Run a flow in a loop

[Ravish Kumar]

Hi,

 

I have a requirement where I have to do pagination to call an API.

I am calculating the number of times I have to call an API and saving this in a context variable called "count".

I want to run through each loop where my flow should run for "count" number of times.

I tried with run assertions for each loop and trying to set count in maximum exceeded limit, but it is not working.

Even I didn't find any assertions which can help in running through loop which accepts Integer.

Please help me with some idea.

 

Gateway Version: 9.0.0

 

Regards,

Ravish

[Dinesh Kumar]

Hi,

 

Create a LISAProperty (say "count") at very first step of the flow, this step has to execute only once during execution.

textExec.setStateValue("count",20)

 

Now decrement the count by 1 , on completion of each loop as a last step , use scripted assertion to decrement the value.

Also do check the value before updating the count and exit if it has reached to "0".

 

 

Thanks,

Dinesh Kumar

 

[Ravish Kumar]

Hi Dinesh,

Can you please elaborate which assertion to use exactly and how can I use number in loop.

 

Thanks,

Ravish

[Dinesh Kumar]

Hi Ravish,

 

Please read below for scripted assertion:

Scripted Assertion - DevTest Solutions - 9.0 - CA Technologies Documentation 

 

You can write Java code(other options also available) ,something as below:

Step-1: Read the value of LISAProperty 'count' into a Integer variable(requires conversion from String type to int)

Step-2: Check 'count'

               If it is equal to '0' , then end the loop

               If count not equal to '0', then 

                     decriment the value by 1 and continue in loop.

 

 

Hope it helps.

 

Thanks,

Dinesh Kumar

[Rick.Brown]

Is this in relation to DevTest? If so, there's an easier way - implement a numeric counting dataset.