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Type "array" is not available in dictionary

THORSTEN_KRAUSE
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Hi,

 

wanted to create a dicitionary entry and saw that type "array" is missing in WFA 3.0.

Is there any particular reason for that or is it just a bug?

 

Greets Thorsten

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shailaja
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For a simple case, you could look at the example in "cm_storage.Create Schedule" command.

 

It has parameters that are of [array] type

 

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Hours of the day when the schedule runs. This is a comma separated list of integers between 0 and 23 inclusive. Value of -1 means all hours of the day.")]
[ValidateRange(-1, 23)]
[array]$CronHours,

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Minutes within each hour when the schedule runs. This is a comma separated list of integers between 0 and 59 inclusive. Value of -1 means all minutes.")]
[ValidateRange(-1, 59)]
[array]$CronMinutes,

 

The Cmdlet used in the command code is of Array type

SYNTAX
Add-NcJobCronSchedule [-Name] <String> [-Month <Int64[]>] [-Day <Int64[]>] [
-DayOfWeek <Int64[]>] [-Hour <Int64[]>] [-Minute <Int64[]>] [-Controller <Nc
Controller[]>] [-ZapiRetryCount <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>

 

The dictionary entry properties for these parameters are of String type

 

schedule_de.png

 

 

So, basically an Array type in command parameter can map to String type in dictionary entry.

 

Would this work for your command and dictionary entry design ?

 

Thanks,

Shailaja

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shailaja
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Hi,

 

Can you please clarify the following:

 

Are you referring to data type of a dictionary entry attribute to support Array or is it in some other place ?

If you could provide more details on the dictionary entry design that you are designing, we could understand better.

 

Thanks,

Shailaja

THORSTEN_KRAUSE
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Hi,

 

I'm referrig to a dictionary entry.

Edit entry --> Add row --> Type field

 

Reason is that I want to create a template on top of it for a specific command I wrote.

 

Does that make it more clear?

 

Thanks, Thorsten

sinhaa
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 Rows in disctionary( DB table) are equivalent to columns in the Table. WFA DB is mysql and mysql doesn't support array data type.

 

See some comments here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/data-type-overview.html

 

I like the second comment of using a JSON string. I believe XML as string will do just that. I haven't tried either solutions but going to now.

 

sinhaa 

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THORSTEN_KRAUSE
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ok, so what would you recommend in this case?

 

- I got a powershell-command using type array in one parameter

- I'd like a dictionary entry for that command's parameters in order to create some templates

 

Thanks!

shailaja
4,616 Views

For a simple case, you could look at the example in "cm_storage.Create Schedule" command.

 

It has parameters that are of [array] type

 

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Hours of the day when the schedule runs. This is a comma separated list of integers between 0 and 23 inclusive. Value of -1 means all hours of the day.")]
[ValidateRange(-1, 23)]
[array]$CronHours,

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Minutes within each hour when the schedule runs. This is a comma separated list of integers between 0 and 59 inclusive. Value of -1 means all minutes.")]
[ValidateRange(-1, 59)]
[array]$CronMinutes,

 

The Cmdlet used in the command code is of Array type

SYNTAX
Add-NcJobCronSchedule [-Name] <String> [-Month <Int64[]>] [-Day <Int64[]>] [
-DayOfWeek <Int64[]>] [-Hour <Int64[]>] [-Minute <Int64[]>] [-Controller <Nc
Controller[]>] [-ZapiRetryCount <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>

 

The dictionary entry properties for these parameters are of String type

 

schedule_de.png

 

 

So, basically an Array type in command parameter can map to String type in dictionary entry.

 

Would this work for your command and dictionary entry design ?

 

Thanks,

Shailaja

THORSTEN_KRAUSE
4,570 Views

Hi,

 

yeah that's what I'm already doing, just thought it's looking not very consistent.

But your answer make it more clear to me.

 

Thanks

Thorsten

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