Access Transaction Name dynamically

[Former Member]

Hi all,

does anybody know a way to access the BLS transaction name dynamically in the link editor? When I do Error Logging I want to pass the name of the BLS transaction.

thanks,

Matthias

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

No built-in technique that I'm aware of, but a custom action could use the getName() method on the Transaction object to obtain it.

String sName = "";

public String getTransactionName() {
    return sName;
}

void Invoke(Transaction transaction, ILog log) {
    sName = transaction.getName();
}

[agentry_src · Accepted solution]

Matthias,

The simplest method is to create a local property (Local.TransactionName) and store the name there. I add this property to every transaction I build for logging and error handling purposes. It can also be helpful in troubleshooting linked transactions. Not real sophisticated, but easy to implement and simple to maintain.

Regards,

Mike

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Mike,

I also thought about this. I think this will be the preferrable solution.

Regards,

Matthias

[salvatore_castro · Accepted solution]

For those of you watching/searching...

In MII 12.1and newer there are Shared Memory properties at the project level which can be modified via the MII Menu -> Data Services -> Shared Memory page once a project is imported/deployed. These should be used to cover this use-case.

Sam

[salvatore_castro · Accepted solution]

Sorry all, I was mistaken about the purpose of this post...

Still referring to MII 12.1 and newer:

You can use the transactionid link editor expression function to get the GUID of the currently running transaction. This GUID can be cross-referenced with the Transaction Manager page to display specific execution detail and the transaction path/name.

Regards,

Sam