The `com_ibm_bpm_global` object

The com_ibm_bpm_global object provides access to functions that are globally available.

Properties

Through the com_ibm_bpm_global object, you can access its properties.

Property	Description
`com_ibm_bpm_global.topLevelCoachViews` `(Object)`	Lists the top-level Coach View instances in the current window object. Top-level Coach Views contain a hierarchy of other Coach Views. The list does not contain the children of these top-level Coach Views.

Through the com_ibm_bpm_global object, you can access its functions.

Function Description

com_ibm_bpm_global.coachView.byControlId(controlIds)

Returns the identified Coach View instance or null.

controlIds (Array). Lists the control or view IDs of the Coach Views in the path from the top-level Coach View to the specified child Coach View.

For example, ViewA is the top-level Coach View and it contains two other Coach Views in the following hierarchy:

ViewA  //Control ID is id_ViewA
	ViewB  //(list) Control ID is id_ViewB
		ContentBox
			ViewC  //Control ID is id_ViewC)

The following table lists examples of what this API returns for a particular value of controlIds:

Value of controlIds	Return	Comment
`["id_ViewA"]`	Instance of `ViewA`
`["id_ViewA", "id_ViewB"]`	Instance of `ViewB`
`["id_ViewA", "id_ViewB", "id_ViewC"]`	First instance of `ViewC` or null if the list bound to `ViewB` is empty
`["id_ViewB"]`	Null	The input parameter does not start with the ID of the top-level Coach View (`id_ViewA`)
`["id_ViewA", "id_ViewC"]`	Null	The input parameter does not contain the ID of `ViewB`, which is in the path to `ViewC`.

com_ibm_bpm_global.coachView.byDomId(domId)

Returns the identified Coach View instance or null.

com_ibm_bpm_global.getHSFrame() Returns the window object in which the human service runs, or null if the human service does not run in a frame.