Passing paramater from process flow to unix script in owb

Hi,
I need help in calling a function the return value must be passed as a paramater to user defined activity operator in owb which would in turn run a unix script on the server which would use the paramater passed.
Thanks,
Ashvin.

hi let me give you some more infor about my proble.
i have a unix script named caproc. The script would be passed a paramater. the script would be called from simple owb process flow and i need to pass the paramater to it.
i have tested running other unix scripts and the are running fine.
as you said to create a variable 'x' i did that and under paramater_list of the user activity operator under binding i selected the variable 'X'
the process flow was valiadated fine and deployed but when i run it it gives me this error.
COPY_OF_UX_SCP_CALL
Error
RPE-01003: An infrastructure condition prevented the request from completing.
COPY_OF_UX_SCP_CALL
Error
RPE-01038: Failed to evaluate expression declare "$LOOP_DETECT$" NUMBER := 0;function "COPY_OF_UX_SCP_CALL" return VARCHAR2 is "WARNING" NUMBER := 2;"RETURN_RESULT_NUMBER" NUMBER := NULL;"NUMBER_OF_ERRORS" NUMBER := 0;"SUCCESS" NUMBER := 1;"ITEM_TYPE" VARCHAR2(4000) := (owbsys.wb_rt_task_variable.get_value(305587));"ERROR" NUMBER := 3;"EVAL_LOCATION" VARCHAR2(4000) := (owbsys.wb_rt_task_variable.get_value(305590));"OK" NUMBER := 1;"FAILURE" NUMBER := 3;"AUDIT_ID" NUMBER := 305586;"RETURN_CODE" NUMBER := NULL;"NUMBER_OF_WARNINGS" NUMBER := 0;"ITEM_KEY" VARCHAR2(4000) := (owbsys.wb_rt_task_variable.get_value(305589));"RETURN_RESULT" VARCHAR(64) := NULL;"PARENT_AUDIT_ID" NUMBER := NULL;"OK_WITH_WARNINGS" NUMBER := 2;begin "$LOOP_DETECT$" := "$LOOP_DETECT$" + 1;if "$LOOP_DETECT$" > 2 then raise_application_error(-20001, 'Loop detected calling "COPY_OF_UX_SCP_CALL"');end if;return to_char(?'acac');end;begin :result := "COPY_OF_UX_SCP_CALL";end;. Please modify the expression, redeploy and retry again.
COPY_OF_UX_SCP_CALL
Error
Missing IN or OUT parameter at index:: 2
i am pasting the xml script owb generates which might help someone to point me the problem
<?xml version = '1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE Package SYSTEM "jar:file:/C:/product/11.1.0/db_1/owb/lib/int/rtpcommon.jar!/Package_dtd.txt">
<Package Id="SPT_TRY" Name="SPT_TRY">
<PackageHeader>
<XPDLVersion/>
<Vendor/>
<Created/>
<Description></Description>
</PackageHeader>
<TypeDeclarations/>
<Applications>
<Application Id="A805FAF687910739AE04011AC69063028" Name="UX_SCRIPT">
<FormalParameters>
<FormalParameter Id="EXIT_CODE" Mode="OUT">
<DataType>
<DeclaredType Id="EXIT_STATUS"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
<FormalParameter Id="CFG:COMMAND">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="STRING"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
<FormalParameter Id="CFG:PARAMETER_LIST">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="STRING"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
<FormalParameter Id="CFG:SUCCESS_THRESHOLD">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="INTEGER"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
<FormalParameter Id="CFG:SCRIPT">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="STRING"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
<FormalParameter Id="CFG:RESULT_CODE" Mode="OUT">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="INTEGER"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
</FormalParameters>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:Function" Value="SHELL"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExtendedAttributes" Value="TASK_ID">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:TaskName"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExecStoreUOID"/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</Application>
<Application Id="A81117E4A8F6699DAE04011AC680650B6" Name="UX_SCRIPT">
<FormalParameters>
<FormalParameter Id="EXIT_CODE" Mode="OUT">
<DataType>
<DeclaredType Id="EXIT_STATUS"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
<FormalParameter Id="CFG:COMMAND">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="STRING"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
<FormalParameter Id="CFG:PARAMETER_LIST">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="STRING"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
<FormalParameter Id="CFG:SUCCESS_THRESHOLD">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="INTEGER"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
<FormalParameter Id="CFG:SCRIPT">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="STRING"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
<FormalParameter Id="CFG:RESULT_CODE" Mode="OUT">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="INTEGER"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
</FormalParameters>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:Function" Value="SHELL"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExtendedAttributes" Value="TASK_ID">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:TaskName"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExecStoreUOID"/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</Application>
</Applications>
<WorkflowProcesses>
<WorkflowProcess Id="UX_SCP_CALL" Name="UX_SCP_CALL">
<ProcessHeader>
<Description></Description>
</ProcessHeader>
<FormalParameters>
<FormalParameter Id="EXIT_CODE" Mode="OUT">
<DataType>
<DeclaredType Id="EXIT_STATUS"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
</FormalParameters>
<DataFields/>
<Activities>
<Activity Id="UX_SCRIPT" Name="UX_SCRIPT">
<Description></Description>
<Implementation>
<Tool Id="A805FAF687910739AE04011AC69063028" Type="APPLICATION">
<ActualParameters>
<ActualParameter/>
<ActualParameter>"/bin/bash"</ActualParameter>
<ActualParameter/>
<ActualParameter>"0"</ActualParameter>
<ActualParameter/>
<ActualParameter/>
</ActualParameters>
<Description></Description>
</Tool>
</Implementation>
<TransitionRestrictions>
<TransitionRestriction>
<Split Type="XOR"/>
</TransitionRestriction>
</TransitionRestrictions>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:UOID" Value="805FAF687910739AE04011AC69063028"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExtendedAttributes" Value="TASK_ID">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:TaskName" Value=""UX_SCP_CALL:UX_SCRIPT""/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExecStoreUOID" Value=""{0}""/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:Position">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:XPos" Value="262.0"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:YPos" Value="-219.0"/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</Activity>
<Activity Id="END_SUCCESS" Name="END_SUCCESS">
<Description></Description>
<Implementation>
<Tool Id="END" Type="APPLICATION">
<ActualParameters>
<ActualParameter>OK</ActualParameter>
</ActualParameters>
<Description></Description>
</Tool>
</Implementation>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:UOID" Value="805FAF68790F739AE04011AC69063028"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:Position">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:XPos" Value="450.0"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:YPos" Value="-40.0"/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</Activity>
<Activity Id="START1" Name="START1">
<Description></Description>
<Implementation>
<Tool Id="START" Type="APPLICATION">
<Description></Description>
</Tool>
</Implementation>
<TransitionRestrictions>
<TransitionRestriction>
<Split Type="XOR"/>
</TransitionRestriction>
</TransitionRestrictions>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:UOID" Value="805FAF68790E739AE04011AC69063028"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:Position">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:XPos" Value="-321.0"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:YPos" Value="-211.0"/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</Activity>
</Activities>
<Transitions>
<Transition Id="TRANSITION_1" From="UX_SCRIPT" To="END_SUCCESS">
<Condition Type="OTHERWISE"/>
</Transition>
<Transition Id="TRANSITION" From="START1" To="UX_SCRIPT"/>
</Transitions>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:UOID" Value="805FAF687909739AE04011AC69063028"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExtendedAttributes" Value="TASK_ID">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:RootUOID" Value=""805FAF687909739AE04011AC69063028""/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:TaskName" Value=""UX_SCP_CALL""/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExecStoreUOID" Value=""{0}""/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</WorkflowProcess>
<WorkflowProcess Id="COPY_OF_UX_SCP_CALL" Name="COPY_OF_UX_SCP_CALL">
<ProcessHeader>
<Description></Description>
</ProcessHeader>
<FormalParameters>
<FormalParameter Id="EXIT_CODE" Mode="OUT">
<DataType>
<DeclaredType Id="EXIT_STATUS"/>
</DataType>
</FormalParameter>
</FormalParameters>
<DataFields>
<DataField Id="X">
<DataType>
<BasicType Type="STRING"/>
</DataType>
<InitialValue>`?'acac'`</InitialValue>
</DataField>
</DataFields>
<Activities>
<Activity Id="END_SUCCESS" Name="END_SUCCESS">
<Description></Description>
<Implementation>
<Tool Id="END" Type="APPLICATION">
<ActualParameters>
<ActualParameter>OK</ActualParameter>
</ActualParameters>
<Description></Description>
</Tool>
</Implementation>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:UOID" Value="81117E4A8F6999DAE04011AC680650B6"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:Position">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:XPos" Value="450.0"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:YPos" Value="-40.0"/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</Activity>
<Activity Id="UX_SCRIPT" Name="UX_SCRIPT">
<Description></Description>
<Implementation>
<Tool Id="A81117E4A8F6699DAE04011AC680650B6" Type="APPLICATION">
<ActualParameters>
<ActualParameter/>
<ActualParameter>"/bin/bash"</ActualParameter>
<ActualParameter>X</ActualParameter>
<ActualParameter>"0"</ActualParameter>
<ActualParameter/>
<ActualParameter/>
</ActualParameters>
<Description></Description>
</Tool>
</Implementation>
<TransitionRestrictions>
<TransitionRestriction>
<Split Type="XOR"/>
</TransitionRestriction>
</TransitionRestrictions>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:UOID" Value="81117E4A8F6699DAE04011AC680650B6"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExtendedAttributes" Value="TASK_ID">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:TaskName" Value=""COPY_OF_UX_SCP_CALL:UX_SCRIPT""/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExecStoreUOID" Value=""{0}""/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:Position">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:XPos" Value="262.0"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:YPos" Value="-219.0"/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</Activity>
<Activity Id="START1" Name="START1">
<Description></Description>
<Implementation>
<Tool Id="START" Type="APPLICATION">
<Description></Description>
</Tool>
</Implementation>
<TransitionRestrictions>
<TransitionRestriction>
<Split Type="XOR"/>
</TransitionRestriction>
</TransitionRestrictions>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:UOID" Value="81117E4A8F6499DAE04011AC680650B6"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:Position">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:XPos" Value="-321.0"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:YPos" Value="-211.0"/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</Activity>
</Activities>
<Transitions>
<Transition Id="TRANSITION_1" From="UX_SCRIPT" To="END_SUCCESS">
<Condition Type="OTHERWISE"/>
</Transition>
<Transition Id="TRANSITION" From="START1" To="UX_SCRIPT"/>
</Transitions>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:UOID" Value="81117E4A8F6199DAE04011AC680650B6"/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExtendedAttributes" Value="TASK_ID">
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:RootUOID" Value=""81117E4A8F6199DAE04011AC680650B6""/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:TaskName" Value=""COPY_OF_UX_SCP_CALL""/>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:ExecStoreUOID" Value=""{0}""/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</ExtendedAttribute>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</WorkflowProcess>
</WorkflowProcesses>
<ExtendedAttributes>
<ExtendedAttribute Name="OWB:UOID" Value="805FAF687904739AE04011AC69063028"/>
</ExtendedAttributes>
</Package>

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<Transition Id="TRANSITION_4" From="MESSAGE_TYPE_ROUTER" To="R_EI_PART_CHANGE">
<Condition Type="CONDITION">
<Xpression>"P_MESSAGE_TYPE" ='referenceEngineeringInstructionPartChangeRecordExtract'</Xpression>
</Condition>
</Transition>
<Transition Id="TRANSITION_5" From="MESSAGE_TYPE_ROUTER" To="R_ENGINEERING_INSTRUCTION">
<Condition Type="CONDITION">
<Xpression>"P_MESSAGE_TYPE" ='referenceEngineeringInstructionRecordExtract'</Xpression>
</Condition>
</Transition>
<Transition Id="TRANSITION_6" From="MESSAGE_TYPE_ROUTER" To="R_FATIGUE">
<Condition Type="CONDITION">
<Xpression>"P_MESSAGE_TYPE" ='referenceFatigueParameterRecordExtract'</Xpression>
</Condition>
</Transition>
Here the complex condition in the transitions can be seen as, for example, *"P_MESSAGE_TYPE" ='referenceEngineeringInstructionPartChangeRecordExtract'* which appears in the process flow editor in the form *"START1"."P_MESSAGE_TYPE"='referenceEngineeringInstructionPartChangeRecordExtract'*
and these are all consistent throughout, i.e. every transition in thn process flow editor shows the “START1” which then seems to get stripped off during the XPDL generation.
Now, if I make a change to the flow (e.g. remove a sub-process or add a new sub-process) and regenerate the XPDL what usually gets generated is of this form:
<Transition Id="TRANSITION_4" From="MESSAGE_TYPE_ROUTER" To="R_EI_PART_CHANGE">
<Condition Type="CONDITION">
<Xpression>"P_MESSAGE_TYPE" ='referenceEngineeringInstructionPartChangeRecordExtract'</Xpression>
</Condition>
</Transition>
<Transition Id="TRANSITION_5" From="MESSAGE_TYPE_ROUTER" To="R_ENGINEERING_INSTRUCTION">
<Condition Type="CONDITION">
<Xpression>"START1"."P_MESSAGE_TYPE" ='referenceEngineeringInstructionRecordExtract'</Xpression>
</Condition>
</Transition>
<Transition Id="TRANSITION_6" From="MESSAGE_TYPE_ROUTER" To="R_FATIGUE">
<Condition Type="CONDITION">
<Xpression>"P_MESSAGE_TYPE" ='referenceFatigueParameterRecordExtract'</Xpression>
</Condition>
</Transition>
What can be seen here is that for some reason the generator has kept the “START1” context of P_MESSAGE_TYPE in the test for referenceEngineeringInstructionRecordExtract (and for two others that I haven't included) but not for the remaining 15 which appear as normal. This results in code that falls over at runtime. I haven't touched these conditional transitions between edits. They are uniquely sequenced and the process flow validates successfully.
Has anyone else seen this issue before? I can’t find any reference to it either in MetaLink or in the forums.
Edited by: AndrewD on Jul 3, 2009 1:57 PM

Hi David,
Thanks for the reply. The client version is 10.2.0.2.8 on a 10.2.0.2 repository. I suspect that it is something internally buggy. I have since found other issues - like I open up one process flow and choose the "Generate" option from the menu, whereupon it generates the XPDL for the last process I opened and not the current one...seems like there are several issues in this area.
Andrew

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Hi All,
Is there a way to pass parameters between different process flow operators like transformation activity, mapping, etc using any variable. Either defining new variable or using existing variable. Does process flow provides any variables whose values can be changed by one mapping and used by mapping following it.
Any help would be appreicated.
Platform - OWB 10gR1
Regards,
Ron.

write a PL/SQL transformation, function or procedure either. Call the Transformation before the mapping, like if you want to execute that mapping or not based on the return vale.
"can be changed by one mapping and used by mapping following it"
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Activity CALWINDW_INC_LOAD_PF_WE
Result Exception
Error Name -20001
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Check with your Basis ( and also your users ); about the optimal time to schedule the job and reschedule your jobs.
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******     Source     New
Physical Hostname     bidb01.bh.xyz.com     green1.bh.xyz.com
DB Logical Hostname     xyzbidb      bidb-lh
Service Name     BIPROD     BIPROD
Listener Port     1521     1521
Oracle Home of RDBMS     /app/oracle/home/product/10.2.0     /orabidb/oracle/product/10.2.0
Oracle Home of OWB     /app/oracle/home/product/10.2.0/owb /orabidb/oracle/product/10.2.0/owb
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Afternoon guys,
Have a fun question for all you gurus in shell scripting out there. I have a shell script that is calling 2
different SQL programs. My objective is to pass a variable called request_number from one sql program
to the shell script and then from the shell script back to another SQL program. I will explain why I
need this to happen.
Here is what the shell script looks like which calls sql programs student_load_a.sql and
student_load_b.sql. Student_load_a.sql basically creates the control file (.ctl) which is needed for the
SQL*Loader and then student_load_b.sql reads the table that was just loaded and does the main
processing. My main objective here is to be passing the request_number which is being generated
using an Oracle Sequence in student_load_a.sql and using this generated number in my main
processing in student_load_b.sql to select records from the table based on request_number.
Any ideas ?Any help or recommendations is welcome and appreciated.
*1. Shell Script*
# Accept system input parameters
p_user_id=$1
p_job_id=$2
# Create control files for sqlload
sqlplus.exe -s $p_user_id @$STUDENT_PATH/student_load_a.sql $p_job_id
exit_status=$?
# Do sqlloads
sdesqlldr.exe userid=$p_user_id control=student_load-$p_job_id.ctl \
                                             log=student_load-$p_job_id.log \
                                             bad=student_load-$p_job_id.bad
exit_status=$?
# Main processing
# sqlplus.exe -s $p_user_id @$STUDENT_PATH/student_load_b.sql $p_user_id $p_job_id $p_request_number
sqlplus.exe -s $p_user_id @$STUDENT_PATH/student_load_b.sql $p_user_id $p_job_id
exit_status=$?
exit 0*2. student_load_a.sql (Would like to pass back the Sequence Number back to shell script and then use in student_load_b.sql*
-- Accept system input parameters
define p_job_id = &1
spool student_load-$p_job_id.ctl
select
'append into table TMP_STUDENT_LOAD
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '','' optionally enclosed by ''"''
trailing nullcols
(request_number CONSTANT ' || '''' || request_number_seq.nextval || ''',
student_id)'
from   dual
spool off;
exit 0;
{code}
*3. student_load_b.sql (This is a big file so I am only adding code that is relevant for the SQL)*
{code}
declare
v_request_number    number(6);
v_student_id                  number(7);
cursor cur_student_load is
    select student_id
    from   TMP_STUDENT_LOAD
    where request_number = v_request_number
    order by 1;
begin
    v_user_id := '&1';
    v_job_id := &2;
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    -- v_request_number = '&3';
     open cur_student_load;
     fetch cur_student_load into v_student_id;
      exit when cur_student_load%notfound;
      .... more logic of if then else in here
     close cur_student_load;
end;
{code}
Edited by: RDonASnowyDay on Jan 29, 2010 4:03 PM

How come you are mixing WinDoze script (*.exe) with Unix?
You are aware that you will be passing the password along with the user id to the second sql script?
I will assume Unix ksh:
# Accept system input parameters
p_user_id=$1
p_job_id=$2
# Create control files for sqlload
p_seqno=`sqlplus -s $p_user_id @$STUDENT_PATH/student_load_a.sql $p_job_id`
exit_status=$?
# Do sqlloads
sqlldr userid=$p_user_id control=student_load-$p_job_id.ctl \
       log=student_load-$p_job_id.log \
       bad=student_load-$p_job_id.bad
exit_status=$?
# Main processing
# sqlplus -s $p_user_id @$STUDENT_PATH/student_load_b.sql $p_user_id $p_job_id $p_request_number
sqlplus -s $p_user_id @$STUDENT_PATH/student_load_b.sql \
           $p_user_id $p_job_id $p_seqno
exit_status=$?
exit 0And the first sql script would look like this:
-- student_load_a.sql
-- Accept system input parameters
set echo off pages 0 feed off lin 80 trims on ver off
def p_job_id = &1
col seqno NEW_VALUE seqno
select request_number_seq.nextval seqno from dual;
set term off
spool student_load-$p_job_id.ctl
select
'append into table TMP_STUDENT_LOAD
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '','' optionally enclosed by ''"''
trailing nullcols
(request_number CONSTANT ''&&seqno'',
student_id)'
from   dual
spool off;
exit 0;
{code}
:p

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