

ProcessRequest class: ProcessType property, OutDestType property.

OutDestType

Description

This property specifies the type of output for the process or job to be scheduled as a string.

If the ProcessRequest object contains an invalid output type for a process, you won't be able to able to successfully schedule a process or job.

The value specified for this property is used only if the Output Destination Type for the defined process or job defined in PeopleSoft Process Scheduler is specified as Any. Otherwise any value specified for this property is ignored.

The values for OutDestType, OutDestFormat, and OutDest are dependent upon each other as well as on other values.

See Values for Output Type and Format.

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.OutDestType = "FILE";

See Also

ProcessRequest class: ProcessType property, RunControlID property.

PortalFolder

Description

This property specifies the name of the report folder associated with a job item as a string. If you're specifying a folder, the folder that you specify must have already been created using Report Manager.

This property is read-write.

ProcessInstance

Description

This property is a system-generated identification number. PeopleSoft Process Scheduler assigns a ProcessInstance at runtime to each process or job it successfully schedules.

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.Schedule();
If &MYRQST.Status = 0 then
   /* process successfully scheduled */
   &ProcInst = &MYRQST.ProcessInstance;
Else
   /* do error processing */
End-If;

ProcessName

Description

This property specifies the name of a predefined process as a string.

To successfully schedule a process, you must assign values to ProcessName, ProcessType, and RunControlID (that is, for the Schedule method to succeed.)

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.ProcessName = "XRFWIN";

See Also

ProcessRequest class: ProcessType property, RunControlID property.

ProcessType

Description

This property specifies the name of a predefined process type as a string.

To successfully schedule a process, you must assign values to ProcessName, ProcessType, and RunControlID (that is, for the Schedule method to succeed.)

The values for ProcessType depend on the types of processes you have defined in your system. There are generic process types that are delivered with your installation of PeopleSoft. These process types may include the following:

• Application Engine

• COBOL

• Crystal

• Cube

• nVision

• SQR

• WinWord

• Other

If you define your own processes, you can use the name of that process with the ProcessType property. For example, suppose you create a custom process named "Custom CBL Programs." You could use this as follows:

&MyRqst.ProcessType = "Custom CBL Programs";

Note that spaces are included in the string for ProcessType.

This property is read-write.

Example

Note that spaces are included in the string for ProcessType.

&MYRQST.ProcessType = "Application Engine";

See Also

ProcessRequest class: ProcessName property, RunControlID property.

RunControlID

Description

This property returns a string that serves, along with the user ID, as a key that identifies a predefined group of parameters to be used by a process or a job at runtime.

To successfully schedule a process, you must provide values for RunControlID, ProcessName, and ProcessType.

To successfully schedule a job, you must provide values for RunControlID and JobName.

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.RunControlID = "MYRUNCONTROLID";
or
&MYRQST.RunControlID = PRCSSAMPLEREC.RUN_CNTL_ID;

See Also

ProcessRequest class: JobName property, ProcessName property, ProcessType property.

RunDateTime

Description

This property contains a DateTime value that specifies when the scheduled process or job will run.

If you don’t specify a value for this property, and there is no date time set for the pre-defined process or job, the process or job runs as soon as the Schedule method is executed.

This property is read-write.

Example

The following example schedules the process or job to run as soon as the Schedule method is executed:

&MYRQST.RunDateTime = %Datetime;

RunLocation

Description

This property specifies the Process Scheduler Server name the request should be scheduled on. This property takes a string value. Values for RunLocation is a specific server name, such as PSNT.

If no RunLocation is specified, the request is scheduled based on both the default operating system and load balancing options set in the System Settings page.

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.RunLocation = "SERVER";
or
&MYRQST.RunLocation = "PSNT";

See Also

Viewing the Status of Processes.

RunRecurrence

Description

This property specifies the frequency with which a process or job is to be run as a string. The RunRecurrence value you use must be the name of a Recurrence Definition defined in Process Scheduler Manager to successfully schedule a job or process (that is, for the Schedule method to succeed.)

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.RunRecurrence = "M-F at 5pm";

RunStatus

Description

This property specifies the run status of a process request as a number. This property is used with the UpdateRunStatus method to change the status of a request. Values are:

This property is read-write.

Example

&MYRQST.RunStatus = 1;

See Also

ProcessRequest class: UpdateRunStatus method.

Status

Description

This property returns a number based on the result of the last execution of the Schedule method.

Valid returns are:

• Zero if the method succeeded

• Non-zero otherwise

This property is read-only.

Example

&MYRQST.Schedule();
If &MYRQST.Status = 0 then
   /* Schedule succeeded. */
Else
   /* Process (job) not scheduled, do error processing */
End-If;

TimeZone

Description

This property contains a timezone value that specifies when the scheduled process or job will run. If no value is used for this property, the server timezone is used. This property takes a string value.

This property is read-write.

Example

&MyRqst.TimeZone = "EST";

ProcessRequest Class Examples

The following section contains the following examples:

• Scheduling a single process

• Scheduling a job where job item changes are not made

• Scheduling a job where job item changes are made

Scheduling a Single Process

The following example is when you're scheduling a single process:

Local ProcessRequest &RQST;

/* Create the ProcessRequest Object */
&RQST = CreateProcessRequest();   
   
/* Set all the Required Properties */
&RQST.RunControlID = &sRunCntlId;
&RQST.ProcessType = &sProcessType;
&RQST.ProcessName = &sProcessName;

/* Set any Optional Properties for this Process */
&RQST.RunLocation = &sRunLocation;
&RQST.RunDateTime = &dttmRunDateTime;
&RQST.TimeZone = &sTimeZone;
&RQST.PortalFolder = &sPortalFolder;
&RQST.RunRecurrence = &sRecurrence;
&RQST.OutDestType = &sOutDestType;
&RQST.OutDestFormat = &sOutDestFormat;
&RQST.OutDest = &sOutputDirectory;
&RQST.EmailAttachLog = &bEmailAttachLog;
&RQST.EmailWebReport = &bEmailWebReport;
&RQST.EmailSubject = &sEmailSubject;
&RQST.EmailText = &sEmailText;

/* Schedule the Process */
&RQST.Schedule();

Scheduling a Job Where Job Item Changes Are Not Made

The following example is when job item changes aren't made.

Local ProcessRequest &RQST;

/* Create the ProcessRequest Object */
&RQST = CreateProcessRequest();     

/* Set all the Required Properties */
&RQST.RunControlID = &sRunCntlId;
&RQST.JobName = &sJobName;

/* Set any Optional Main Job Properties */
&RQST.RunLocation = &sRunLocation;
&RQST.RunDateTime = &dttmRunDateTime;
&RQST.TimeZone = &sTimeZone;
&RQST.PortalFolder = &sPortalFolder;
&RQST.RunRecurrence = &sRecurrence;
&RQST.OutDestType = &sOutDestType;
&RQST.OutDestFormat = &sOutDestFormat;
&RQST.OutDest = &sOutputDirectory;
&RQST.EmailAttachLog = &bEmailAttachLog;
&RQST.EmailWebReport = &bEmailWebReport;
&RQST.EmailSubject = &sEmailSubject;
&RQST.EmailText = &sEmailText;

/* Schedule the Job */
&RQST.Schedule();

Scheduling a Job Where Job Item Changes Are Made

The following example is when job item changes are made.

Local ProcessRequest &RQST;

/* Create the ProcessRequest Object */
&RQST = CreateProcessRequest("PSJob", &sJobName); 

/* Set all the Required Properties */
/* Note: the JobName Property has already */
/* been set in the call above, so you don’t */
/* have to set it here */
&RQST.RunControlID = &sRunCntlId;
   
/* Set any Optional Job Item Properties */
&RQST.SetOutputOption(&sOutputType, &sOutputFormat, &sOutputDest, &sJobName, &n⇒
PrcsItemLevel, &nJobSeqNo);

&RQST.SetEmailOption(&sEmailSubject, &sEmailText, &sEmailAddress, &bEmailWeb⇒
Report, &bEmailAttachLog, &sJobName, &nPrcsItemLevel, &nJobSeqNo);
&RQST.SetItemFolder(&sPortalFolder, &sJobName, &nPrcsItemLevel, &nJobSeqNo);
&RQST.AddDistributionOption(&sDistIdType, &sDistId, &sJobName, &nPrcsItemLevel, &n⇒
JobSeqNo);

/* Set any additional Optional Main Job Properties */
&RQST.RunLocation = &sRunLocation;
&RQST.RunDateTime = &dttmRunDateTime;
&RQST.TimeZone = &sTimeZone;
&RQST.PortalFolder = &sPortalFolder;
&RQST.RunRecurrence = &sRecurrence;
&RQST.OutDestType = &sOutDestType;
&RQST.OutDestFormat = &sOutDestFormat;
&RQST.OutDest = &sOutputDirectory;
&RQST.EmailAttachLog = &bEmailAttachLog;
&RQST.EmailWebReport = &bEmailWebReport;
&RQST.EmailSubject = &sEmailSubject;
&RQST.EmailText = &sEmailText;

/* Schedule the Job */
&RQST.Schedule();

PrcsApi Class

Use the PrcsApi class with file dependant processing. This section includes:

• Scope of a PrcsApi object.

• Data type of PrcsApi object.

• How to import a PrcsApi object

• How to create a PrcsApi object

• PrcsApi reference

See File Dependant Processing.

Scope of a PrcsApi Object

A PrcsApi object can be instantiated only from PeopleCode.

A PrcsApi object can be called from a component, an internet script, or an Application Engine program.

PrcsApi class objects can be of Local, Global, or Component scope.

Data Type of a PrcsApi Object

PrcsApi objects are of type PrcsApi.

Local PrcsApi &api = create PrcsApi();

How to Import the PrcsApi Class

The PrcsApi class is not a built-in class, like Rowset, Field, Record, and so on. It is an Application Class. Before you can use this class in your PeopleCode program, you must import it to your program.

An import statement names either all the classes in a package or one particular application class. For importing the PrcsApi class, PeopleSoft recommends that you import the API class.

The import statement you should use is as follows:

import PT_PRCS:API:*;

Using the asterisks after the package name makes all the application classes directly contained in the named package available.

See Also

Application Classes

How to Create a PrcsApi Object

After you've imported the PrcsApi class, you instantiate an object of that class using the constructor for the class and the Create function.

The following example creates a new instance of the PrcsApi class, as the variable &api, with local scope:

import PT_PRCS:API:*;

Local PrcsApi &api = create PrcsApi();

PrcsApi Class Constructor

You must use the constructor for the PrcsApi class to instantiate an instance of that class. The following is the constructor for the PrcsApi class.

PrcsApi

Syntax

PrcsApi()

Description

Use the PrcsApi constructor to create an instance of the PrcsApi class.

Parameters

None.

Returns

A reference to a PrcsApi object.

PrcsApi Class Methods

In this section, we discuss the PrcsApi class methods. The methods are discussed in alphabetical order.

getAllFileNames

Syntax

getAllFileNames(PrcsInstance)

Description

Use the getAllFileNames method to return a list of all the files names detected by the scheduler to intiate this process. The names are returned in an array of string, as full path names.

Parameters

Returns

An array of string containing all the files names associated with the specified process.

Example

The following example returns a list of file names.

/* QE_OPT_AET is the state record for the application engine program in this⇒
 example */

import PT_PRCS:API:*;

Local PrcsApi &api = create PrcsApi();

Local File &FileIO, &FileLog;

Local array of string &strList = &api.getAllFileNames(QE_OPT_AET.PROCESS_⇒
INSTANCE); 
/* api call needs process instance as parameter */

/* the api returns list of file names matched by the scheduler for this instance */
For &i = 1 To &strList.Len
   &IOFilename = &strList [&i];
   
   &FileIO = GetFile(&IOFilename, "r", "a", %FilePath_Absolute);
   
   &FileIO.Delete();
   
   &FileIO.Close();
End-For;

notifyToWindow

Syntax

notifyToWindow(PrcsInstance, Message)

Description

Use the notifyToWindow method to display additional messages to the window.

If a process is not defined as going to Window, using this method has no effect. The purpose of this method is to display additional messages to the window when an Application Engine process (no other process type) is run to Window.

Parameters

Returns

A number: 0 if method failed.

Example

The following PeopleCode would be in a step in an application engine program.

import PT_PRCS:API:*;

Local PrcsApi &api = create PrcsApi();

/* QE_AESTATUS_AET is the sate record for this Application Engine program */

&nret = &api.notifyToWindow(QE_AESTATUS_AET.PROCESS_INSTANCE, "Hi There! this is⇒
 First step."); 

/* this displays the message on the window */