Drop Down command input for python-based Environment Commands

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Hey Everyone,

In our deployment of CloudShell in the past we've built out environment commands the traditional way using authoring tool. We often authored these command inputs to include a drop down list of inputs, like show below:

As you can see, we also could have a command name plus a short comment about the command. In the past, this was all done using a custom .dll based environment driver.

When using a python/script driven environment command, how can I setup a drop-down list and also have the command name + description? Please let me know if this is clear, or if there's any other questions.

Thanks! Jacob

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Answer by Chris Grabosky · Oct 12, 2016 at 12:37 PM

Yup, sorry that I missed the drop-down part in your initial post.

This can be done on resource shell drivers as seen here (about 1/2 the way down). It is described in the XML metadata.

I do not believe it can be done with scripts at this time, only Authoring drivers or python drivers.

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Answer by Chris Grabosky · Oct 10, 2016 at 12:21 PM

Hi,

Are you specifically just asking about environment scripts? If so, you can follow the following:

Log into the portal as an admin, go to the Manage tab, Click on Scripts and Blueprint/Environment Scripts, Upload your script, and at the bottom is "Add Parameter" where you can enter the Name, default value, and description. This then gets entered into the script as `os.environ['PARAMNAME']`

There is more info here: https://qualisystems.github.io/devguide//orchestration/getting-information-from-cloudshell.html

If it is for a resource driver in python, it can be done following this tutorial: https://qualisystems.github.io/devguide//shells/customizing-driver-commands.html

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Jacob Adams · Oct 11, 2016 at 03:45 PM 0

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Hey Chris, Thanks for the answer! This is an environment script, and I've done what you said and this works fine. But what I really need is to restrict the input options to just a few answers. I'd like to create a drop down box for the parameter where the user can only pick from a few options. Pretend that you were making a command to do math. If you had an "operator" field you would want to restrict the user input to "addition" "multiplication" "subtraction" or "division" in the form of drop down options. How do I do that? Is that clear? Thanks! Jacob

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Answer by Yaniv Kalsky · Feb 15, 2017 at 01:41 AM

Hi @jacoadam

I opened a new idea with similar request/s, you can vote up for it and help it get pushed to the roadmap.

http://community.quali.com/content/idea/1103/script-parameters-enhancements.html

Yaniv

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Answer by Jim Brannan · Oct 05, 2017 at 03:54 PM

I heard this is now possible - anyone know how?

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Yaniv Kalsky ♦♦ · Oct 05, 2017 at 05:06 PM 0

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No, still not possible.

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