Setting the Orchestrator Runbook properties

Question

Hi Experts,

I have created a Runbook with below two activities.

1. Initialize Data
2. Run .Net Script

Please find attached the screenshots for the Runbook properties.

Based on the input values received in the Initialize Data activity, I wanted to do some action in the PowerShell script as follows.

$IC=get-scsmclass -name system.workitem.incident$  
$IO=get-scsmobject -class $IC -filter "Id -eq $IRId"  
  
if($Urgency -ne "NULL")  
{  
Set-SCSMObject -SMObject $IO -Property "Urgency" -value $Urgency  
}  

it is throwing an error as "cannot bind SMObject as it is null"

How to check the values of the input data received in "Initialize Data" activity.

I also tried by clicking the warning message and found the below information.

Any help is highly appreciated.

Regards,
Jansi

Answer 1

Hi @jansi rani krishnan ,

add all required variables of the PowerShell script to the Returned Data -> name of the PS variable without the $

Open the Properties of the Runbook and click Logging select marked options

After the Runbook finished click on the job in the Log History
Open the Initialize Data Activity and select the Published Data information you defined for Input

There you can see the value of the Input parameter

Same way you can see the Published Data of the Run .Net Script activity

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Hi @jansi rani krishnan ,

error message = $IO=get-scsmobject -class $IC -filter "Id -eq $IRId" -> no incident object found / $IO is empty
You should check the value of $IRid if it is an existing IR in SCSM

You should implement a small error handling in your PowerShell script. Just an idea:

 # .... not sure if there is more code before  
      
$IC = get-scsmclass -name system.workitem.incident$  
$IO = get-scsmobject -class $IC -filter "Id -eq $IRId"  
if ($Urgency -and $IO) { # Check if $Urgency and $IO has a value  
    $result = "Urgency and IO not empty"   
    Set-SCSMObject -SMObject $IO -Property "Urgency" -value $Urgency  
}  
else { $result = "Urgency or IO empty" }  

In the Run .Net Script activity at Published Data add three variables:
result
IRid
Urgency

This way you can see the values of all three variables after the Runbook finished.

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(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Regards
Andreas Baumgarten