State change of an asset using API

//Get the available lifecycle actions

RAMAction[] actions = newAsset.getAvailableActions();

//Set the lifecycle action

newAsset.setAction(action);

session.put(newAsset, new NullProgressMonitor());

I am trying to change the state of assets using API i.e. I want them to move from Submitted to Appproved, is there any standard RAM API available that would do this activity in a single go.

To find the available actions for a given state use..

//Get the available lifecycle actions

RAMAction[] actions = newAsset.getAvailableActions();

To invoke an action on an asset use

//Set the lifecycle action

newAsset.setAction(action);

session.put(newAsset, new NullProgressMonitor());

For more code example refer to the help system...

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ramhelp/v7r5m0/topic/com.ibm.ram.doc/topics/t_using_api.html

I am trying to change the state of assets using API i.e. I want them to move from Submitted to Appproved, is there any standard RAM API available that would do this activity in a single go.

To find the available actions for a given state use..

//Get the available lifecycle actions

RAMAction[] actions = newAsset.getAvailableActions();

To invoke an action on an asset use

//Set the lifecycle action

newAsset.setAction(action);

session.put(newAsset, new NullProgressMonitor());

For more code example refer to the help system...

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ramhelp/v7r5m0/topic/com.ibm.ram.doc/topics/t_using_api.html

I am trying to change the state of assets using API i.e. I want them to move from Submitted to Appproved, is there any standard RAM API available that would do this activity in a single go.

Also it seems the RAMStateHistory API is available in RAM 7.5 and up, but I am using RAM 7.2 so is there any ready way so that I can update the status of an asset through API?

To find the available actions for a given state use..

//Get the available lifecycle actions

RAMAction[] actions = newAsset.getAvailableActions();

To invoke an action on an asset use

//Set the lifecycle action

newAsset.setAction(action);

session.put(newAsset, new NullProgressMonitor());

For more code example refer to the help system...

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ramhelp/v7r5m0/topic/com.ibm.ram.doc/topics/t_using_api.html

I am trying to change the state of assets using API i.e. I want them to move from Submitted to Appproved, is there any standard RAM API available that would do this activity in a single go.

//Set the lifecycle action
newAsset.setAction(action);
session.put(newAsset, new NullProgressMonitor());

Doing an action is how you change the state. For example the default
simple lifecycle uses the "Publish" action to go from Submitted to Approved.

To invoke an action on an asset use

//Set the lifecycle action

newAsset.setAction(action);

session.put(newAsset, new NullProgressMonitor());

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Rich Kulp
Rational Asset Manager developer

Thanks Rich,
I am using RAM 7.2.0.1 and the options that come when I try newAsset.setAction are ARCHIVE, CREATE, CREATE_AS_IS, DELETE, RETIRE, UPDATE, UPDATE_AS_IS. I dont see any option of Publish. Is there any thing wrong in what I am trying?

Doing an action is how you change the state. For example the default
simple lifecycle uses the "Publish" action to go from Submitted to Approved.

To invoke an action on an asset use

//Set the lifecycle action

newAsset.setAction(action);

session.put(newAsset, new NullProgressMonitor());

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Rich Kulp
Rational Asset Manager developer

Since the lifecycles are now customizable there are no statics for the actions between lifecycles. We have added API to get the available actions from a RAMAsset. From this you can choose the action that corresponding with publish.

However I beleve this API was added in 7.2.0.2. You should consider moving up.

Thanks Rich,
I am using RAM 7.2.0.1 and the options that come when I try newAsset.setAction are ARCHIVE, CREATE, CREATE_AS_IS, DELETE, RETIRE, UPDATE, UPDATE_AS_IS. I dont see any option of Publish. Is there any thing wrong in what I am trying?

Doing an action is how you change the state. For example the default
simple lifecycle uses the "Publish" action to go from Submitted to Approved.

To invoke an action on an asset use

//Set the lifecycle action

newAsset.setAction(action);

session.put(newAsset, new NullProgressMonitor());

--
Rich Kulp
Rational Asset Manager developer