Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

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DanChapin
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Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

Post by DanChapin »

I am trying to loop through the requested tasks until I find a task with "Exam - UP" in the name. Then I am reading the last two characters from that task which will be the task number ie "Exam - UP01" result will return "01". Now I create the new checklist name "'Exam - UP' + PLTaskName + ': Searched'" Then create the checklist task. I get the following error:

"Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute."

Help Please!
Thanks
Dan

from System import *
from SoftPro.ClientModel import *
from SoftPro.Select.Client import *
from SoftPro.OrderTracking.Client.Orders import *
from SoftPro.Select.Client.Security import *

###################################################################
# Snippet type: Action
# Description: Create Exam update Task
####################################################################

for task in Context.RequestedTasks:
PLTaskName = task.Description
if PLTaskName.lower().startswith('exam - up'):
#continue
PLTaskName = task.Description[-2:]
PLCTaskName = 'Exam - UP' + PLTaskName + ': Searched'
#raise ValueError(PLCTaskName)
newtask = IOrder.CreateNew(Context, 'ChecklistTask')
newtask.Description = PLCTaskName
newtask.Status = TaskStatusType.Required
newtask.AssignedTo = Context.Escrow.PreCloserEscrowAssistant
newtask.DueDate = newtask.CreatedDate.AddDays(4)
#newtask.Contact = payofflender
Context.Tasks.Add(newtask)
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Re: Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

Post by BobRichards »

I can't guarantee this is the answer since you didn't enter your code in the code display formatter (button above labelled "</>") and all white space disappeared. However, this is the classic error of attempting to modify a collection that you are looping on.

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for task in Context.RequestedTasks:
    ...
    Context.Tasks.Add(newtask)
Your "for" loop gets its tasks from the RequestedTasks collection - and Context.Tasks is the data source for this collection. You are not allowed to modify the collection members (add or remove) while you are looping on them.
Bob Richards, Senior Software Developer, SoftPro
DanChapin
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Re: Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

Post by DanChapin »

So I am looping through the requested tasks to set a name variable that will be used to create a Checklist Task. How would I do that?

Here is the formatted code

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rom System import *
from SoftPro.ClientModel import *
from SoftPro.Select.Client import *
from SoftPro.OrderTracking.Client.Orders import *
from SoftPro.Select.Client.Security import *

###################################################################
# Snippet type: Action
# Description: Create Exam update Task
####################################################################

for task in Context.RequestedTasks:
	PLTaskName = task.Description
	if PLTaskName.lower().startswith('exam - up'):
		#continue
		PLTaskName = task.Description[-2:]
		PLCTaskName = 'Exam - UP' + PLTaskName + ': Searched' # Creates the task name to be created
		#raise ValueError(PLCTaskName)
		newtask = IOrder.CreateNew(Context.ChecklistTasks, 'ChecklistTask')
		newtask.Description = PLCTaskName
		newtask.Status = TaskStatusType.Required
		newtask.AssignedTo = Context.Escrow.PreCloserEscrowAssistant
		newtask.DueDate = newtask.CreatedDate.AddDays(4)
		#newtask.Contact = payofflender
		Context.Tasks.Add(newtask)

DanChapin
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Re: Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

Post by DanChapin »

Can we use and return a function within a code snipped to separate the loop from the create task code? I am not sure what that syntax would look like in an automation snippet?
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Re: Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

Post by BobRichards »

Among the many ways this can be done, you could store the list of items that you create then add the items after the loop. (Code below is untested but should get the point across.)

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holdingList = []
for task in Context.RequestedTasks:
    ...
    // Create new item and add it to holding list.
    newtask = IOrder.CreateNew(Context.ChecklistTasks, 'ChecklistTask')
    ...
    holdingList.append(newTask)
    
// All RequestedTasks processed.  Now add any new tasks that were created.
foreach task in holdingList:
    Context.Tasks.Add(newtask)
Bob Richards, Senior Software Developer, SoftPro
DanChapin
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Re: Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

Post by DanChapin »

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holdingList = []
for task in Context.RequestedTasks:
                PLTaskName = task.Description
                if PLTaskName.lower().startswith('exam - up'):
                                #continue
                                PLTaskName = task.Description[-2:]
                                PLCTaskName = 'Exam - UP' + PLTaskName + ': Searched'
                                #raise ValueError(getUpdateNo())
                newtask = IOrder.CreateNew(Context.ChecklistTasks, 'ChecklistTask') # Create new item and add it to holding list
                newtask.Description = PLCTaskName
                newtask.Status = TaskStatusType.Required
                newtask.AssignedTo = Context.Escrow.PreCloserEscrowAssistant
                newtask.DueDate = newtask.CreatedDate.AddDays(4)
                #newtask.Contact = payofflender
                holdingList.append(newTask) 
# All RequestedTasks processed.  Now add any new tasks that were created.
foreach task in holdingList:
                Context.Tasks.Add(newtask)
This new snippet returns the following error:
Unexpected token ‘task’
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Re: Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

Post by BobRichards »

Oops. Try "for item in holdingList:" instead of "foreach". This page is handy for Python list questions: http://effbot.org/zone/python-list.htm
Bob Richards, Senior Software Developer, SoftPro
DanChapin
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Re: Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

Post by DanChapin »

Thanks Bob, I had already changed and tried "for" rather than "foreach", after making that change and running from the code below, I get the following error:

expected IOrder, got Set[ChecklistTask]


My Code:

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from System import *
from SoftPro.ClientModel import *
from SoftPro.Select.Client import *
from SoftPro.OrderTracking.Client.Orders import *
from SoftPro.Select.Client.Security import *

###################################################################
# Snippet type: Action
# Description: Create Exam update Task
####################################################################
holdingList = []
for task in Context.RequestedTasks:
	PLTaskName = task.Description
	if PLTaskName.lower().startswith('exam - up'):
		#continue
		PLTaskName = task.Description[-2:]
		PLCTaskName = 'Exam - UP' + PLTaskName + ': Searched'
		#raise ValueError(getUpdateNo())
		newtask = IOrder.CreateNew(Context.ChecklistTasks, 'ChecklistTask') # Create new item and add it to holding list
		newtask.Description = PLCTaskName
		newtask.Status = TaskStatusType.Required
		newtask.AssignedTo = Context.Escrow.PreCloserEscrowAssistant
		newtask.DueDate = newtask.CreatedDate.AddDays(4)
		#newtask.Contact = payofflender
		holdingList.append(newTask) 
# All RequestedTasks processed.  Now add any new tasks that were created.
for task in holdingList:
	Context.Tasks.Add(newtask)
BobRichards
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Re: Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

Post by BobRichards »

You should be passing the Order to the object creator:

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    ...
    newtask = IOrder.CreateNew(Context.Root, 'ChecklistTask')
    ...
Bob Richards, Senior Software Developer, SoftPro
DanChapin
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Re: Add Checklist task based on Requested Task Name

Post by DanChapin »

Still getting error: This time "An Item with the same key has already been added" code below

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from System import *
from SoftPro.ClientModel import *
from SoftPro.Select.Client import *
from SoftPro.OrderTracking.Client.Orders import *
from SoftPro.Select.Client.Security import *

###################################################################
# Snippet type: Action
# Description: Create Exam update Task
####################################################################
holdingList = []
for task in Context.RequestedTasks:
	UPDTaskName = task.Description
	if UPDTaskName.lower().startswith('exam - up'):
		#continue
		UPDTaskName = task.Description[-2:]
		UPDTaskName = 'Exam - UP' + UPDTaskName + ': Searched'
		#raise ValueError(getUpdateNo())
	# Create new item and add it to holding list
	#newtask = IOrder.CreateNew(Context.ChecklistTasks, 'ChecklistTask') #expected IOrder, got Set[ChecklistTask]
	#newtask = IOrder.CreateNew(Context.Root.ChecklistTasks, 'ChecklistTask') #expected IOrder, got Set[ChecklistTask]
	newtask = IOrder.CreateNew(Context.Root, 'ChecklistTask') 
	newtask.Description = UPDTaskName
	newtask.Status = TaskStatusType.Required
	newtask.AssignedTo = Context.Escrow.PreCloserEscrowAssistant
	newtask.DueDate = newtask.CreatedDate.AddDays(4)
	#holdingList.append(newTask) #newTask is not defined
	holdingList.append(newtask) 
# All RequestedTasks processed.  Now add any new tasks that were created.
for task in holdingList:
	Context.Tasks.Add(newtask)
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