Sepasoft Business Connector Operation

Executing Charts

Users execute ('run') a chart using one the methods below from within a script anywhere within Ignition, such as in an Ignition component (example: a Button), a shared or Gateway script, an MES Script or a tag script.

To build a Business Connector chart, see Building Charts.

Available Scripting Functions

Business Connector Charts are 'run' (executed).

Asynchronous

The two methods are found here: system.mes.bc.executeChart

system.mes.bc.executeChart(chartPath)

• No Chart Parameter values are passed or returned.
  
• Does not wait for the chart to complete execution before returning control to the calling script.

system.mes.bc.executeChart(chartPath, chartParameters)

• Passes a Python dictionary of Chart Parameter names and values into the chart. 
• Does not wait for the chart to complete execution before returning control to the calling script.

Synchronous

The three methods are found here: system.mes.bc.executeChartSynchronous

system.mes.bc.executeChartSynchronous(chartPath)

• No Chart Parameter values are passed or returned.
  
• Will wait for the chart to complete execution  before returning control to the calling script.

system.mes.bc.executeChartSynchronous(chartPath, chartParameters)

• Passes a Python dictionary of Chart Parameter names and values into the chart. 
• Will wait for the chart to complete execution before returning control to the calling script.

system.mes.bc.executeChartSynchronous(chartPath, chartParameters, returnChartParameters)

• Passes a Python dictionary of Chart Parameter names and values into the chart.
• Passes a Python list of Chart Parameters to be returned.
• Returns a Python dictionary containing the requested Chart Parameters for use by the calling script.
• Will wait for the chart to complete execution, so that the parameter values in the returned Python dictionary are valid upon returning control to the calling script.