Contents

• Notices

• Summary of amendments

• Preface

• 1. Overview

  • 1.1 Purpose of creating an access definition file

    • 1.1.1 Ability to input and output data in any format

    • 1.1.2 Ability to use asset information for a variety of jobs

    • 1.1.3 Ability to access directory service information

  • 1.2 What is an access definition file?

  • 1.3 Creating an access definition file to extend functionality

• 2. Creating Access Definition Files

  • 2.1 Basic format of access definition files

  • 2.2 Coding method

    • 2.2.1 Coding rules

    • 2.2.2 Specifying a script header

    • 2.2.3 Coding rules for variables

    • 2.2.4 Operators

    • 2.2.5 Coding rules for embedded variables

    • 2.2.6 Manipulating directory information

  • 2.3 Access definition file examples

    • 2.3.1 Example for updating and deleting asset information conditioned on asset status

    • 2.3.2 Example for listing software assets of installed programs that are not authorized

• 3. Executing Access Definition Files

  • 3.1 Executing from a command line

    • 3.1.1 Before executing

    • 3.1.2 jamscript (execute access definition file) command

  • 3.2 Executing using a task

• 4. Tags Used in Access Definition Files

  • List of tags used in access definition files

  • Detailed explanation of tags used in access definition files

  • [APPEND] (Create object class)

  • [APPEND_ASSOC] (add association class)

  • [ARRAY] (declare array variable)

  • [ASSET_ITEM_LOOP] (class search loop)

  • [ASSOC_FIND] (find association class)

  • [BEGIN] (process block)

  • [CLASS_FIND] (find object class)

  • [CSV_FILE_LOOP] (get CSV file data)

  • [DELETE] (delete object class)

  • [DELETE_ASSOC] (delete association class)

  • [DO] (loop block)

  • [EVALUATE] (re-evaluate)

  • [IF] (conditionally execute a group of statements)

  • [JOIN_FIND] (find joined class)

  • [SET_VALUE] (substitute value)

  • [SUB] (subroutine)

  • [SWITCH] (conditionally execute a group of statements)

  • [TRANSACTION] (define transaction)

  • [UPDATE] (update object class)

  • [VAR] (declare variable)

• 5. Embedded Functions Used in Access Definition Files

  • List of embedded functions

  • Detailed explanations of embedded functions

  • $ADD (Addition)

  • $BREAK (interrupt process block)

  • $CALCDATE (date calculation function)

  • $CLEARARRAY (initialize array)

  • $DATACOUNT (get result lines)

  • $DATETIME (get date/time)

  • $DIV (division)

  • $DLLEXEC2 (execute DLL)

  • $DLLFREE (free DLL)

  • $DLLLOAD (load DLL)

  • $DLLMSG (DLL get message)

  • $ECHO (output stdconsol)

  • $ENVIRONMENT (get environment information)

  • $EXIT (exit)

  • $FILEARRAY (output to the array data CSV file)

  • $FILECLOSE (close file)

  • $FILECOPY (copy file)

  • $FILEDEL (delete file)

  • $FILEOPEN (open file)

  • $FILEPUT (output data to file)

  • $FILEPUTLN (output CRLF to file)

  • $FINDFILE (find files)

  • $FORMATMSG (set a message format)

  • $GETARRAY (get value of array data)

  • $GETARRAYBYKEY (get value from array with key)

  • $GETKEYFROMARRAY (get key information from array)

  • $GETPROFILEDATA (get Windows initialization file data)

  • $GETREGVALUE (get a registry value)

  • $GETROLE (get role of user)

  • $GETSESSION (get session information)

  • $GETSTATUS (get status)

  • $GETTEMPNAME (get temporary file name)

  • $GOSUB (execute subroutine)

  • $ISNULL (check NULL)

  • $LDAPACS (access directory)

  • $LENGTH (get string length)

  • $LOGMSG (output to the log file)

  • $LOWER (convert string)

  • $MATCH (check string)

  • $MOD (divide and return only the remainder)

  • $MUL (multiplication)

  • $NUMBER (numbering)

  • $SETARRAY (set value to array)

  • $SETARRAYBYKEY (set value to array with key)

  • $SETOPTION (set run options)

  • $SETSESSION (set session information)

  • $SETSTATUS (set status)

  • $STRCMP (compare strings)

  • $SUB (subtraction)

  • $SUBSTR (get substrings)

  • $TOKEN (get token)

  • $UPDARRAY (update array data)

  • $UPDARRAYBYKEY (update value of array with key)

  • $UPPER (convert string)

• Appendix

  • A. Version Changes

    • A.1 Changes in version 12-10

    • A.2 Changes in version 12-00

    • A.3 Changes in version 11-50

    • A.4 Changes in version 11-10

    • A.5 Changes in version 11-01

    • A.6 Changes in version 11-00

  • B. Reference Material for This Manual

    • B.1 Related publications

    • B.2 Conventions: Abbreviations for product names

    • B.3 Conventions: Acronyms

    • B.4 Format used in this manual

    • B.5 Conventions: Version numbers

    • B.6 About online help

    • B.7 Conventions: KB, MB, GB, and TB

• Index

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