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When updateTool is invoked, it will complete a number of tasks.

These tasks are:

  • Perform validation on the .xml and properties file specified on the command line
  • Process the list of offerings specified in the properties file
  • Process the list of classifications specified in the properties file
  • Process the list of job plans specified in the properties file
  • Process the list of ticket templates specified in the properties file
  • Process the list of userids specified in the properties file, setting the default insert site to the value specified for siteid
  • Process the list of wpeditstatus values, adding them to the wpeditsettings table if they do not exist
  • Insert any required autokey and maxvar entries that are missing

Detailed descriptions of each of these tasks are provided in the following sections of this topic.

Validation

The tool reads the values from the properties file specified by the input parameter and completes the following validations:
  • Check for ORGID value
  • Check for SITEID value
  • Check for SETID value
  • Check for VENDORID value
    Note: The preceding values must be related among them.
  • Check to see if there is a value specified for one of the following properties:
    • SERVICES
    • CLASSIFICATION
    • JOBPLAN
  • Check the Maximo database to ensure that the organization, site, set, and vendor specified are valid objects

The tool also parses the .XML file specified by the objectStructure parameter to ensure that it is well-formed.

Services

When one or more services are specified in the properties file, the tool performs the following actions:
  • Update service offering tables
  • Update catalogs that include this offering

Classifications

When one or more classifications are specified in the properties file, the tool performs the following actions:
  • Update the classifications and classstructure objects

Job plans

When one or more Job Plans are specified in the properties file, the tool performs the following actions:
  • Update the job plans
  • Update the job tasks associated with the job plans

Autokey/Maxvars

Based on default objects loading during updatedb, the tool automatically searches for the required autokey and maxvar values and inserts them for the new organization and site that are specified .

Limit groups

When one or more limit groups are specified in the properties file, the tool performs the following actions:
  • Update the LimitTolerance object

User IDs

When one or more user IDs are specified in the properties file, the tool performs the following actions:
  • Update the MaxUser object

Work type

When one or more work types are specified in the properties file, the tool performs the following actions:
  • Update the WorkType object

Ticket templates

When one or more ticket templates are specified in the properties file, the tool performs the following actions:
  • Update the TKTemplate object

WP edit status

When one or more WP edit statuses are specified in the properties file, the tool performs the following actions:
  • Update the WPEditSetting object