Populate Application JavaScript Variable from Text File at Runtime

[Scott Felch]

Good morning Broadcom community,

I'm working on an ESP dSeries 12.4 application and am looking for recommendations on the best way to populate an application JavaScript variable from a text file at runtime.

Currently, I have an application-level JavaScript variable: APPL.EmailTo

which is hard-coded with a semicolon-delimited list of email recipients. A downstream Linux job references this variable when sending email notifications with attachments.

My goal is to allow end users to maintain the recipient list without requiring a dSeries application update. I'd like to:

1. Store the recipient list in a text file on a Windows server.
2. Have one email address per line, for example:
   
   [e-mail]
   [e-mail]
   [e-mail]
3. During application execution, read the file and convert it to: "[e-mail];[e-mail];[e-mail]"
4. Store the result in: APPL.EmailTo
   for use by downstream jobs.
   
   

Has anyone implemented something similar in dSeries?

Specifically, I'm interested in:

• Reading file contents into a JavaScript variable at runtime
• Passing file contents from a Windows job into an application-level variable
• Using global variables, job output variables, or another dSeries-native approach

Any examples or recommended patterns would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott

[Ravi Kiran Kunduri]

Hi,

Yes , dSeries has in-built file operation javascript functions that you can refer and there is a function file_readLines - https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/intelligent-automation/ca-workload-automation-de/25-0/scheduling/using-javascript/built-in-functions/file-level-javascript-functions.html#concept.dita_1522a463a5b7b2485699f9ca54d618940d89511e_filereadLines

Please make sure the file is in the dSeries server machine.

Hope it helps!

Ravi Kiran

[Scott Felch]

Thank you Ravi, that looks like it will do what I am trying to accomplish. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.