Automate expression method broken in jansa and kasparov

[phospi]

Hi,

I was checking jansa with expression methods as described in the Cloudforms / ManageIQ book [1] with user input and couldn't get it to work. It looks like variable resolution is no longer working for expression methods. Or maybe the syntax changed.

Affected versions (or what I tested):
jansa-2.20201027185742_b8d5deb
jansa-3.20210118183104_77bdc30
kasparov-1.20210203001902_15acbea

Steps to reproduce:
Follow the chapter "Expression methods" in the addendum [2]

Expected output:
Expression Method should deliver a result based on variables.

Actual result:
<None>

Additional info:
It is pretty interesting to compare the logging output in automation.log in ivanchuk and in jansa of an expression method:
Ivanchuck:
INFO -- : Invoking [expression] method [/Expression/General/my_expression_check] with inputs [{"arg1"=>"value1", "arg2"=>"foo", "arg3"=>"bar"}]

Jansa/Kasparov:
INFO -- : Invoking [expression] method [/Expression/General/my_expression_check] with inputs [{"arg1"=>"${/#dialog_my_field1}", "arg2"=>"${/#dialog_my_field2}", "arg3"=>"${/#dialog_my_field3}"}]
ERROR -- : Expression method ends

If that's important I tested expression method with tags.

Kind Regards,
phospi

Links

• Start of conversation in gitter: https://gitter.im/ManageIQ/manageiq?at=606eb27497cf5067464c362d

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