Perspective - Equipment Schedule Scripting

This page details the component-specific events and functions available for Perspective's Equipment Schedule component. Right-click on the component or select Components from the Designer menubar to access the Configure Events and Configure Scripts popups.

Component Events

The Perspective Event Types Reference page describes all the possible component event types for Perspective components.

onAddEvent

Event is fired after a user adds an event to the schedule.

note

This component event is designed to be used in tandem with a script runAction. Within the script action, special properties and methods are available on the event object, which is passed to the script action as a parameter.

event.end

• Object Path

  • event.end

• Type

  • Integer or float

• Description

  • The end date of the new event.

event.itemId

• Object Path

  • event.itemId

• Type

  • String, integer, or float

• Description

  • The item identifier where this event was created.

event.start

• Object Path

  • event.start

• Type

  • Integer or float

• Description

  • The start date of the new event.

Example

from random import random, randint
     
format = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z"
locale = "en-us"
scheduled = self.props.scheduledEvents
r = random() * 255
g = random() * 255
b = random() * 255
color = "rgb(" + str(r) + "," + str(g) + "," + str(b) + ")"
percentDone = randint(0, 100)
leadTime = randint(300, 6000)
 
item = {
    "endDate": system.date.parse(event.end, format, locale),
    "itemId": event.itemId,
    "startDate": system.date.parse(event.start, format, locale),
    "eventId": "event_" + str(randint(1000, 10000)),
    "backgroundColor": color,
    "percentDone": percentDone,
    "leadTime": leadTime
}
scheduled.append(item)

onMoveEvent

Event is fired after a user moves an event.

note

This component event is designed to be used in tandem with a script runAction. Within the script action, special properties and methods are available on the event object, which is passed to the script action as a parameter.

event.end

• Object Path

  • event.end

• Type

  • Integer or float

• Description

  • The new end date of the moved event.

event.eventId

• Object Path

  • event.eventId

• Type

  • String, integer, or float

• Description

  • The event identifier of the moved event.

event.itemId

• Object Path

  • event.itemId

• Type

  • String, integer, or float

• Description

  • The item identifier where this event was moved.

event.start

• Object Path

  • event.start

• Type

  • Integer or float

• Description

  • The new start date of the moved event.

Example

format = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z"
locale = "en-us"
scheduled = self.props.scheduledEvents
for count, toFind in enumerate(scheduled):
    if toFind.eventId == event.eventId and event.itemId == toFind.itemId:
        toFind.startDate = system.date.parse(event.start, format, locale)
        toFind.endDate = system.date.parse(event.end, format, locale)

onResizeEvent

Event is fired after a user resizes an event.

note

This component event is designed to be used in tandem with a script runAction. Within the script action, special properties and methods are available on the event object, which is passed to the script action as a parameter.

event.end

• Object Path

  • event.end

• Type

  • Integer or float

• Description

  • The new end date of the resized event.

event.eventId

• Object Path

  • event.eventId

• Type

  • String, integer, or float

• Description

  • The event identifier of the resized event.

event.itemId

• Object Path

  • event.itemId

• Type

  • String, integer, or float

• Description

  • The item identifier where this event was resized.

event.start

• Object Path

  • event.start

• Type

  • Integer or float

• Description

  • The new start date of the resized event.

Example

format = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z"
locale = "en-us"
scheduled = self.props.scheduledEvents
for count, toFind in enumerate(scheduled):
    if toFind.eventId == event.eventId and event.itemId == toFind.itemId:
        toFind.startDate = system.date.parse(event.start, format, locale)
        toFind.endDate = system.date.parse(event.end, format, locale)

onDeleteEvent

Event is fired after a user deletes an event.

note

This component event is designed to be used in tandem with a script runAction. Within the script action, special properties and methods are available on the event object, which is passed to the script action as a parameter.

event.end

• Object Path

  • event.end

• Type

  • Integer or float

• Description

  • The end date of the deleted event.

event.eventId

• Object Path

  • event.eventId

• Type

  • String, integer, or float

• Description

  • The event identifier of the deleted event.

event.itemId

• Object Path

  • event.itemId

• Type

  • String, integer, or float

• Description

  • The item identifier where this event was deleted.

event.start

• Object Path

  • event.start

• Type

  • Integer or float

• Description

  • The start date of the deleted event.

Example

scheduled = self.props.scheduledEvents
format = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z"
locale = "en-us"
for count, toFind in enumerate(scheduled):
    if toFind.eventId == event.eventId and toFind.itemId == event.itemId:
        del scheduled[count]
        break

onClickEvent

Event is fired after a user clicks on an event.

note

This component event is designed to be used in tandem with a script runAction. Within the script action, special properties and methods are available on the event object, which is passed to the script action as a parameter.

event.end

• Object Path

  • event.end

• Type

  • Integer or float

• Description

  • The end date of the clicked event.

event.eventId

• Object Path

  • event.eventId

• Type

  • String, integer, or float

• Description

  • The event identifier of the clicked event.

event.itemId

• Object Path

  • event.itemId

• Type

  • String, integer, or float

• Description

  • The item identifier where this event was clicked.

event.start

• Object Path

  • event.start

• Type

  • Integer or float

• Description

  • The start date of the clicked event.

Example

scheduled = self.props.scheduledEvents
format = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z"
locale = "en-us"
for count, toFind in enumerate(scheduled):
    if toFind.eventId == event.eventId and toFind.itemId == event.itemId:
        print scheduled[count]
        break

Component Functions

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Extension Functions

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