The Enterprise Command Line and autocal_asc

[Corrie Kantowski]

 I would like to set multiple calendar dates using the Enterprise Command Line tab and a text file. Using this command, autocal_asc < /home/cakantow/Test.txt, the output I get is as follows:

AutoSys Calendar Utility

Please select from the following options:
[1] Administer Standard Calendar.
[2] Administer Extended Calendar.
[3] Administer Cycle.
[4] List all Calendars.
[5] List all Cycles.
[0] Exit AutoSys Calendar Utility.
>  Invalid response, please try again.

Please select from the following options:
[1] Administer Standard Calendar.
[2] Administer Extended Calendar.
[3] Administer Cycle.
[4] List all Calendars.
[5] List all Cycles.
[0] Exit AutoSys Calendar Utility.
>  Invalid response, please try again.

Please select from the following options:
[1] Administer Standard Calendar.
[2] Administer Extended Calendar.
[3] Administer Cycle.
[4] List all Calendars.
[5] List all Cycles.
[0] Exit AutoSys Calendar Utility.
>  Invalid response, please try again.

Please select from the following options:
[1] Administer Standard Calendar.
[2] Administer Extended Calendar.
[3] Administer Cycle.
[4] List all Calendars.
[5] List all Cycles.
[0] Exit AutoSys Calendar Utility.
>  

The contents of Test.txt are:

test_run_calendar_corrie
A
03/10/2025

Is there anyway to go about this without AutoSys requiring keyboard input? OR is there anyway to provide the additional input requested by the output? I do not have access to the server's command prompt.

Thank you!

[Venkateshwar Goud Badrigari]

Hi Corrie,

This should work, what version of AutoSys are you using, did you open
ticket on this?

Regards,
*Venkat*

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[Corrie Kantowski]

We are using version 12.0.01. I have not open a ticket yet.

[Corrie Kantowski]

I opened a ticket with Broadcom, and the response was "there does not appear to be a way to go about this without keyboard input".

[Shannon Hebert]

Hi Corrie, 

Please share the case number so I can follow up on this for you. I appreciate @Pothen Verghese's response.

Thank you,

-Shannon

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Shannon Hebert
Head of AOD Automation Support
Broadcom Software | Agile Operations Division
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[Scott Fenton]

I'm doing something similar with an expect script.  There is no command-line option to regenerate dates for extended calendars (r11.3.6 SP8) so I'm using expect to provide stdin when text in stdout matches provided string.  You can potentially do something similar.

#!/usr/bin/expect -f

## -- Load list of calendars --
set fildes [open "/path/cals.list" r]

## -- Spawn/Setup --
set timeout -1
spawn autocal_asc
expect ">"
send -- "2\n"

# -- Loop over calendar names --
while {[gets $fildes cal] != -1} {
  expect ">"
  send -- "6\n"
  expect "Enter Calendar Name:"
  send -- "${cal}\n"
}

# -- Close --
expect ">"
send -- "0\n"

close $fildes

Best of luck!

Scott

[Pothen Verghese]

Hi,

The command option to import calendar defin is

autocal_asc -I <cal_defn_file>

To modify an existing calendar object use -F as below:

autocal_asc -F -I <cal_defn_file> 

Alternatively to import calendars definitions using ECLI, you may use the import option under Export/Import section. Just fetch the file with your calendar definitions first and then use the import option to import the new calendar. To update existing objects check the overwrite checkbox while importing.

Regards

Pothen

[Corrie Kantowski]

Thank you - this information was very helpful!