Prompt for a task value

Alex_Marsh

Hi All

This came from a recent thread around purchase order line items and being able to create them from catalog items. What I am currently doing is trying to create a task which will create a line item from a selected catalog item. What I've got stuck with is that I can't work out how to prompt for a value, i.e. number of units. Anyone have any idea on how to do this?

Geoff_Ross

Hi Alex,

Sounds good. Are you building this in the Console or the Portal?

Geoff

Alex_Marsh

In the console for the time being. While my powershell skills aren't bad my json is non-existent!
I've managed to get something working but it relies on a task that calls a powershell script instead of having everything built into the task (didn't work within the task for some reason).
Here's what I've got so far. The end user gets 2 pop ups asking for the quantity of the selected catalog item and the PO number it's linked to

param($cat,$cost)

$props = Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\System Center\2010\Common\Setup";

$instdir = $props.InstallDirectory + "Powershell\System.Center.Service.Manager.psd1";

$smms = $instdir + $ps; 

Import-Module $smms;

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing

$form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form 

$form.Text = "Data Entry Form"

$form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,300) 

$form.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"

$OKButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button

$OKButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(75,120)

$OKButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)

$OKButton.Text = "OK"

$OKButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK

$form.AcceptButton = $OKButton

$form.Controls.Add($OKButton)

$CancelButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button

$CancelButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(150,120)

$CancelButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)

$CancelButton.Text = "Cancel"

$CancelButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::Cancel

$form.CancelButton = $CancelButton

$form.Controls.Add($CancelButton)

$label1 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label

$label1.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,20) 

$label1.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20) 

$label1.Text = "Please enter the quantity:"

$form.Controls.Add($label1) 

$textBox1 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox 

$textBox1.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,40) 

$textBox1.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(260,20) 

$form.Controls.Add($textBox1) 

$label2 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label

$label2.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,60) 

$label2.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20) 

$label2.Text = "Please enter the PO number"

$form.Controls.Add($label2) 

$textBox2 = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox 

$textBox2.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,80) 

$textBox2.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(260,20) 

$form.Controls.Add($textBox2) 

$form.Topmost = $True

$form.Add_Shown({$textBox1.Select()})

$form.Add_Shown({$textBox2.Select()})

$result = $form.ShowDialog()

if ($result -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK)

{

$li = get-scsmclass -name cireson.assetmanagement.purchase; 

$liname = $cat + " - "+ $textbox2.text; 

$props = @{Name = $liname; UnitCost = $cost; Units = $textbox1.text}; 

new-scsmclassinstance -class $li -property $props;

write-host $liname "created" $result

$poid = $textBox2.text

$po = Get-SCSMClassInstance -Class (get-scsmclass -Name cireson.assetmanagement.purchaseorder) -Filter "name -eq $poid"

write-host $po.'#name' "selected"

IF ($po){$lineitem = Get-SCSMClassInstance -Class (get-scsmclass -Name cireson.assetmanagement.purchase) -Filter "name -eq $liname"

New-SCRelationshipInstance -RelationshipClass (Get-SCSMRelationship -Id "809152B3-D6A3-BF05-C602-CF446669A9F1") -Source $lineitem -Target $po

write-host "purchase linked to po"} ELSE {write-host "PO Missing"}

}

else

{write-host "Cancelled"}

Alex_Marsh

I'd be interested to see how this could work on the portal as well as it would save having to switch between the console and the portal