How can I trigger a custom action on PayablesInvoiceImport via ION API?

Hi Everyone,

My team and I are currently setting up a process to generate Invoices over web interfaces. We are utilizing the Infor OS API Gateway on the PayablesInvoiceImport business class. We want to be able to trigger an Action from that business class to run via API after we create the records.

It seems like we should be able to do that using the POST endpoint for

/classes/PayablesInvoiceImport/actions/{actions}

However this business class has a limited amount of Actions that can be triggered, and our custom Actions are not showing up.

If we GET that endpoint we see a ton of Actions available

However if you try to hit one of those actions there is this exception

{

"exception": {

"viewMessage": "Set actions not supported by executeImport",

"message": "Set actions not supported by executeImport",

"class": "com.lawson.rdtech.type.ViewException"

}

Which seems to suggest that this Set Action can't be performed? Is there anything I can do to expose it?

Does anybody have any idea on this or could help us down a path where we could be triggering custom Actions on the business classes? Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,

Logan

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lbushmahoney

For anybody who comes back and reads this.

There isn't (at this time) a way to call these custom Set Actions through the RESTful services. Your best bet is to create LPL Instance entrance/exit actions on your business class if you want some set action to occur on inserts.

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lbushmahoney

Still seeking advice on this

robert-canham

I have done it with Instance actions so I know it is possible for custom actions to be used via ION API. I'm not sure if there's a restriction around Set actions though as I haven't tried.

cleverly

Logan,

Just to clarify, what type of action is your custom action? Instance, Set, Create, Import, Update, Delete or Purge?

Like Robert, I know you can invoke custom actions via ION API. I've done it for Create, Update, Delete, Purge and Instance actions a gazillion times. Truth be told, I've never had the need to define my own Set or an Import actions, so I can't say from firsthand experience how they behave.

If, for some reason, ION API nerfs Set actions (as the error message in your original message implies), I would bet you could likely get around it by creating an instance action on a business class with a single record that you'll know will always exist (e.g., on FinanceEnterpriseGroup) and then have the instance action turn around and invoke your Set action with the appropriate parameters.

lbushmahoney

Hi guys, yes indeed we are working with a Set Action in this case.

andy

You might put in a support ticket and ask if there's a "webservs" configuration parameter to enable Set actions.

I did a quick check of predefined keys and didn't see one for enabling Set actions, but there is one for business tasks (ws.enable.business.tasks) so maybe there is something similar for Set actions.

lbushmahoney

I am still seeking advice on this

lbushmahoney

For anybody who comes back and reads this.

andy

Did you try Michael's suggestion of a workaround by creating an instance action that invokes your set action? Granted it's maybe not ideal, but should still work if you don't want to add additional logic to every PII Create action invocation.

If, for some reason, ION API nerfs Set actions (as the error message in your original message implies), I would bet you could likely get around it by creating an instance action on a business class with a single record that you'll know will always exist (e.g., on FinanceEnterpriseGroup) and then have the instance action turn around and invoke your Set action with the appropriate parameters.

lbushmahoney

We thought this was a good idea but did not try it with a test -- we thought that if an instance action on another record would eventually be calling the real action we wanted; we might as well use an Instance action with entrance/exit rules. It was though provoking and helped us to to the answer. We appreciated the response for sure.

Hopefully at some point in the future Infor will just open up and allow all Custom Set Actions to be callable actions through the API.

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