Setting up a Global Variable for Use in an Xlate

[Jeffkohl]

Probably really simple but the documentation really is not there to show how to do this or an example

Reading in a CSV file once a day and converting it to JSON.

The first line of the CSV file are headings

I am reading in the first value in the first line and want to store it in a global variable in the xlate so that each time I read in the csv file which only has 5 lines so 5 messages get generated I can re-use that value in other messages getting generated for that file

Any help would be appreciated

 

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[Jim Kosloskey]

You will need to use Tcl. In your Tcl code issue the gvsetvar command (search for gvsetvar in the User Doc). As I understand it the variable can be in-memory or be stored in a .ini file. Using gvsetvar only sets the in-memory value. If you would like the value to be more permanent, then I think you also need to do a gvsave (but be aware that saves ALL in-memory Global Variables to the .ini file).

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 30+ years Cloverleaf, 60 years IT – old fart.

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