Action engine

Action Engine Configuration

Action Engine enabled the user to configured an Action and the activation condition. An action is composed by:

• General Information
• Trigger and Activation condition
• Parameters
• Tasks to execute

General

The following images shown the action' user interface and provide some more detail about this functionality

Action Configuration

Parameters

TBC

Events Managed

Category / Class	General	Project	Service	Ticket
LDAP Events	LDAP Message	N/A	N/A	N/A
MB Scheduler	Reporting distribution by mail Resource on project association Upload relations Resource-Projects	N/A	N/A	N/A
User Note Events	User Note Created User Note Updated	N/A	N/A	N/A
Internal System Events	N/A	Project Created Project Updated	Service Created Service Updated	Ticket Activity Created Ticket Activity Updated Ticket Created Ticket Updated Workflow Button
External System Events	N/A	N/A	N/A	Incoming Message
OCE Events	N/A	N/A	N/A	Trigger Value Reached
Company Events	Process File Upload	N/A	N/A	N/A

LDAP Message

This event is raised when MB sends an itmSUITE internal Message to PMSM with type "Ldap Synchronization".

Reporting distribution by mail

This is an External Event, it is raised when MB sends an itmSUITE internal Message to PMSM with type "Reporting distribution by Mail".

Resource on project association

This is an External Event, it is raised when MB sends an itmSUITE internal Message to PMSM with type "Resource on Project Associations".

Upload relations Resource-Projects

This is an External Event, it is raised when MB sends an itmSUITE internal Message to PMSM with type "Upload relations Resources-Projects".

User Note Created

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a User Note is created on Ticket.

User Note Updated

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a User Note is updated on Ticket.

Project Created

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a Project is created.

Project Updated

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a Project is updated.

Service Created

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a Service is created.

Service Updated

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a Service is updated.

Ticket Activity Created

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a Ticket Activity is created.

Ticket Activity Updated

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a Ticket Activity is updated.

Ticket Created

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a Ticket is created.

Ticket Updated

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a Ticket is updated.

Workflow Button

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a Custom Field with type "Command button" on a Ticket is pressed.

Incoming Message

This is an External Event.

When the incoming message is validated by EEM, the informations are sent to MB (Message Bus) that dispatch it to the itmSUITE® Action engine and a configured Action is activated.

Trigger Value Reched

This is an Internal Event: it is raised when a OCE Objective reach a trigger.

VCE Condition

Condition'tab enable the user to define a Boolean condition that should be verify before activate the action' . Generally the conditions works on input Parameter.

Action Configuration

Task

Tasks tab enable the user to define one or more task that will be executed sequentially if the condition is valid. The system manage different type of task, the most flexible and powerful is Scripting task, based on Javascript framework, enable the user to call itmSUITE® primitive

Action Task Configuration

Basic Task

Predefined Task

Create Ticket

Allows to create a new Ticket

Create Ticket Activity

Allows to create a new Ticket Activity

Execute Tickets Transition

Allows to move Ticket in another Workflow Status

Find Tickets

Allows to find Tickets by filter

Find Ticket Activities

Allows to find Ticket Activities by filter

Relate Tickets

TBC

Select Related Tickets

Allows to select only related Tickets from current Ticket

Select Related Ticket Activities

Allows to select only related Ticket Activities from current Ticket

Select Tickets

TBC

Send Ticket Message

Allows to send a Ticket Message to some receivers

Set Ticket Fields

Allows to insert/update values for Ticket fields

Set Ticket Activity Fields

Allows to insert/update values for Ticket Activity fields

Scripting Task

Scripting Task in a JavaScript editor: it allows to use many methods to perform a large set of operations on itmSUITE entities (Ticket, Service, CI etc...)

Action Engine can also send information towards third parties software using scripting tasks. This can be performed:

• Sending a preformatted mail
• Calling a third parties web services

Action Task Configuration

Scripting Task Tutorial

Simple Event Handler

We need to define a function main, which accept two arguments:

* event
* incomeParameters

Empty Task Handler

/**
* @param event
* @param incomeParameters
*/
function main(event, incomeParameters)
{
}

incomeParameters usage

/**
* 1. print as warning event name and Task Income Parameters
* 2. accessing to income parameter by name
* @param event
* @param incomeParameters
*/
function main(event, incomeParameters)
{
var message = " event: " + event.getClass().getSimpleName();
var entries = incomeParameters.entrySet().toArray();
for each (var obj in entries)
{
message = message
+ "\n"
+ "key:" + obj.getKey() + "\n"
+ "value:" + (obj.getValue().getValue() != null ? obj.getValue().getValue() : "null");
}
//suppose we have parameter under "ticket" name
//lets retrieve it
var value = incomeParameters.getObjectValue("ticket");
message = message
+ "\n"
+ "ticket:" + value;
//lets retrieve type of incomeParameters.getObjectValue("ticket")
var type = incomeParameters.getParameterTypeModel("ticket");
message = message
+ "\n"
+ "ticket:" + type.getName();
taskRuntime.addWarning(message);
}

taskRuntime

taskRuntime Provide access to:

* securityContext
* entities and system services 
* system logger
* to user messages (warnings and errors messages)

/**
* print as warning resource full name and event name and dump the same 
* message as error and warning to system log
* @param event
* @param incomeParameters
*/
function main(event, incomeParameters)
{
var message = "user:" + taskRuntime.getSecurityContext().getResourceFullName()
+ " event: " + event.getClass().getSimpleName();
taskRuntime.addWarning(message);
taskRuntime.getLogger().error(message);
taskRuntime.getLogger().warn(message);
}

Services

SystemService - provide access to PMSM's email internal service

/**
* send an email to myEmail@host.com
* @param event
* @param incomeParameters
*/
function main(event, incomeParameters)
{
var systemService = taskRuntime.getService("SystemService");
var eventName = event.getClass().getSimpleName();
systemService.sendEmail("myEmail@host.com", "email send by scripting task:" + eventName, "TBD");
}

EntityFinderService - provide a set of finders for different entities

/**
* invoke EntityFinderService for all supported entities and print result as PMSM warnings
* @param event
* @param incomeParameters
*/
function main(event, incomeParameters)
{
invokeEntityFinderService("Area", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("Functionality", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("Product", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("Project", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("Resource", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("ResolutionCause", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("Service", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("SolutionGroup", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("TargetEnvironment", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("TicketAdmStatus", "enumeration.ticketadminstatus.unbillable");
invokeEntityFinderService("TicketArea", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("TicketCategory", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("TicketImpact", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("TicketTopic", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("TicketUrgency", "test");
invokeEntityFinderService("TicketActivityStatus", "enumeration.ticketactivity.running");
}
function invokeEntityFinderService(entityName, name)
{
var service = taskRuntime.getService("EntityFinderService");
taskRuntime.addWarning("entityName:" + entityName+ " name:" + name+ " id:" + 
service.findIdByName entityName, name));
taskRuntime.addWarning("entityName:" + entityName + " name:" + name + " model:" +
service.findModelByName(entityName, name));
taskRuntime.addWarning("entityName:" + entityName + " name:" + name + " entity:" +
service.findEntityByName(entityName, name));
}

ResourceService - provide an extended finders for resource entity

var service = taskRuntime.getService("ResourceService");
/**
* Resource service example
* @param event
* @param incomeParameters
*/
function main(event, incomeParameters)
{
var id = service.findIdByFullName("test test");
var name;
if (id == null)
{
taskRuntime.addWarning("Resource not found");
}
taskRuntime.addWarning("Resource id:" + id + " found");
createResource("new resource");
// createResource("new resource"); the second attempt shall fail, due resource duplication with the 
// same login
}
function createResource(login)
{
var resource = new com.kv4.psm.core.domain.model.ResourceModel();
resource = service.prepareNew(resource).result;
resource.login = login;
resource.name = login;
resource.surname = login;
resource = service.create(resource).result;
taskRuntime.addWarning("Resource id:" + resource + " created");
}

TicketService - provide CRUD methods

Create:

/**
* create a new WF ticket
* @param event - any
* @param incomeParameters
*/
function main(event, incomeParameters)
{
var ticketService = taskRuntime.getService("TicketService");
//create an empty WfTicketModel
var ticket = new com.kv4.psm.core.domain.model.ticket.WFTicketModel();
//set required fields
ticket.setProjectId(579);
ticket.setTickettypeId(118);
//send to service to fill "default" values
ticket = ticketService.prepareNew(ticket).getResult();
//create an ticket
ticket = ticketService.create(ticket).getResult();
//report the ticket id to user as warning message
taskRuntime.addWarning("Ticket: " + ticket.getId() + " had been created");
}

Update:

importPackage(com.kv4.psm.core.domain.ticket);
/**
* Event:Ticket Updated
*
* update Ticket Priority to HIGH,
* we can't directly set Priority since its calculable field we can manage via Impact and Urgency 
* fields
* @param event
* @param incomeParameters
*/
function main(event, incomeParameters)
{
//ticket id
var ticketId = 14543;
//retrieve the EntityFinderService
var entityFinderService = taskRuntime.getService("EntityFinderService");
//retrieve ticket model
var ticket = taskRuntime.getService("TicketService").findModelById(ticketId);
if (ticket == null)
{
taskRuntime.raiseError("ticket is null");
}
var ticketImpactId = entityFinderService.findIdByName("TicketImpact", "1 - ALL users impacted on 1 or 
more VBF");
var ticketUrgencyId = entityFinderService.findIdByName("TicketUrgency", "1 - Service needed now AND 
WA NOT available");
if (ticketImpactId == null || ticketUrgencyId)
{
taskRuntime.raiseError("ticketUrgency or ticketImpact is null");
}
ticket.setTicketimpactId(ticketImpactId);
ticket.setTicketurgencyId(ticketUrgencyId);
//update ticket
taskRuntime.getService("TicketService").update(ticket);
taskRuntime.addWarning("Impact and Urgency had been updated by Action Engine");
}

Custom Fields

/**
* Ticket Custom Fields
*
* @param event
* @param incomeParameters
*/
function main(event, incomeParameters)
{
var ticketId = 14543;
var ticketService = taskRuntime.getService("TicketService");
var ticket = ticketService.findModelById(ticketId);
if (ticket == null)
{
taskRuntime.raiseError("ticket is null");
}
//simple/primitive types
//number type
//taskRuntime.addWarning(ticket.getCustomFieldValues().get(new java.lang.Integer(1168))); to read
need exactly define the Integer
ticket.getCustomFieldValues().put(new java.lang.Integer(1168), "2,0");
//date type
ticket.getCustomFieldValues().put(new java.lang.Integer(1163), "01-10-2012");
//datetime type
var dateTimeValue = new com.kv4.psm.core.domain.model.workflow.DateTimeValue();
dateTimeValue.setDateString("01-10-2012");
dateTimeValue.setTimeString("10:00");
// alternative way setup datetime its using java.util.Date, in this case the dateTimeValue will 
contains current system time
//var dateTimeValue = new com.kv4.psm.core.domain.model.workflow.DateTimeValue(new java.util.Date());
ticket.getCustomFieldValues().put(new java.lang.Integer(1165), dateTimeValue);
//time type
ticket.getCustomFieldValues().put(new java.lang.Integer(1164), "10:00");
//time text
//single line
ticket.getCustomFieldValues().put(new java.lang.Integer(1159), "single line");
//Multi Line
ticket.getCustomFieldValues().put(new java.lang.Integer(1160), "Multi Line\nsecond one");
//Rich Text
ticket.getCustomFieldValues().put(new java.lang.Integer(1161), "Multi Line
second one");
//check/radio/ boxes and Drop Down Tuple
var ids = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(java.lang.Integer, 2);
//construct empty array with length 2
ids[0] = 196;
ids[1] = 197;
ticket.getCustomFieldValues().put(new java.lang.Integer(1162), ids);
//Drop Down Plain
ids = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(java.lang.Integer, 1); //construct empty array with length 1
ids[0] = 196;
ticket.getCustomFieldValues().put(new java.lang.Integer(1166), ids);
//update ticket
ticketService.update(ticket);
}

Transition

/**
* Ticket Transition
*
* @param event
* @param incomeParameters
*/
function main(event, incomeParameters)
{
var ticketId = 14543;
var ticketService = taskRuntime.getService("TicketService");
var ticket = ticketService.findModelById(ticketId);
if (ticket == null)
{
taskRuntime.raiseError("ticket is null");
}
//lets suppose ticket in "Opened" and need to transition into "In charge"
var transitionRuleModel = ticketService.findTransitionRuleModelByName(ticket, "Take incident in 
charge");
if (ticket == null)
{
taskRuntime.raiseError("can't find transition \"Take incident in charge\"");
}
ticketService.transition(ticket, transitionRuleModel);
}