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Version: V2 (Ignition 8.1)

system.mes.inventory.newSplitRequest

Description​

Generates an empty Split Request to provide the structure required by the API to save a new record into the database. This method must be combined with the split method in order to persist the record.

Permissions​

This method does not require any permissions.

Syntax​

system.mes.inventory.newSplitRequest()

Parameters​

ParameterTypeNullableDescription
None--This method does not take any parameters.

Returns​

Returns a JSON representation of the newly created Split Request object. The following is a list of keys and default values:

KeyDefault Value
typeSPLIT
quantitynull
unitOfMeasureSymbolnull
sourceLotIdnull
sourceLocationIdOrPathnull
destinationLotNamenull
operationIdnull
inventoryOperationIdnull
productionOrderIdOrNamenull
materialReasonCodeIdnull
destinationInventoryNamenull
notesnull
spare1null
spare2null
spare3null

Code Examples​

# Generate the object structure for a new split request object with no initial arguments
newRequest = system.mes.inventory.newSplitRequest()

# Set basic attributes for the new split request
newRequest['sourceLocationIdOrPath'] = 'DairyCo'
newRequest['sourceLotId'] = '01JJCQEJYG-E31FHVTF-JB6WEJTC'
newRequest['destinationLotName'] = '5db685a7-2096-449a-b96c-effb3739e021'
newRequest['quantity'] = 610
# (You can continue setting other properties as needed here)

# Split the request
splitRequest = system.mes.inventory.split(**newRequest)

# Output the JSON representation of the split request
print(splitRequest)