Verifying that the required Soft attributes (IBAs) have values set using API

[RajuPulavarthi]

All,

Does anyone have examples of enforcing the required attributes (IBAS)for
items (IBAHolders) through API?



Use case: Items are loaded through the OOTB Load utility where it many
not enforce the required soft type attribute constraint or legacy items
that do not have these values set.



Potential solution: Verify that the items have valid values for the
required attributes before Releasing them through the Change process.



Thanks,

Raju Pulavarthi

[Sudeep_Bhattara]

Hi Raju,

You don't have a way to enforce unless you create a listener or modify the
loader.

You can use free XSV to XML Converter (

Let me know if you have any questions on how to run it.

[ssenthil]

Hi Raju



One another approach for the legacy data managed in PDMLink(even though it
is not advisable for updating the value from the DB level)

If you have a default value, you can set the default value by updating the
DB table by executing a SQL script.

In some cases, we added a check for the validity of the data entered(for an
example, the date attribute should be a future date) and use to throw an
exception from the complete or one of the routing transitions of the
workflow assigned activity. R9 onwardsm the thrown exception is rendered in
a neater way. FYI.



Thank you and have a great time.

Best Regards

Swamy Senthil

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