fwk.executeScript

This action executes another script inside the current script’s execution. It allows to reuse other scripts to create a modular, scalable and maintainable automation design.

• Common actions can be designed once and reused many times. When an update is needed, this is only required once.
• Actions that are sensitive for updates can be versioned separately from the main script
• New automation designs can be added in steps

Use cases

• Create reusable scripts containing common actions; for instance:
  • Setting the runtime environment
  • Executing a processing flow
  • Preparing an environment for testing (cleaning, provisioning, etc.)
  • Etc.
• Separate actions that are sensitive for updates and create separate versions

Parameters

1: script

script: "script name"

• The script name for which needs to be executed

2: version

version: "1"

• The version for the script that needs to be selected
• if no value is provided, the latest version will be selected

3: paramlist

paramlist: "parameter list"

• Define the list of parameters to use: -paramlist key=value
• Multiple values are allowed separated by commas: -paramlist key1=value1,key2=value2
• an option for a single parameter does not exist, it is considered as one item in this paramlist

4: paramfile

paramfile: "parameter file path"

• Define a parameter file to use: -paramfile /path/file.ext
• Multiple values are allowed separated by commas: -paramfile /path/file1.ext,/path/file2.ext

Examples

  - number: 1
    type: "fwk.executeScript"
    name: "example1"
    description: "Exectue version 1 of script"
    component: ""
    condition: ""
    iteration: ""
    errorExpected: "N"
    errorStop: "N"
    parameters:
    - name: "script"
      value : "helloworldversion"
    - name: "version"
      value : "1"

  - number: 2
    type: "fwk.executeScript"
    name: "example1"
    description: "Execute latest version of script"
    component: ""
    condition: ""
    iteration: ""
    errorExpected: "N"
    errorStop: "N"
    parameters:
    - name: "script"
      value : "helloworldversion"
    - name: "version"
      value : ""

Note: the parameter version can also been removed from the yaml definition since it is empty.