Script Elements for User Interaction and User Data

These script elements let you provide information to users, collect input from users or retrieve data about users.

User Data

The following script elements retrieve user data.

• IS_GROUP_MEMBER
  
  Checks whether the user is a member of a user group

• SYS_ACT_CLIENT, SYS_USER_CLIENT
  
  Returns the number of the current client or the client that the user who started the task is using

• SYS_ACT_CLIENT_TEXT
  
  Returns the title of the client

• SYS_USER_ALIVE
  Checks whether a user is logged in to the system

• SYS_USER_DEP
  
  Returns the deaprtment of the user who started the task

• SYS_USER_LNAME
  
  Returns the first and last name of the user who started the task

• SYS_USER_NAME
  Returns the name of the user who started the task

User Dialogs

The following script elements let you define dialogs to query users.

• :BEGINREAD... :ENDREAD
  
  Defines the beginning and end of a dialog box for user queries

• :PRINT
  
  Writes text to a dialog for user queries or to the activation report

• :READ
  
  Queries the user in a dialog

Send Emails and Messages

The following script elements let you send messages to users.

• :SEND_MSG
  
  Sends a message to a user who is logged in to the Automic Automation system

• SEND_MAIL
  
  Sends an email to a user

Notifications

The following script elements modify object attributes that concern notifications.

• :ADD_ATT
  
  Adds recipients to a notification at runtime

• :PUT_ATT_APPEND
  
  Extends the notification message text at runtime

• :REMOVE_ATT
  
  Removes recipients of a notification at runtime

• GET_ATT_SUBSTR
  Returns part of the message text in a notification