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Execute Service Call#

Screenshot showing an API call in progress.

This task executes a MES service call. It enables the connect IoT module to interact with MES Services.

Screenshot showing a service call execution interface with "see vesage" and "grorearsevees —“adactecaget” labels.

Note

The image of the task is an example using the MES DeleteLicense service. If no service is selected the task will have no inputs or outputs, except for Activate, Success and Error.

Inputs#

Name Data Type Description
<custom list> <custom> Inputs for the service
Activate any Executes the configured MES service

Outputs#

Name Data Type Description
<custom list> <custom> Outputs of the service
Success Boolean If there was no problem emits a true
Error Error Error that occurred during the processing of this task

Settings#

On the General Tab, you have the usual settings.

On the Service Tab, you have a listing of all the available MES services.

Screenshot showing settings for executing a service call.

On the Inputs Tab, you have the inputs referring to the selected service (automatically loaded):

Name Data Type Default Description
Name String <Filled by the Service> Name of MES service input.
Friendly Name String <Filled by the Service> Name to be displayed.
Type Long
Decimal
DateTime
Boolean
String
Integer		 <Filled by the Service> Type of the MES service input.
Collection Type None
Array
Map		 <Filled by the Service>
Default <custom type> Default Value for the MES service input

On the Outputs Tab, you have the outputs referring to the selected service:

Name Data Type Default Description
Name String <Filled by the Service> Name of MES service output.
Friendly Name ``String <Filled by the Service> Name to be displayed.
Type Long
Decimal
DateTime
Boolean
String
Integer		 <Filled by the Service> The type of the output
Collection Type None
Array
Map		 <Filled by the Service>

Behavior#

The task executes a MES service given a set of input values. It instantiates a MES input object, calls the service, and transforms the MES output objects into individual output variables.

Remarks#

Make sure the MES objects linked with the inputs are fully loaded, otherwise, the Service call may fail. If the objects are not loaded and to avoid making multiple calls to MES to get the objects fully loaded, you can add Pre actions to the service and load them inside MES system and therefor, make the calls much more efficient.