TPAE Scripting customization points

In this blog I will shortly document the different ways a Jython script can be triggered in TPAE. The following launch points and invocation methods are available to start a script:

Launch points

A launch point is a configuration objects which triggers an automation script if a certain condition occurs. When a launch point is deactivated, the script associated with that launch point does not run. The The following launch point types can be defined in TPAE:

Object Launch Point

  • Execute scripts on MBO events such as init, add, update, or delete (TPAE 7.5)
  • Starting from TPAE 7.6 this kind of Launch Point has a much more fine granular configuration.
  • Execute the script on:
    • Initialize Value: executed when the MBO is initialized
    • Validate Application: executed when the MBO is validated against business rules, but is not yet saved in the Database
    • Allow Object Creation: Indicates whether Maximo business objects can be created.
    • Allow Object Deletion: Indicates whether Maximo business objects can be deleted.
    • Save: executed in the process of saving the MBO. In this case more fine granular specifications about the execution time (before Save, after Save, After Commit) can be made.

Attribute Launch Point

  • Execute scripts based on the change of an attribute. This type of launchpoint is used for field validations or other actions.
  • Starting from TPAE 7.6 this kind of Launch Point has a much more fine granular configuration.
  • Execute the script on:
    • Initialize access restriction: Sets the access level for the attribute’s field. (Example: Read/Write to Read only)
    • Initialize value: Sets the initial value for the attribute’s field.
    • Validate: Checks whether the value in the attribute’s field is valid.
    • Retrieve list: Retrieves a list of valid values for the attribute’s field. For example, in an invoice, you can set up the supplier field to return a list of approved vendors.
    • Run action: Runs an action that is based on the value that is in the field.
  • Example can be found here

Action Launch Point

  • Execute scripts in the context of workflow/escalation actions
  • Execute scripts in the context of a Menu or Button (Sample here)

Custom condition Launch Point

  • Workflow conditions and conditional expressions can be utilized by Custom condition launch point

Other Methods

Manually Run from Scripting Application

  • Run a script without any launchpoint defined. (Sample here)

Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

  • Runs scripts from outside TPAE. See here for further details.

Interfaces (starting from Maximo 7.6)

  • Runs in context of Integration Framework to convert data

2 comments

  • Hello Xing,
    This is very nice site where lot of useful information being shared. Really appreciated.

    I am looking for sample automation script code for following :
    1) Custom Condition Code which can be used for Conditional Expression Manager
    2) Custom Condition Code which can be used for WF Condition Nodes.
    3) Custom Action Code for Invoking Web Service in Slient mode in WF.

    This info will be a great help. Thanks once again for sharing all this useful information.

    -Sunil

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