Scheduler runs an automation script (get “interaction is required to execute this script” error)

Solved882 viewsAutomation script interactive Scheduler
8
0 Comments

Hi

I setup a scheduler to run an automation script on hourly basis.

However, i got "interaction is required to execute this script" error when the scheduler tries to run the auto script.

I double checked the automation script and it seems doesn't have any showUI() function call.

The C# code in the auto script for debugging is engine.Log().

Thanks in advance.

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 7th July 2023

2 Answers

12
4.42K 2 Comments

Hi Miao,

Does the script contain any commented-out line of code that has a .ShowUI() call? This will also incorrectly flag the script as requiring interaction. You can work around this by avoiding this string, e.g. rename to .Show---UI()

You can also verify this by opening the script .xml file located in C:\Skyline DataMiner\Scripts\ on the agent. The root XML tag contains an options attribute, for example <DMSScript options="272">. If these options are set to value 304 it has the interactive flag enabled (contains bit flag 0x0020).

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 7th July 2023
Bert Buysschaert [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] commented

Addendum: other calls that implicitly trigger the interactive flag are “.RunClientProgram()” and “.ShowProgress()”, as well as setting “engine.IsInteractive” explicitly.
You are viewing 1 out of 2 answers, click here to view all answers.