While Executing a Javascript got RuntimeException - org.mozilla.javascript.EvaluatorException: uSetContextVar: Only valid for Provisioning jobs at line

Question

Hello Experts,
I am receiving an error whenever i am executing a java script file. I am calling the script in the below fashion.
MSKEYVALUE  - $FUNCTION.DP_getMskeyValueForUser(%ABCD01%)$$
function DP_getMskeyValueForUser(Par){
---- Here we have written logic---
       var result = uSelect(query);
      result = DP_generateId("CREATE");// calling another script
    return result;
function DP_generateId(Par){
--------------Here Code Logic ----------------------
--------At ending setting the output value and storing it in the context variable
    uSetContextVar("new_mskeyvalue", newMskeyValue);
    return newMskeyValue;
While executing i am getting an error message at the above highlighted part stating that got RuntimeException - org.mozilla.javascript.EvaluatorException: uSetContextVar: Only valid for Provisioning jobs at the line
Can you kindly please help me with this error.
Regards,
DP

Answer 1

Hi DP,
Hope this helps.
context var is used if you want to pass values between tasks. If you are using in a job and you want to use values between passes, then you could use a job variable. Or if you want to calculate and use the values in same pass in the job, you can use a Hashmap.
Kind regards,
Jai