Neptune DXP - Open Edition · 25.0 MTS

Add a script and expose its output

This task adds the Run Script node that scores each candidate. The score becomes an output that the decision in Add a decision routes on.

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For how a script reads and writes the process flow’s data, and the Code Snippets it starts from, see How data moves through a process flow.

Prerequisites

You have created the process flow.
You have defined the interface.

Procedure

In the Script Editor, create a server script.
Right-click the script and select Code Snippets. Under functions > p9 > processFlow, select getData to insert the read-data snippet.

Adapt the snippet to score the candidate: read the candidate from globals, compute a score, and return it with result:

// Score a candidate application.
const data = p9.processFlow.getData()
const candidate = data.globals.candidate
const years = Number(candidate.yearsOfExperience) || 0

let score = 0
if (years >= 8) {
  score = 90
} else if (years >= 4) {
  score = 70
} else {
  score = 40
}

result = { data: { score } }

Open the process flow on the canvas.
Drag a Run Script node onto the canvas, and connect the Start event to it.
Select the Run Script node to open its details.
In Step name, enter a meaningful name, for example Score application.
Select the script you created in the Script Editor.
On the Outputs panel, select Generate Outputs.

Result: The score is exposed as a property that later steps can read.

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Results

The process flow scores each candidate.
The score is available to later steps as an output, for example {Outputs>/<activity>/score}, where <activity> is this node’s identifier. See Binding syntax reference.

Next steps

Add a decision

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