| 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
The input test:
Variable is not mandatory in order to produce an empty variable
The workflow goes down the failed path:
Test #2 with something being entered:
Workflow goes down the non failed path:
The logger displays the user input:
Custom task the conditional testing:
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:
logger.addInfo(">"+input.LogFileEntry+"<");
Workflow export contains these tasks:
