Clarity

I have a GEL script process where I am performing a XOG read of selected resources.  It all runs correctly and I can output the resulting write file to the log/screen OK.  What I am struggling with is getting that "resource write" output into a XML variable in memory (presumably via <gel:parse> ) which I can then add some extra data from another source to one of the nodes, using <gel:set> and XPATH.  The examples in the integration guide don't deal with the specific example of manipulating the write output unfortunately.

Has anyone got any examples of this?

I think that the "GEL for Dummies.docx" contained in the Gel.zip file attached to the CA Clarity General Discussion - FAQs thread might have this sort of example?

(its worth picking up those documents anyway in addition to the integration guide manual if you are playing with GEL)

EDIT : the zip is also in the community documents ; here Gel.zip

Confession time, I do have those documents but I only looked at one of them, and it was the other that had the line I was looking for...  Hopefully should be good to go with the manipulation part now, thanks Dave.

gel parse is in memory.  If you want to see the output after parsing it, or after doing a gel:set, you will need to do something to convert it to a string for gel:out or gel:log. 

Maybe something like:

<gel:set asString="true" select="$gel_parse_variable" var="gel_parse_variable_str"/>

I'm not worried about seeing the output on screen, just being able to manipulate it.

The line that the document gives me is this:

<!-- Read the output and extract some information from it -->

<gel:set asString="true" select="$runresult/SOAP-ENV:Envelope/SOAP-ENV:Body/NikuDataBus/XOGOutput/Status/@state" var="XOGoutcome"/>

As I'm concerned with doing something to the data within the resource write, I will change the select clause to:

select="$runresult/SOAP-ENV:Envelope/SOAP-ENV:Body/NikuDataBus/Resources/Resource/Calendar/Days"

Where I was going wrong was that I wasn't including the Soap nodes above, so the gel:set wasn't finding the data.