topic Re: Importing groupRules in Controllers

Importing groupRules

smp — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:12:09 GMT

Our PI3.0.2 deployment experienced database corruption, and we were forced to stand up a new instance. Our old deployment is in a state where it will still respond to API calls, so I developed some automation to pull out the groupRules from the old deployment and push them into the new one. But when I attempt to push a rule with a 'criteria' that contains a percent sign (%), PI responds with the error 'Parameter 'criteria' contains invalid characters'. I'm using Python/JSON, and the data structure I'm trying to PUT looks like this:

{

"groupRulesDTO": {

"rules": {

"rule": {

"matchCondition": "AND",

"field": "Device Name",

"operation": "STARTS_WITH",

"criteria": "us%-fargnpi"

}

Can you advise on the proper way to escape the 'criteria' so it will be accepted by the PUT groups/groupRules API?

This data structure was pulled directly from another instance of PI, so it's a shame that it isn't in a format that I could simply turn around and use instead of having to fiddle with. In any case, I can reproduce with Postman. I've tried a few escape sequences that I could think of/find, but none have been successful so far.

Re: Importing groupRules

Spencer Zier — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 23:47:06 GMT

We've reproduced this issue internally. We're looking into why there's a discrepancy between the API and the UI. I'll update this thread once I know more.

Re: Importing groupRules

smp — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 13:32:32 GMT

Thank you for that confirmation Spencer. I look forward to the results of your analysis!

Re: Importing groupRules

Spencer Zier — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:24:36 GMT

Just an update on this. We have a fix for this issue that we will be including in the 3.0.3 Update 1 patch. Thanks for reporting this issue

Edit: Forgot to mention, CSCuy02077 covers this issue (https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuy02077).

Re: Importing groupRules

smp — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:06:40 GMT

Yay! Thanks for the update!

Re: Importing groupRules

smp — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:58:20 GMT

I can confirm the issue is resolved in 3.1. I am running my "rules copy" job right now .