Hi Maximo Experts!

I have an interesting technical question for this forum.

I created a custom dialog in the SR application. The intent is to show multiple SR records (based on a specific query) when the dialog is opened. The user will then select rows (multiselect) and press a button which should then do some processing. The dialog XML is shown below (I've removed all customer references)

<dialog beanclass="psdi.webclient.system.beans.MultiselectDataBean" id="SR2ASSET" label="Create/Update Asset from SR" mboname="SR" whereclause="customfield=1 and historyflag=0 and status != 'RESOLVED'">

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Aneesh Joseph
Director and Solutions Architect
objec3d
Melbourne, Australia
https://www.objec3d.com
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Hi Aneesh, 
I have the same problem and I did not find a way around :(

Here is an example that I used in past: https://www.sharptree.io/blog/2022/2022-01-17-custom-button-action/

I am wondering if it is a limitation of current implementation of Action launch points. 

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Alexey Potanin
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Hi Aneesh,

this is clearly framework limitation - simply automation script execution is being handled in consequence of a chained WFACTION -> ACTION -> AUTOSCRIPT sequence of actions. The thing is that WFACTION (and ACTION) always require MBO context to run. 

When you run such action from a details screen you can always be sure MBO exists. On a list screen however result set may be empty therefore action is ignored (to be completely clear the button itself is not even triggering the event).

In this case you may need to get into customisation, either by providing custom dialog bean or, if you're on MAS Manage (as you specifically are) then you can go for UI Bean Scripting. 

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Andrzej Więcław
Maximo Technical SME
ZNAPZ B.V.
Wrocław, Poland
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A little late and I think Andrzej has answered this well, but to add a little bit.  Dialogs on the list screen require that you have a result set in the list before attempting to perform the action.  To get this to work just have results in the list and then your dialog and actions should work as expected.  

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Jason VenHuizen
Sharptree
https://sharptree.io
https://opqo.io
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu April 03, 2025 03:09 AM
From: Andrzej Więcław
Subject: MAS 9 Manage - Launching automation scripts from a custom dialog in List tab

Hi Aneesh,

this is clearly framework limitation - simply automation script execution is being handled in consequence of a chained WFACTION -> ACTION -> AUTOSCRIPT sequence of actions. The thing is that WFACTION (and ACTION) always require MBO context to run. 

When you run such action from a details screen you can always be sure MBO exists. On a list screen however result set may be empty therefore action is ignored (to be completely clear the button itself is not even triggering the event).

In this case you may need to get into customisation, either by providing custom dialog bean or, if you're on MAS Manage (as you specifically are) then you can go for UI Bean Scripting. 

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Andrzej Więcław
Maximo Technical SME
ZNAPZ B.V.
Wrocław, Poland
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Hi Joseph,

Yes. It is expecting atleast SR mbo to process the execution. In the dialog box, I see a relationship from SR to ASSET. In order to trigger the event, I assume to have one SR record. 

What is the exact requirements? 

Thank you 

Pavan Uppalanchu 

Thank you. 

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pavan uppalanchu
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Thank you everyone for your valuable responses! I really appreciate it :)

Yes, it looks like bean scripting might be the solution for this. I'm keen to explore this further but for the moment we are just using a workaround where the user selects a Query to ensure records exist in the List screen, as suggested by Jason before opening the dialog.

Have a great week!

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Aneesh Joseph
Director and Solutions Architect
objec3d
Melbourne, Australia
https://www.objec3d.com
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@Aneesh Joseph I have filtered few records in list tab. I have a custom select action button, on clicking the button, Is it posible to filter the records in dialog based on records in list tab result set ?

Thank you !

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pavan uppalanchu
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Original Message:
Sent: Sun April 06, 2025 07:08 PM
From: Aneesh Joseph
Subject: MAS 9 Manage - Launching automation scripts from a custom dialog in List tab

Thank you everyone for your valuable responses! I really appreciate it :)

Yes, it looks like bean scripting might be the solution for this. I'm keen to explore this further but for the moment we are just using a workaround where the user selects a Query to ensure records exist in the List screen, as suggested by Jason before opening the dialog.

Have a great week!

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Aneesh Joseph
Director and Solutions Architect
objec3d
Melbourne, Australia
https://www.objec3d.com
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Hi Pavan

Yes, its absolutely possible to do this. You will need to use the bean scripting feature in Maximo Application Suite, details are in my blog below

Maximo Application Suite Bean Scripting: An Example

And for your use case of filtering the records in the dialog based on the records in the list tab, you will need to add the following code to your bean script

def initialize(ctx):
    session = ctx.webclientsession();
    app = session.getCurrentApp();
    resultsBean = app.getResultsBean();
    listMboSet = resultsBean.getMboSet();
    data_bean = session.getDataBean("YOURDIALOGID");
    data_bean.setUserWhere(listMboSet.getUserAndQbeWhere());

Remember to replace the DIALOGID in the code with your specific dialog ID.

Kind Regards

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Aneesh Joseph
Director and Solutions Architect
objec3d
Melbourne, Australia
https://www.objec3d.com
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu October 30, 2025 01:19 AM
From: pavan uppalanchu
Subject: MAS 9 Manage - Launching automation scripts from a custom dialog in List tab

@Aneesh Joseph I have filtered few records in list tab. I have a custom select action button, on clicking the button, Is it posible to filter the records in dialog based on records in list tab result set ?

Thank you !

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pavan uppalanchu
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Original Message:
Sent: Sun April 06, 2025 07:08 PM
From: Aneesh Joseph
Subject: MAS 9 Manage - Launching automation scripts from a custom dialog in List tab

Thank you everyone for your valuable responses! I really appreciate it :)

Yes, it looks like bean scripting might be the solution for this. I'm keen to explore this further but for the moment we are just using a workaround where the user selects a Query to ensure records exist in the List screen, as suggested by Jason before opening the dialog.

Have a great week!

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Aneesh Joseph
Director and Solutions Architect
objec3d
Melbourne, Australia
https://www.objec3d.com