J2EE Agent seems to ignore scenario parameters

Question

Hi all,
I'd appreciate if anybody can give me some hints on how to diagnose/solve this problem. I am running a scenario for a package with interfaces, procedures, etc.
When the scenario is run from the Linux command line, it works ok. If the same scenario is called via the OdiInvoke web service, it seems to be ignoring the parameters passed in the call. For example, when called like this:
/oracle/app/product/midtier/OraODI/oracledi/agent/bin/startscen.sh "SENDDATATOTARGET" 006 TESTING 5 \
-NAME="OracleDIAgent" \
-SESSION_NAME="Inbound" \
"AMRINBOUND1.TransferNoReads=F"
... it works correctly (The AMRINBOUND1.TransferNoReads=F parameter is interpreted correctly). But if the same scenario is called via a service call like:
<InvokeODIScenario_invokeStartScen_InputVariable>
<part name="part1">
<ns0:OdiStartScenRequest>
<Credentials>
<OdiUser>supervisorusername</OdiUser>
<OdiPassword>supervisorpwd</OdiPassword>
<WorkRepository>WL_WORKREP1</WorkRepository>
</Credentials>
<Request>
<ScenarioName>SENDDATATOTARGET</ScenarioName>
<ScenarioVersion>006</ScenarioVersion>
<Context>TESTING</Context>
<Synchronous>true()</Synchronous>
<SessionName>Inbound</SessionName>
<Variables>
<Name>AMRINBOUND1.TransferNoReads</Name>
<Value>F</Value>
</Variables>
<LogLevel>5</LogLevel>
</Request>
</ns0:OdiStartScenRequest>
</part>
</InvokeODIScenario_invokeStartScen_InputVariable>
...the parameter AMRINBOUND1.TransferNoReads is ignored and its default value is used. Please note that it's the same scenario being executed by the same agent, the only change is in the way the scenario is started (command line vs. web service call); so the problem must be in the web service call.
This is running on ODI 11.1.1.5.1 and Oracle Weblogic 11.1.1.5.0 for Linux x64.
Thanks for your replies!
Jose
Edited by: JR on Jan 10, 2012 6:01 PM
Edited by: JR on Jan 10, 2012 6:04 PM

Answer 1

Here's a solution:
Instead of assigning the ODI parameters individually through BPEL assign operations, put the whole input to the startSCenRequest service call in an XML fragment. Different values for the ODI input parameters would require different XML fragments. Assigning the <Variables><Name></Name><Value></Value></Variables> elements through assign operations does not work.
for example:
<switch name="Switch1">
<case condition="bpws:getVariableData('inputVariable','payload','/client:process/client:input') = *'F'* ">
<assign name="prepareInputParams">
<copy>
<from><ns0:OdiStartScenRequest xmlns:ns0="xmlns.oracle.com/odi/OdiInvoke/">
<Credentials xmlns="">
<OdiUser>SUPERVISOR</OdiUser>
<OdiPassword>#####</OdiPassword>
<WorkRepository>WL_WORKREP1</WorkRepository>
</Credentials>
<Request xmlns="">
<ScenarioName>PARAMETERTEST</ScenarioName>
<ScenarioVersion>001</ScenarioVersion>
<Context>DEVELOPMENT</Context>
<Synchronous>true</Synchronous>
<SessionName>Parameter Test</SessionName>
<Keywords>WebService</Keywords>
<Variables>
<Name>AMRINBOUND1.RunStatus</Name>
<Value>0</Value>
</Variables>
<Variables>
<Name>AMRINBOUND1.AMRInbound2TransferNoReads</Name>
*<Value>F</Value>*
</Variables>
<LogLevel>5</LogLevel>
</Request>
</ns0:OdiStartScenRequest></from>
<to variable="InvokeODIScenario_invokeStartScen_InputVariable"
part="part1"/>
</copy>
</assign>
</case>
<otherwise>
<assign name="prepareInput2">
<copy>
<from><ns0:OdiStartScenRequest xmlns:ns0="xmlns.oracle.com/odi/OdiInvoke/">
<Credentials xmlns="">
<OdiUser>SUPERVISOR</OdiUser>
<OdiPassword>#####</OdiPassword>
<WorkRepository>WL_WORKREP1</WorkRepository>
</Credentials>
<Request xmlns="">
<ScenarioName>PARAMETERTEST</ScenarioName>
<ScenarioVersion>001</ScenarioVersion>
<Context>DEVELOPMENT</Context>
<Synchronous>true</Synchronous>
<SessionName>Parameter Test</SessionName>
<Keywords>WebService</Keywords>
<Variables>
<Name>AMRINBOUND1.RunStatus</Name>
<Value>0</Value>
</Variables>
<Variables>
<Name>AMRINBOUND1.AMRInbound2TransferNoReads</Name>
*<Value>T</Value>*
</Variables>
<LogLevel>5</LogLevel>
</Request>
</ns0:OdiStartScenRequest></from>
<to variable="InvokeODIScenario_invokeStartScen_InputVariable"
part="part1"/>
</copy>
</assign>
</otherwise>
</switch>