Using the MS SharePoint Retrieve Attachment Content Activity

Use the Retrieve Attachment Contents activity to retrieve contents of the attachments of a List item for existing lists in MS SharePoint.

About this task

Use this task to retrieve contents of the attachments of a list tem for existing lists in MS SharePoint instance. The call to this activity is a synchronous call where the input data is sent to the activity for processing and the response is sent back to the orchestration.

Procedure

  1. Right click the Orchestrations section and select new orchestration.
  2. Drag the newly created MS SharePoint endpoint to the orchestration and select Retrieve Attachment Contents activity. The Retrieve Attachment Contents activity will be added to the orchestration. Double click the activity. The MS SharePoint Retrieve Attachment Contents Checklist is displayed.
  3. In the Checklist, click Retry. Review the default settings and make the required changes.
  4. In the Checklist, click Configure. Click Browse. The List Selection Dialogue is displayed with Lists of only supported base templates which includes base template id as 100, 105 and 120. Select a List and Click OK.
  5. Select the Map Inputs in the Checklist. The XML Schemas generated from that operation are displayed as nodes under the request input parameter in the To Activity panel.
  6. Create a map between the orchestration variables and the input parameter of the activity.
    Mandatory Fields:
    • itemId (id of the item to retrieve the contents of attachments)
    • filename (name of the file attached to the item)

    Sample Input Request

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <RetrieveAttachmentContents xmlns="http://www.IBM.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/j2ca/Sharepoint/retrieveattachmentcontents">
    <RetrieveAttachmentContentsRequestDetails xmlns="">
    <itemId>4</itemId>
    <fileName>test123.txt</fileName>
    </RetrieveAttachmentContentsRequestDetails>
    </RetrieveAttachmentContents>
    Note: Values must be provided at run time for the mandatory elements of the input structure. A value can be provided by specifying a default value for element or by linking the element with an input node. During run time if no value is provided for a mandatory element, the activity throws an exception, which is reported by the Web Management Console. If a value is not provided at run time for an optional input parameter, no exception is thrown during run time.
  7. Select the Map Outputs in the Checklist. The XML Schema generated to hold the response of the activity is displayed as nodes under the response output parameter in the From Activity panel.
  8. Create a map between the output parameters and orchestration variables.

Results

You have configured the MS SharePoint Retrieve Attachment Contents activity.
Note:

You can retrieve multiple attachments content at one go using this activity since the input variable is unbounded.




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