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You also can enter a script directly into a Universal Template, but you cannot select a stored script.

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Types of Scripts
Types of Scripts

Types of Scripts

There are five types of scripts:

Script

For use in Windows or Linux/Unix tasks.

SAP Definition

For use in SAP tasks.

UDM Script

For use in UDM File Transfer tasks.

Web Service Payload

For use in Web Service tasks.

Data

For use in a script or task (see Data Scripts, below).

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Data Scripts
Data Scripts

Data Scripts

Data Scripts (Script Type = Data) are meant to be used with scripts and commands specified in tasks, and resolved when the script or command is executed. Data Scripts provide the script or command with access to a path on the UAG file system where the temporary Data Script content resides.
 

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Deleting a Data script is prohibited if it is referenced by one or more Universal Tasks or Universal Template Fields (Default Value).

Changing the type for a Data script is prohibited if it is referenced by one or more Universal Tasks or Universal Template Fields (Default Value).

The Tasks tab on the Script Details is enabled for Data scripts and lists Universal Tasks that reference the script via a mapped Script field.

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Using Data Scripts in a Script
Using Data Scripts in a Script

Using Data Scripts in a Script

To use a Data Script with a script, embed the Data Script in any of the following:


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Using Data Scripts in a Task
Using Data Scripts in a Task

Using Data Scripts in a Task

To use a Data Script with a task, embed the Data Script in any of the following:

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Although you can embed a Data Script in the Command field or Parameters field of a Linux/Unix or Windows task, only scripts with Script Type = Script can be referenced in a Linux/Unix or Windows task; that is, it is the only type of script that is available for selection in the Linux/Unix or Windows task Script field.

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Embedding a Data Script
Embedding a Data Script

Embedding a Data Script

To embed a Data Script, use the following Script Function:

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Additionally, for a Universal Template, you can create a Field of Type = Script, which lets you select or create Data Scripts. The Controller will create a variable for the Data Script Field, which you can embed in the Universal Template script using the Script Functions. This also lets you change Scripts when you run a Universal Task based on the Universal Template.

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Restrictions on Embedding Data Scripts
Restrictions on Embedding Data Scripts

Restrictions on Embedding Data Scripts

For every embedded Script, the Script Type must be Data; otherwise, the task will transition to the Start Failure status with one of the following status descriptions:

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Execution for script "script-name", contained within a script, command field, or parameters field, prohibited due to security constraints.

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Creating a Script
Creating a Script

Creating a Script

Step 1

From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Other > Scripts. The Scripts list displays a list of all existing scripts.
 
To the right of the list, Script Details for a new script displays.
 

Step 2

Enter / select Details for a new script, using the field descriptions below as a guide.

  • Required fields display an asterisk ( * ) after the field name.
  • Default values for fields, if available, display automatically.

To display more of the Details fields on the screen, you can either:

  • Use the scroll bar.
  • Temporarily hide the list above the Details.
  • Click the  button above the list to display a pop-up version of the Details.

Step 3

Click a  button. The script is added to the Controller database, and all buttons and tabs in the Script Details are enabled.

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To open an existing record on the list, either:

  • Click a record in the list to display its record Details below the list. (To clear record Details below the list, click the New button that displays above and below the Details.)
  • Clicking the Details icon next to a record name in the list, or right-click a record in the list and then click Open in the Action menu that displays, to display a pop-up version of the record Details.
  • Right-click a record in the a list, or open a record and right-click in the record Details, and then click Open In Tab in the Action menu that displays, to display the record Details under a new tab on the record list page (see Record Details as Tabs).

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Script Details
Script Details

Script Details

The following Script Details is for an existing script. See the field descriptions, below, for a description of all fields that display in the Script Details.

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For information on how to access additional details - such as Metadata and complete database Details - for Scripts (or any type of record), see Records.

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Script Details Field Descriptions
Script Details Field Descriptions

Script Details Field Descriptions

The following table describes the fields, buttons, and tabs that display in the Script Details.
 

Field Name

Description

Details

This section contains detailed information about the Script.

Name

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IL:Script Name

Version

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IL:Versions

Description

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IL:Summary
IL:Summary

Member of Business Services

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IL:Member of Business Services

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Script Type
Script Type
Script Type

Type of script:
 
Options:

  • Script
  • SAP Definition
  • UDM Script
  • Web Service Payload
  • Data

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Resolve UAC Variables
Resolve UAC Variables
Resolve UAC Variables

Controls whether or not the Script will be parsed in pursuit of Universal Controller variables. It allows the Controller to avoid the overhead of parsing a Script that does not contain variables.
 

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Variables could be embedded with this field disabled; likewise, you could have a Script with no variables but have this field enabled. However, enabling this field for a Script that does not contain Controller variables will impose an unnecessary burden (however small) on the Controller.


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Content
Content
Content

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IL:Content
IL:Content

For UDM Scripts, Source and Destination credentials are available for use. The credentials can be coded into the UDM script using the following File Transfer variables:

The variables will be resolved by UDM internally. The following example illustrates the correct way to code them:
 

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The values for these variables are sent to UDM via stdin. This provides a secure channel where the credentials never show up in the script or on the command line.

Metadata

This section contains Metadata information about this record.

UUID

Universally Unique Identifier of this record.

Updated By

Name of the user that last updated this record.

Updated

Date and time that this record was last updated.

Created By

Name of the user that created this record.

Created

Date and time that this record was created.

Buttons

This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Script Details that let you perform various actions.

Save

Saves a new script record in the Controller database.

Save & New

Saves a new record in the Controller database and redisplays empty Details so that you can create another new record.

Save & View

Saves a new record in the Controller database and continues to display that record.

New

Displays empty (except for default values) Details for creating a new record.

Update

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IL:Update button
IL:Update button

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Upload Script
Upload Script
Upload Script

Allows you to upload a script from the local file system and place it in the Content field (see Uploading a Script, below).

Copy

Creates a copy of this script, which you are prompted to rename.

Delete

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IL:Delete button
IL:Delete button

Refresh

Refreshes any dynamic data displayed in the Details.

Close

For pop-up view only; closes the pop-up view of this task.

Tabs

This section identifies the tabs across the top of the Script Details that provide access to additional information about the script.

Tasks

Lists of all tasks using this script.

Notes

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IL:Notes tab
IL:Notes tab

Versions

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IL:Versions tab
IL:Versions tab

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Uploading a Script
Uploading a Script

Uploading a Script

To upload a script into the Content field in the Script Details:
 

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