Automation Engine Script Guide > Ordered by Function > Activation Data > SYS_ACT_TOP_NR

SYS_ACT_TOP_NR

Script Function: Supplies the run number (RunID) of the top workflow

Syntax

SYS_ACT_TOP_NR()

Return codes
RunID of the top workflow " " - The task was not activated by a workflow.

Example

In the following example, the return codes of the two script functions are compared in order to determine whether the task was activated without a workflow, within a workflow, or within the framework of several nested workflows. The corresponding message will then be sent to a user.

:SET &TNR# = SYS_ACT_TOP_NR()
:SET &PNR# = SYS_ACT_PARENT_NR()

:IF &TNR#    = &PNR#
:   IF &TNR# = " "
:      SEND_MSG ADMIN,AE,"Task does not run in a workflow."
:   ELSE
:      SEND_MSG ADMIN,AE,"Task runs in the workflow with RunID &TNR#. No superordinate workflows."
:   ENDIF
:ELSE
:   SEND_MSG ADMIN,AE,"RunID of the superordinate workflow: &TNR#."
:ENDIF