UCS Director custom tasks to concatenate strings

[midupont]

Task Name	Concatenate Strings
Description	This custom task will Concatenate up to 9 text strings into a single output text string.  This is very useful when an existing task only accepts a single input but you want to combine multiple inputs.  One example is using this for complex naming conventions.
Prerequisites	Minimum UCSD version: 5.4.0.0
Category	Custom task
Components
User Inputs	String1, String2, ... , String9, Comment prefix
User Output	OutputString

Instructions for Regular Workflow Use:

Instructions for Regular Workflow Use:

1. Download the attached .ZIP file below to your computer. *Remember the location of the saved file on your computer.
2. Unzip the file on your computer. Should end up with a .WFD file.
3. Log in to UCS Director as a user that has "system-admin" privileges.
4. Navigate to "Policies-->Orchestration" and click on "Import".
5. Click "Browse" and navigate to the location on your computer where the .WFD file resides. Choose the .WFD file and click "Open".
6. Click "Upload" and then "OK" once the file upload is completed. Then click "Next".
7. Click the "Select" button next to "Import Workflows". Click the "Check All" button to check all checkboxes and then the "Select" button.
8. Click "Submit".
9. 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.

// Full Script

// importPackage(java.util);

// importPackage(java.lang);

// logger.addInfo("----------------------concatenate------------------------------");

var Str1 = input.String1;

var Str2 = input.String2;

var Str3 = input.String3;

var Str4 = input.String4;

var Str5 = input.String5;

var Str6 = input.String6;

var Str7 = input.String7;

var Str8 = input.String8;

var Str9 = input.String9;

var StrComment = input.Comment;

var StrOutput = Str1 + Str2 + Str3 + Str4 + Str5 + Str6 + Str7 + Str8 + Str9

output.OutputString=StrOutput;

ctxt.setTaskStatusMessage(StrComment + StrOutput);

// logger.addInfo(" Task Message "+ ctxt.getTaskStatusMessage());

// logger.addInfo("--------------------end concatenate---------------------------");

[sebastian.straube]

You could also use StringBuffer.

var pscApiInput = new StringBuffer();

pscApiInput.append("Name=" +jobName+ ";");

pscApiInput.append("Status="+jobStatus+";");

pscApiInput.toString();

Sebastian