Designing And Developing Scripts

Constructing a script is similar to writing a computer program. We recommend that you follow the approach outlined below when you construct scripts:

• Thoroughly understand the business process to be scripted
• Thoroughly understand how the transactions and services that your script uses work
• Design the steps for the script "on paper"
• Determine the most maintainable way to set up your scripts. Rather than creating complex, monolithic scripts, we recommend dividing scripts into smaller sections. For example:
  • For BPA scripts,
    • Determine if several scripts have similar steps. If so, set up a script that contains these common steps and invoke it from the main scripts. For example, if the main script were a BPA script, this would be invoked via a Perform script step.
    • Determine if a large script can be divided into logical sections. If so, set up a small script for each section and create a "master script" to invoke each. For example, if the main script were a BPA script, this would be invoked via a Transfer control step.
  • For server-based script, you can segregate reusable steps into "service scripts" and then use Invoke service script steps to execute the common logic.
• Add the script using Script Maintenance
• Thoroughly test the script