Looking up a macro whose name is in another macro

tennenrishintennenrishin Member Posts: 177 Contributor II
edited November 2018 in Help
Hi RM community,

I am trying to save a given list of macros that are defined at some point in a process. The list is rather long, and I would like to set the process up in such a way that the list (of names of macros to save) appears in only one place in the XML. I thought this (followed by a Write CSV) would work:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<process version="5.3.015">
 <context>
   <input/>
   <output/>
   <macros>
     <macro>
       <key>macro1</key>
       <value>a</value>
     </macro>
     <macro>
       <key>macro2</key>
       <value>3</value>
     </macro>
     <macro>
       <key>macro3</key>
       <value>hello</value>
     </macro>
   </macros>
 </context>
 <operator activated="true" class="process" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" name="Process">
   <process expanded="true">
     <operator activated="true" class="subprocess" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="94" name="macros.csv" width="90" x="179" y="120">
       <process expanded="true">
         <operator activated="true" class="generate_data_user_specification" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="60" name="Generate Data by User Specification (10)" width="90" x="45" y="75">
           <list key="attribute_values">
             <parameter key="name" value="&quot;&quot;"/>
             <parameter key="value" value="&quot;&quot;"/>
           </list>
           <list key="set_additional_roles"/>
         </operator>
         <operator activated="true" class="filter_examples" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="76" name="/ all" width="90" x="179" y="75">
           <parameter key="invert_filter" value="true"/>
         </operator>
         <operator activated="true" class="remember" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="60" name="Remember (14)" width="90" x="313" y="75">
           <parameter key="name" value="data"/>
           <parameter key="io_object" value="ExampleSet"/>
         </operator>
         <operator activated="true" class="loop_parameters" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="60" name="Loop Parameters (2)" width="90" x="447" y="75">
           <list key="parameters">
             <parameter key="macro_name.value" value="macro1,macro2,macro3"/>
           </list>
           <process expanded="true">
             <operator activated="true" class="recall" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="60" name="Recall (14)" width="90" x="45" y="30">
               <parameter key="name" value="data"/>
               <parameter key="io_object" value="ExampleSet"/>
             </operator>
             <operator activated="true" class="set_macro" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="60" name="macro_name" width="90" x="179" y="120">
               <parameter key="macro" value="macro_name"/>
               <parameter key="value" value="macro3"/>
             </operator>
             <operator activated="true" class="generate_data_user_specification" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="60" name="Generate Data by User Specification (7)" width="90" x="313" y="120">
               <list key="attribute_values">
                 <parameter key="name" value="&quot;%{macro_name}&quot;"/>
                 <parameter key="value" value="macro(&quot;%{macro_name}&quot;)"/>
               </list>
               <list key="set_additional_roles"/>
             </operator>
             <operator activated="true" class="append" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="94" name="Append (2)" width="90" x="447" y="75"/>
             <operator activated="true" class="remember" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="60" name="Remember (15)" width="90" x="581" y="30">
               <parameter key="name" value="data"/>
               <parameter key="io_object" value="ExampleSet"/>
             </operator>
             <connect from_op="Recall (14)" from_port="result" to_op="Append (2)" to_port="example set 1"/>
             <connect from_op="Generate Data by User Specification (7)" from_port="output" to_op="Append (2)" to_port="example set 2"/>
             <connect from_op="Append (2)" from_port="merged set" to_op="Remember (15)" to_port="store"/>
             <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
             <portSpacing port="sink_performance" spacing="0"/>
             <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
           </process>
         </operator>
         <operator activated="true" class="recall" compatibility="5.3.015" expanded="true" height="60" name="Recall (2)" width="90" x="581" y="75">
           <parameter key="name" value="data"/>
           <parameter key="io_object" value="ExampleSet"/>
         </operator>
         <connect from_op="Generate Data by User Specification (10)" from_port="output" to_op="/ all" to_port="example set input"/>
         <connect from_op="/ all" from_port="example set output" to_op="Remember (14)" to_port="store"/>
         <connect from_op="Recall (2)" from_port="result" to_port="out 1"/>
         <portSpacing port="source_in 1" spacing="0"/>
         <portSpacing port="sink_out 1" spacing="0"/>
         <portSpacing port="sink_out 2" spacing="0"/>
       </process>
     </operator>
     <connect from_op="macros.csv" from_port="out 1" to_port="result 1"/>
     <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
     <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
     <portSpacing port="sink_result 2" spacing="0"/>
   </process>
 </operator>
</process>
but it doesn't, for some reason. Maybe I misunderstood what the "macro" function does. Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance,
Isak

Answers

  • tennenrishintennenrishin Member Posts: 177 Contributor II
    Found a workaround: "macro()" function seems to work as expected in the Generate Macro operator.
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