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OnCommand Workflow Automation

Guidelines for SQL in WFA

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You must be aware of the guidelines for using SQL in OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) to write SQL queries for WFA.

SQL is used in the following places in WFA:

  • SQL queries to populate user inputs for selection

  • SQL queries for creating filters to filter objects of a specific dictionary entry type

  • Static data in tables in the playground database

  • A custom data source type of SQL type where the data has to be extracted from an external data source such as a custom configuration management database (CMDB).

  • SQL queries for reservation and verification scripts

Guidelines Example

SQL reserved keywords must be in uppercase characters.

 
SELECT
    vserver.name
FROM
    cm_storage.vserver vserver

Table and column names must be in lowercase characters.

Table: aggregate

Column: used_space_mb

Separate words with an underscore (_) character. Spaces are not allowed.

array_performance

Table name is defined in singular. A table is a collection of one or more entries.

“function”, not “functions”

Use table aliases with meaningful names in SELECT queries.

 
SELECT
	vserver.name
FROM
	cm_storage.cluster cluster,
	cm_storage.vserver vserver
WHERE
	vserver.cluster_id = cluster.id
	AND cluster.name = '${ClusterName}'
	AND vserver.type = 'cluster'
ORDER BY
	vserver.name ASC

If you have to refer to a filter input parameter or user input parameter in a filter query or user query, use the syntax as '${inputVariableName}.You can also use the syntax to refer to a command definition parameter in reservation scripts and verification scripts.

 
SELECT
	volume.name AS Name,
	aggregate.name as Aggregate,
	volume.size_mb AS 'Total Size (MB)',
	voulme.used_size_mb AS 'Used Size (MB)',
	volume.space_guarantee AS 'Space Guarantee'
FROM
	cm_storage.cluster,
	cm_storage.aggregate,
	cm_storage.vserver,
	cm_storage.volume
WHERE
	cluster.id = vserver.cluster_id
	AND aggregate.id = volume.aggregate_id
	AND vserver.id = voulme.vserver_id
	AND vserver.name = '${VserverName}'
	AND cluster.name = '${ClusterName}'
ORDER BY
	volume.name ASC

Use comments for complex queries. Some of the supported comment styles in queries are as follows:

  • “--” until the end of the line

    A space is mandatory after the second hyphen in this comment style.

  • From a “#” character until the end of the line

  • From a “/” to the following "`/`"sequence

 
/*
multi-line
comment
*/
--line comment
SELECT
	ip as ip, # comment till end of this line
	NAME as name
FROM --end of line comment
	storage.array