VARA.MULTI not resolved in curly bracket expressions

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

Error Message :
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 VARA.MULTI variables are not resolved correctly if they are within an "{}" expression if one of the variable names withing the MULTI variable contains "&" variables.

You can use predefined variables to insert values of Variable object in executable objects at runtime. The following Variable name which is composed of the VARA object's name is used:

{ Variable object [, Key [, Column number ]] }

If you use them to assign VARA.MULT's to prompt sets, the results are unpredictable as shown below with three VARA.MULTI prompts.
 

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Investigation

The screenshots below show, that in all cases some of the variables are not correctly supplied.
 

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Environment

Release: AUTWAB99000-11.0-Automic Workload Automation-Base Edition
Component:

Cause

Cause type:
Defect
Root Cause: Variables from type MULTI were not resolved in an { } expression if one of the variable names within the MULTI variable contains & variables.

Resolution

This field was added on 30/03/2017. This article has not been updated yet. Refer to the "Description" or "Workaround" sections for solution information.

Fix Status: Released

Fix Version(s):
Automation Engine 11.2.2 - Available
Automation Engine 11.1.4 - Available
Automation Engine 10.0.8 - Available

Additional Information

Workaround :
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