Utilities (Cloud Automation)

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Introduction

A Utility for date format conversions and a password generator have been provided as part of the Cloud Automations that can be used within a BMP or AutoTask workflow.

Within the workflow designer, when adding a new node, select the option for Cloud Automation. No authentication or licensing is required to access and use these utilities.

Adding a Utility to a Workflow

Add a Cloud Automation node to your workflow
Access the properties of that node
On the Method field, select edit button to view the available integrations
Find Utilities within the list
Expand and select the automation that you wish to use.

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Example iBridge Utility operation converting from the format "Y-m-d H:i:s" (e.g. 2019-01-03 06:43:21) to "d-m-Y" (e.g. 03-01-2019)

Current Day

Possible values Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Example: Prior to an Service Manager Request Assignment node, you may want to check the day of the week. If it is a Saturday or Sunday you could take the decision to assign to an team that covers weekends.

Date Formatter

Lets you take the format of one date and convert it to another format. This is stored in a variable which can then be used in other BPM Operations. A common example is given in the image opposite but if you prefer a different format, the following reference will be useful: Date Format Characters. This reference outlines the list of characters that can be used when defining your output format.

Get Next Date

Lets you set a day of the week and the operation will return the date that this day falls on. This is stored in a variable which can then be used in other BPM Operation

Get Timestamp

Lets you return a timestamp which is x days, hours, minutes before or after an existing timestamp. This is useful for generating a future date / time to use in other business process operations.

Password Generator

A password generator tool to provide temporary passwords for users.

Read more about using the Integration Call from the Related Articles section, and learn how to work with input and output parameters for each of the Hornbill options.