Deepesh M Divakaran » Business

Launch Batch Application/UBE Dynamically from Interactive Apps

Deepesh Divakaran — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:05:28 +0000

There have been many instances where you need to call different Version of an UBE/ Batch application based on the parameters of the application. Doing that is very easy, where in you just need to pass the Version name dynamically and the Report Name is hard coded into the ER.

But, if there arises a situation to call the Report/UBE Dynamically, you flinch a little. No worries, its as easy to do.

Following are two methods of calling ANY UBE from an Interactive Application.

*Note: You can not do Report Interconnects, or set PO Values/Data Selection dynamically

Launch Batch Application system function

Launch Batch Application system function is used only for WEB application that will launch the UBE. The system function will act like the Report Interconnect. It will launch the UBE.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	I/O	Required	Notes
Report Name	String	I	Y	UBE Application ID
Version Name	String	I	Y	Y/N
Print Preview?	Character	I	Y
Data Selection?	Character	I	Y	Y/N – Override the data selection
Data Sequencing?	Character	I	Y	Y/N – Override the data sequencing
Push Spec Only?	Character	I	Y	Y/N – submit version specification only
PO Template	String	I	Y	PO Data Structure
Prompt for values?	Character	I	Y	Y/N – Display the processing options dialog
Date Last Executed	JDEDATE	I	Y	Date
Data Source Override	String	I	Y	Server Name
JDE Log?	Character	I	Y	Y/N – Create JDE.log
JDEDebug Log?	Character	I	Y	Y/N – Create Jdedebug.log
UBE Logging Level	Integer	I	Y	Level of detail for Jdedebug.log
Jargon Code	String	I	Y
Cover page?	Character	I	Y	Y/N – print cover page
Job Queue name	String	I	Y
TC Prompting?	Character	I	Y	Y/N
Process Type	Character	I	Y

Special Handling Instructions and Prerequisites
· Must be used in a WEB application only. Available on all events of Interactive applications

Business Functions to Launch a UBE

The Business Functions use the same JDE API – jdeLaunchUBEEx(); to launch the UBE.

B9800240 – Call UBE Application

Usage

Call UBE Application

“R55xxxxxx” -> szProgramId
“VER00001″ -> szVersion
UNDEFINED X cSuppressErrorMessages
UNDEFINED X szErrorMessageID
1 -> cPrintFlag

The PrintFlag can be passed any value 1/0 depending on your choice of print immediate or not.

B91300C – Launch Batch Application

Functional Description
This function launches a UBE from ER. Unlike Report Interconnect, this launches UBEs with out Report Interconnect and returns an error status. However, Report Interconnect cannot be used.
Purpose
To be able to launch UBEs without Report Interconnect from Event Rules and be able to check the return status of that UBE.
Setup Notes and Prerequisites
If called in synchronous mode, the BSFN will return error if the UBE failed along the way (blow-ups, spec not found, etc.). In asynchronous mode, the BSFN will return error only if it failed to launch (better always to use Asynch)
If the data source override is left blank, then OCM will be used to determine where the UBE will run.

Parameters :
szReport : Report Name
szVerzsionJDE : Version Name (if you execute the batch on the enterprise server, the version must exist there. You must launch the version at least once before use this BSFN on the server)
cSynch : 1 = Synchronous, 0 or anything else is Asynchronous.
cPrintPreview : I don’t know exactly the functionality of this parameter. (1 or blank works)
szDataSourceOverride : Not required. Only if you want launch the batch on a specific server or in local mode
cJDELogging : 1 log into jde.log, 0 nothing
cTracing : 1 log into jdedebug.log, 0 nothing
cUBEloggingLevel : 1..6 Debug Level
szJobQUEUE : Name of the Queue Batch where the batch is executed. it could be blank.

The BSFN returns a Job Number and an error code.

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BSFN to Get Install Path (for Import/Export)

Deepesh Divakaran — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:55:37 +0000

Most File based transactions or JDE Applications, need to have access to the Import and Export directory of the Install Path. For most Live installations, the workstations will be on Windows OS, and the servers may be either AS/400 or Linux/UNIX environments. The path’s to the environment install directory will be entirely different in each case.

Typically for an JDE EnterpriseOne Windows based Local installation will have path – “C:\Exxx\DVxxx\” or “C:\Bxxxx\PDxxxx\”,
For UNIX/Linux it may be – “/usg/filespace/exxx/dvxxx/” etc.

If you notice the above, not only the file path is different, but also the directory separator. The following C BSFN helps get the Install Path, the Separator, if its Client/Server.

I’m not sure if a similar BSFN exists in the latest versions of JDE, one thing I’m sure Oneworld XE does not have it, and that’s why the Business Function was created.

The “BuildPathFromEnvDataX” API is used to retrieve the complete install path. You can get the Import or Export directory by appending the directory separator & “import” or “export” at the end of Install path retrieved.

Please comment & vote the article, if these help you.

You may download the Complete BSFN files here

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Deepesh Divakaran — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:16:54 +0000

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Deepesh Divakaran — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:39:06 +0000

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