a!sblInvoke() Function

Connector Functions

Function

a!sblInvoke( scsExternalSystemKey, usePerUserCredentials, hostname, port, enterpriseApp, appManager, language, businessService, method, parameters )

Invokes the method in Siebel, returning the result. This function is intended for reads only. To invoke a method that will result in a write to Siebel, use a!sblInvokeWriter.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
`scsExternalSystemKey`	Text	The key from the Third Party Credentials admin console page that corresponds to the set of credentials that should be used to authenticate.
`usePerUserCredentials`	Boolean	If `true` the credentials set in the Third-Party Credentials settings page by the current user running the expression will be used. If `false` the site-wide credential values will be used.
`hostname`	Text	The application server host of the SAP server (ASHOST). The value can be an IP address, a fully-qualified domain name, or SAP's router string format. For example, `"/H/sap_router/W/password/H/app_host/S/service_port"`.
`port`	Number (Integer)	The port the Siebel server is listening on. For example, `2321`.
`enterpriseApp`	Text	The enterprise application of the target system. For example, `"SBA_82"`.
`appManager`	Text	The active application manager of the target system. For example, `"SSEObjMgr_enu"`.
`language`	Text	The target system language. For example, `"enu"`.
`businessService`	Text	The name of the Siebel Business Service on which to invoke the method.
`method`	Text	The name of the method to invoke.
`parameters`	Any Type	The input parameters for the method, given as a dictionary where the parameter names are the dictionary field names and the parameter values are give as the dictionary field values.

Returns

The function returns the standard connector result dictionary described in the main Connectors page.

If successful, the result field contains a dictionary representation of the result of invoking the Siebel method.

Examples

Get number of accounts from Siebel

The main expression uses a supporting rule, so let's create that first.

parseSeibelInvokeResponse: Parses the data Siebel returns from the invoked method.

Create expression rule parseSeibelInvokeResponse with the following rule input:

response (Text)

Enter the following definition for the rule:

=a!localVariables(
  local!keys: {
    "success",
    "error",
    "result"
  },
  local!resultKeys: {
    "Value",
    "Type",
    "Count",
    "First RowId"
  },
  local!str: extract(ri!response,"[","]"),
  local!data: split(keyval(local!str,local!keys,":",","),","),
  local!results: split(keyval(local!data[3],local!resultKeys,{" ="},{"> "}),","),
  {
    success: local!data[1],
    error: local!data[2],
    result: {
      value: local!results[1],
      type: local!results[2],
      count: local!results[3],
      firstRowId: local!results[4]
    }
  }
)

Main expression:

=load(
  local!accountInfo: a!sblInvoke(
    scsExternalSystemKey: cons!SBL_SCS_KEY,
    usePerUserCredentials: true,
    hostname: cons!SBL_HOSTNAME,
    port: cons!SBL_PORT,
    enterpriseApp: cons!SBL_APP,
    appManager: cons!SBL_APP_MANAGER,
    language: cons!SBL_LANGUAGE,
    businessService: "CUT eSales Order Entry Toolkit Service",
    method: "GetBCCount",
    parameters: {
      'BC Name': "Account",
      'BusObj Name': "Account"
    }
  ), 
  local!parsedResult: rule!parseSiebelInvokeResponse(local!accountInfo),
  {
      a!textField(
        label: "Count",
        value: local!accountInfo.result.count,
        showWhen: toboolean(local!accountInfo.success)
      ),
      a!textField(
        label:"First Row Id",
        value: local!accountInfo.result.firstRowId,
        instructions: "businessService: CUT eSales Order Entry Toolkit Service, 
                      method: GetBCCount,
                      BC Name: Account, 
                      BusObj Name: Account",
        showWhen: toboolean(local!accountInfo.success)
      ),
      a!textField(
        label: "Error",
        value: local!accountInfo.error,
        showWhen: not(toboolean(local!accountInfo.success))
      )
  }
)

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Partially compatible	Can be used with Appian Portals if it is connected using an integration and web API.
Offline Mobile	Partially compatible	Can be used with offline mobile if it is loaded at the top of the form.
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible	Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions.
Process Reports	Incompatible	Cannot be used to configure a process report.
Process Events	Incompatible	Cannot be used to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event.

a!sblInvoke() Function