Using service dialog element value in an Assertion in the Approval Statemachine?

dan · December 21, 2017, 2:32am

Hey Everyone,

We extended our approval statemachine with a few states (AD checks, external change control, etc). We now have a “sandbox” use case, if the requester selects it, then the approval statemachine should be be skipped. Assertion is the way to go (I would say?).

‘${/#evm.root[‘miq_request’].options[:dialog][‘dialog_sandbox’]}’ == ‘Yes’

Statemachine:
/ Service / Provisioning / StateMachines / ServiceProvisionRequestApproval

Seems like dialog/element based (or nested) values dont work (blank) in this statemachine? For example ‘${/#evm.root[‘miq_request’].options[:cart_state]}’ returns the value…

Thanks

pemcg · January 3, 2018, 7:52am

The leading ‘/’ in the assertion implies $evm.root, so try something like:

"${/#miq_request.options[:dialog]['dialog_sandbox']}" == "Yes"

Although if your dialog was a check box this returns ‘t’ or ‘f’ as values rather than “Yes” or “No”

pemcg

dan · January 22, 2018, 3:45am

Hey Pete @pemcg,

No joy…

 --- $evm.current_* details ---
 $evm.current_namespace = CPA/ObjectWalker   (type: String)
 $evm.current_class = ObjectWalker   (type: String)
 $evm.current_instance = objectwalker   (type: String)
 $evm.current_method = object_walker   (type: String)
 $evm.current_message = create   (type: String)
 $evm.current_object = /CPA/ObjectWalker/ObjectWalker/objectwalker   (type: DRb::DRbObject, URI: druby://127.0.0.1:45769)
 $evm.current_object.current_field_name = execute   (type: String)
 $evm.current_object.current_field_type = method   (type: String)
 --- automation instance hierarchy ---
 /ManageIQ/System/Process/Event  ($evm.root)
 |    /ManageIQ/System/Event/RequestEvent/Request/request_created
 |    |    /ManageIQ/System/Policy/request_created
 |    |    |    /ManageIQ/System/Process/parse_provider_category
 |    |    |    /ManageIQ/System/Policy/ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest_created
 |    |    |    |    /ManageIQ/service/Provisioning/Profile/EvmGroup-super_administrator
 |    |    |    |    /CPA/service/Provisioning/StateMachines/ServiceProvisionRequestApproval/Default  ($evm.parent)
 |    |    |    |    |    /CPA/ObjectWalker/ObjectWalker/objectwalker  ($evm.object)
 |    $evm.root['miq_request'] => #<MiqAeMethodService::MiqAeServiceServiceTemplateProvisionRequest:0x00561295122d68>   (type: DRb::DRbObject, URI: druby://127.0.0.1:45769)
 |    |    --- attributes follow ---
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].approval_state = pending_approval   (type: String)
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].created_on = 2018-01-22 03:12:29 UTC   (type: ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone)
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].destination_id = nil
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].destination_type = nil
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].fulfilled_on = nil
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].id = 123   (type: Fixnum)
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].message = Service_Template_Provisioning - Request Created   (type: String)
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].options[:cart_state] = ordered   (type: String)
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].options[:dialog] = {"dialog_job_template_name"=>"Linux_Base.App.AP", "dialog_zone"=>"Green"}   (type: Hash)
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].options[:requester_group] = EvmGroup-super_administrator   (type: String)
 |    |    $evm.root['miq_request'].options[:src_id] = 1   (type: Fixnum)

Error in evm.log:
[----] E, [2018-01-22T03:42:10.960316 #386:2b0945d7f130] ERROR – : MIQ(MiqAeEngine.deliver) Error delivering {:event_type=>“request_created”, “EventStream::event_stream”=>7176, :event_stream_id=>7176, “ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest::service_template_provision_request”=>124, “User::user”=>1} for object [ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest.124] with state to Automate: bad URI(is not URI?): /#miq_request.options[:dialog][‘dialog_zone’]

Have also tried:
“${/#service_template_provision_request.options[:dialog][‘dialog_zone’]” == “Green”
gives same error…

xian · January 22, 2018, 12:22pm

Have you tried get_option ? See mkanoor’s examples in Assertions in Automate Models

dan · January 22, 2018, 10:18pm

Hey @xian, yes have tried that same error message…

pemcg · January 24, 2018, 8:19am

Hmm, well assertions are always processed first, so if you’re getting that objectwalker dump then it suggests that the assertion has evaluated to ‘true’. Are you sure the error isn’t coming from somewhere else? The ‘bad URI(is not URI?)’ error suggests that you’re using the assertion string in a relationship field somewhere.

pemcg

dan · January 25, 2018, 5:12am

Hey Pete, I do have to set the assertion to skip for the objectwalker to run. Not sure about the error and relationship comment…

Automate log:
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:03.000287 #31259:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : MiqAeEvent.build_evm_event >> event=<“request_created”> inputs=<{“EventStream::event_stream”=>7653, :event_stream_id=>7653}>
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:07.853937 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Instantiating [/System/Process/Event?EventStream%3A%3Aevent_stream=7653&MiqRequest%3A%3Amiq_request=125&MiqServer%3A%3Amiq_server=1&ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest%3A%3Aservice_template_provision_request=125&User%3A%3Auser=1&event_stream_id=7653&event_type=request_created&object_name=Event&vmdb_object_type=service_template_provision_request]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:07.876180 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [/System/Process/Event?EventStream%3A%3Aevent_stream=7653&MiqRequest%3A%3Amiq_request=125&MiqServer%3A%3Amiq_server=1&ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest%3A%3Aservice_template_provision_request=125&User%3A%3Auser=1&event_stream_id=7653&event_type=request_created&object_name=Event&vmdb_object_type=service_template_provision_request ManageIQ/System]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:08.010791 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Following Relationship [miqaedb:/System/Event/RequestEvent/Request/request_created#create]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:08.026315 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [miqaedb:/System/Event/RequestEvent/Request/request_created#create ManageIQ/System/Event/RequestEvent]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:08.049095 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Following Relationship [miqaedb:/System/Policy/request_created#create]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:08.055443 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [miqaedb:/System/Policy/request_created#create ManageIQ/System]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:08.074412 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [System/Policy/get_request_type ManageIQ/System]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:08.079810 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Invoking [inline] method [/ManageIQ/System/Policy/get_request_type] with inputs [{}]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:08.089915 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : <AEMethod [/ManageIQ/System/Policy/get_request_type]> Starting
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.818014 #31277:2b0945d70630] INFO – : Request Type:
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.845704 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : <AEMethod [/ManageIQ/System/Policy/get_request_type]> Ending
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.845794 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Method exited with rc=MIQ_OK
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.846875 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Following Relationship [miqaedb:/System/Process/parse_provider_category#create]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.883975 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [miqaedb:/System/Process/parse_provider_category#create ManageIQ/System]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.896357 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [System/Process/parse_provider_category ManageIQ/System]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.902200 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Invoking [builtin] method [/ManageIQ/System/Process/parse_provider_category] with inputs [{}]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.956608 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Setting provider_category to:
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.957720 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Followed Relationship [miqaedb:/System/Process/parse_provider_category#create]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.958062 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Following Relationship [miqaedb:/System/Policy/ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest_created#create]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.962418 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [miqaedb:/System/Policy/ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest_created#create ManageIQ/System]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.970307 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Evaluating substituted assertion [true]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.973301 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Following Relationship [miqaedb:/service/Provisioning/Profile/EvmGroup-super_administrator#get_auto_approval_state_machine]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.067730 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [miqaedb:/service/Provisioning/Profile/EvmGroup-super_administrator#get_auto_approval_state_machine ManageIQ/service/Provisioning]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.123149 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Instance [/ManageIQ/service/Provisioning/Profile/EvmGroup-super_administrator] not found in MiqAeDatastore - trying [.missing]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.136363 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Followed Relationship [miqaedb:/service/Provisioning/Profile/EvmGroup-super_administrator#get_auto_approval_state_machine]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.137664 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Following Relationship [miqaedb:/service/Provisioning/StateMachines/ServiceProvisionRequestApproval/Default#create]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.327075 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [miqaedb:/service/Provisioning/StateMachines/ServiceProvisionRequestApproval/Default#create CPA/service/Provisioning/StateMachines]

EVM log:
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:08.079714 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Invoking [inline] method [/ManageIQ/System/Policy/get_request_type] with inputs [{}]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:08.089801 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : <AEMethod [/ManageIQ/System/Policy/get_request_type]> Starting
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.817826 #31277:2b0945d70630] INFO – : Request Type:
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.845614 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : <AEMethod [/ManageIQ/System/Policy/get_request_type]> Ending
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.845764 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Method exited with rc=MIQ_OK
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.846795 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Following Relationship [miqaedb:/System/Process/parse_provider_category#create]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.883812 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [miqaedb:/System/Process/parse_provider_category#create ManageIQ/System]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.896270 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [System/Process/parse_provider_category ManageIQ/System]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.902110 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Invoking [builtin] method [/ManageIQ/System/Process/parse_provider_category] with inputs [{}]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.956516 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Setting provider_category to:
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.957658 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Followed Relationship [miqaedb:/System/Process/parse_provider_category#create]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.957984 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Following Relationship [miqaedb:/System/Policy/ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest_created#create]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.962302 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [miqaedb:/System/Policy/ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest_created#create ManageIQ/System]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.970221 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Evaluating substituted assertion [true]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:09.973215 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Following Relationship [miqaedb:/service/Provisioning/Profile/EvmGroup-super_administrator#get_auto_approval_state_machine]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.067614 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [miqaedb:/service/Provisioning/Profile/EvmGroup-super_administrator#get_auto_approval_state_machine ManageIQ/service/Provisioning]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.123037 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Instance [/ManageIQ/service/Provisioning/Profile/EvmGroup-super_administrator] not found in MiqAeDatastore - trying [.missing]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.136266 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Followed Relationship [miqaedb:/service/Provisioning/Profile/EvmGroup-super_administrator#get_auto_approval_state_machine]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.137583 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Following Relationship [miqaedb:/service/Provisioning/StateMachines/ServiceProvisionRequestApproval/Default#create]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.326979 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : Updated namespace [miqaedb:/service/Provisioning/StateMachines/ServiceProvisionRequestApproval/Default#create CPA/service/Provisioning/StateMachines]
[----] E, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.451999 #31277:2b0945d7f130] ERROR – : MIQ(MiqAeEngine.deliver) Error delivering {:event_type=>“request_created”, “EventStream::event_stream”=>7653, :event_stream_id=>7653, “ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest::service_templ
ate_provision_request”=>125, “User::user”=>1} for object [ServiceTemplateProvisionRequest.125] with state to Automate: bad URI(is not URI?): /#miq_request.options[:dialog][‘dialog_zone’]
[----] I, [2018-01-25T05:10:10.452630 #31277:2b0945d7f130] INFO – : MIQ(MiqQueue#delivered) Message id: [232538], State: [ok], Delivered in [2.67747021] seconds

xian · March 5, 2018, 10:11pm

Try this (pretty ugly but worked for me in a service reconfiguration assertion):

"${/#miq_request.options.fetch(:dialog).with_indifferent_access.fetch(:dialog_zone)}" == "Green"

The trick seems to be eliminate all []' from the urI.

dan · March 6, 2018, 3:41am

That works like a charm! Thanks man

xian