Task Name | The regular if statemant can not test for a booean. Here is an example on how to test if a user entered something and if the varaible is empty. |
Description | |
Prerequisites | Tested on UCSD 5.4.0.3 |
Category | Workflow |
Components | vSphere 5.x |
User Inputs | |
Instructions for Regular Workflow Use:
- Download the attached .ZIP file below to your computer. *Remember the location of the saved file on your computer.
- Unzip the file on your computer. Should end up with a .WFD file.
- Log in to UCS Director as a user that has "system-admin" privileges.
- Navigate to "Policies-->Orchestration" and click on "Import".
- Click "Browse" and navigate to the location on your computer where the .WFD file resides. Choose the .WFD file and click "Open".
- Click "Upload" and then "OK" once the file upload is completed. Then click "Next".
- Click the "Select" button next to "Import Workflows". Click the "Check All" button to check all checkboxes and then the "Select" button.
- Click "Submit".
- A new folder should appear in "Policies-->Orchestration" that contains the imported workflow. You will now need to update the included tasks with information about the specific environment.
Many thanks for the inspiration go to Andreas Wentland.
The workflow:
2 custom task
1 to pint a line of the actual content of the variable to the log file (to see the variable is empty)
2 to do the if check to see if the variable is true or false
![Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.26.35 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/95894_Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.26.35 AM.png)
The input test:
Variable is not mandatory in order to produce an empty variable
![Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.26.42 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/95895_Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.26.42 AM.png)
The workflow goes down the failed path:
![Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.27.47 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/95896_Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.27.47 AM.png)
![Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.28.04 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/95897_Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.28.04 AM.png)
Test #2 with something being entered:
![Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.28.34 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/95898_Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.28.34 AM.png)
Workflow goes down the non failed path:
![Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.36.58 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/95899_Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.36.58 AM.png)
The logger displays the user input:
![Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.37.11 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/95900_Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.37.11 AM.png)
Custom task the conditional testing:
![Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.39.09 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/95901_Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.39.09 AM.png)
if (input.TestForEmptyVar) {
logger.addInfo("...True...");
output.out = "1";
} else {
logger.addInfo("...False...");
output.out = "0";
ctxt.setFailed("Variable is empty" + input.TestForEmptyVar);
ctxt.exit();
}
Custom task the logger:
![Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.39.51 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/95902_Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.39.51 AM.png)
logger.addInfo(">"+input.LogFileEntry+"<");
Workflow export contains these tasks:
![Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.40.43 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/95903_Screen Shot 2016-05-26 at 6.40.43 AM.png)