[SysOperationFrameWork] Call MenuItem/Job by X++

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Good morning,

i developed several jobs using the SysOperationFrameWork. This jobs can be started by simply clicking the menu item or by X++ during certain processes.

Now i wonder if i can use the "old" MenuFunction method to call this job by code because the calling procedure for SysOperation-jobs differs from RunBaseBatch. My job takes a WaveId as a parameter.

How would you call a SysOperation by X++?

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Nils

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Calling MenuFunction from code is exactly the same: create an instance (passing the name and type of the menu item) and call run() (passing Args). Args will be filled in in exactly the same way too; it doesn't matter if your class uses RunBase or SysOperation framework.

Maybe your question isn't about menu item and MenuFunction and you simply don't know how to pass parameters from Args to your data contract. One possible approach is passing Args (in main()) to you controller through parmArgs() and then using it in initializeParameters(). Find your contract and set values from Args as needed.

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Hi Martin,

thanks for reply. Yes i'm not sure how to pass attributes from Args to the DataContract. I will try your approach and let you know if it works.

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Nils

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The MenuFunction/Args-variant didn't work for me. I got an error in the controller class because it had no DataContract and i didn't find a way to pass a contract to a controller. Maybe i missed something?

This code worked out finally. This way i bypass the menu item, dialog etc.

KVCleanupSorterService service = new KVCleanupSorterService(); KVCleanupSorterServiceDataContract contract = new KVCleanupSorterServiceDataContract(); contract.parmWaveId(waveId); service.cleanUpSorter(contract);

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Your code works, but it doesn't use SysOperation framework at all. It's a mere method call. It doesn't move execution to server tier, it doesn't run in CIL, it doesn't validate the contract, it doesn't support asynchronous and batch execution and so on. Simply put, all the reasons why we use SysOperation framework are missed by your implementation.

I can't comment on your problem with the controller, because I have no idea what you implemented.

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I implemented a controller, data contract, service and a menuitem. Normally the job is run manually. Now i need the same functionality in another process and i was looking for is a way to reuse the funtionality already implemented in the service class.

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That doesn't really explain your code that caused "an error in the controller class because it had no DataContract".

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Edit:

In my case i just needed the funtionality of a method, not the other things provided by the SysOperationFramework. I wasn't clear about this.

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Here is an example of what happens if i try to run the job via MenuFunction. I think i have to pass a DataContract somehow but don't know where.

static void Job26(Args _args) { Args args = new args(); args.record(WHSWaveTable::find("CHWAWV0000000093")); new MenuFunction(menuitemActionStr(KVCleanupSorterService), MenuItemType::Action).run(args); }

Error:

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Try this

SalesTable salesTable= SalesTable::find('QFCA-000002');

Args args = new Args();



args.record(salesTable);

args.caller();

new MenuFunction(menuitemDisplayStr('SalesLine'), MenuItemType::Display).run(args);

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"No metadata class defined for data contract object" means that your data contract is invalid. The most common reason is forgetting to decorate the contract class with the DataContractAttribute.

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