Inputs and outputs for script types

Different script types have different inputs and outputs.

Following is a table of the inputs and outputs for the script types:

Table 1. Inputs and outputs for different script types
Object	Type	Inputs to script	Outputs expected
Attribute	Validation	attribute - Name of attribute being validated (String); newValue - Value entered by the user (String) offeringAttributes - All the attributes for this offering (PMSCCRSPEC) offering - The offering displaying the dialog (Offering) cart - The cart this offering is currently in (PMSCCR) scriptHome - A pointer to Maximo objects	True (1) - script returned successfully and data update False (0) followed by an error message or message group/message key - Script failed, and error message will be displayed No return code - if the script is being used for data update, do not return a return code
Offerings	Prepopulation	offeringAttributes - All the attributes for this offering (PMSCCRSPEC) offering - The offering displaying the dialog (Offering) cart - The cart this offering is currently in (PMSCCR) scriptHome - A pointer to Maximo objects	The prepopulation script does not process a return code
	Add to cart	offeringAttributes - All the attributes for this offering (PMSCCRSPEC) offering - The offering displaying the dialog (Offering) cart - The cart this offering is currently in (PMSCCR) scriptHome - A pointer to Maximo objects	True (1) - script returned successfully False (0) followed by an error message or message group/message key - Script failed, and error message will be displayed
	Submit cart	offeringAttributes - All the attributes for this offering (PMSCCRSPEC) offering - The offering displaying the dialog (Offering) cart - The cart this offering is currently in (PMSCCR) scriptHome - A pointer to Maximo objects	True (1) - script returned successfully False (0) followed by an error message or message group/message key - Script failed, and error message will be displayed
Cart	Submit cart	cart - The cart this offering is currently in (PMSCCR) itemsInCart - array of items in the cart (an array of SRs) itemAttributes - an array of attributes (an array of PMSCCRSPECs) scriptHome - A pointer to Maximo objects	True (1) - script returned successfully False (0) followed by an error message or message group/message key - Script failed, and error message will be displayed

Returning from the script

To return information from the script, use the Jython "print" function. For example, to return success from a script, you can end your script with:

print True (or print 1)

For a failing script, you always print a "False" or "0" first, followed by the error message. For example, your script can end with:

print False (or print 0) 
print 'This script failed' Error messages always start with a '0'.

The text can be returned directly by the script, or a msggroup-msgkey format can be used to pull a message from the MAXMESSAGES database table.

If the message comes back in the format MSGGROUP#MSGKEY[#parm1#parm2...] then the MAXMESSAGES db will be search for the message. Optionally, any parameters included in the return message are applied to the message from the database before it is displayed.