Advance Service Designer - form inputs

[SatishPatil]

Hi All,

We have a workflow that requires few inputs(chassis, blade) manually entered by the user in a text field. We would like to minimize the data user has to enter in  textboxes. For example to add a host user has to enter converted infrastructure box( CA1 or CA2) then chassis(Chassis 1-8) and then host. This can be represented by a tree input field. All the above information( CA, Chassis, blade) can be retrieved from either a database call or an api call. How to achieve this. Any help appreciated.

Thanks

[cdecanini_]

You can achieve this by creating vCO actions that for a given set of inputs (chassis ...) return an array of strings.

You can use either the REST / SOAP plug-ins to create the scripting that can run a request. As part of your action input parameter you should have a RESt host created with the "Add a REST HOST" workflow. For executing the request look at the scripting into "invoke a REST operation"

If you get JSON result you can do a var object = JSON.parse(result);

If the object contains an array of elements you can do something like :

var blades = new Array();

for each (var element in object) {

         blades.push(element.name);

}

return blades;

Once you have all your actions ready and tested (you can start these using a workflow) edit your master workflow to use predefined list of answers property for each input presentation (presentation tab).