Hello,

I have created a Jenkins project to export and import larger product files asynchronously via Jenkins.

I have attached the Jenkins-build.xml file that I used to set both import.async and export.async to true:

<entry  key="${env.SystemName}.export.async" value="true"/>

...
...

<entry  key="${env.SystemName}.import.async" value="true"/>

After performing an Ant Build Step with this Jenkins-build.xml file, I run an "Execute shell" step to run the export:

$PEGA_HOME/scripts/utils/prpcServiceUtils.sh \
  export \
  --connPropFile \
  $WORKSPACE/${SystemName}_export.properties \
  --artifactsDir $WORKSPACE \
  --requestTimeOut 3600

and from there, I check the status of the job with the following "Execute shell" step to wait until the export has succeeded:

JOBIDFILE=$(find $WORKSPACE -type f \
  -name "jobIds.txt" \
  -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
  grep EXPORT | \
  sort -r | \
  head -1 | \
  awk '{print $2}')

$PEGA_HOME/scripts/utils/prpcServiceUtils.sh \
  getStatus \
  --jobIdFile $JOBIDFILE \
  --connPropFile \
  $WORKSPACE/${SystemName}_export.properties \
  --artifactsDir $WORKSPACE > \
  $WORKSPACE/${SystemName}_getstatus.output.txt

# Save the Status of the Export returned from 
#the 'getStatus' command
EXPORTSTATUS=$(sed -nr \
  's/^.*Status\s*:\s(\S*)\s*/\1/p' \
  $WORKSPACE/${SystemName}_getstatus.output.txt)

# Continue to check Status until the Export Succeeds
while [[ "$EXPORTSTATUS" != "SUCCESS" ]]
do 
    # Check every 10 seconds
    sleep 10
    $PEGA_HOME/scripts/utils/prpcServiceUtils.sh \
      getStatus \
      --jobIdFile $JOBIDFILE \
      --connPropFile \
        $WORKSPACE/${SystemName}_export.properties \
      --artifactsDir $WORKSPACE > \
      $WORKSPACE/${SystemName}_getstatus.output.txt

    EXPORTSTATUS=$(sed -nr \
      's/^.*Status\s*:\s(\S*)\s*/\1/p' \
      $WORKSPACE/${SystemName}_getstatus.output.txt)
done 

# If the Status succeeds, move the Export file to the 
# $WORKSPACE/destination directory 
# (where the import is looking for it)

if [ $EXPORTSTATUS == "SUCCESS" ]; then

    PRODUCTFILE=$(find $WORKSPACE -type f \
      -name "$productName$productVersion.zip")

    # If the destination directory does not exist
    # create it
    if [ ! -d "$WORKSPACE/destination" ]; then
        mkdir $WORKSPACE/destination
    fi
    
    mv $PRODUCTFILE $WORKSPACE/destination/ 
fi

Everything works fine, but I was wondering if there is a cleaner way for me to obtain the location of the jobIds.txt file or the status returned from the getStatus command instead of parsing them out with these two variables that I created ($JOBIDFILE and $EXPORTSTATUS):

JOBIDFILE=$(find $WORKSPACE -type f \
  -name "jobIds.txt" \
  -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
  grep EXPORT | \
  sort -r | \
  head -1 | \
  awk '{print $2}')

$PEGA_HOME/scripts/utils/prpcServiceUtils.sh \
  getStatus \
  --jobIdFile $JOBIDFILE \
  --connPropFile \
    $WORKSPACE/${SystemName}_export.properties \
  --artifactsDir $WORKSPACE > \
  $WORKSPACE/${SystemName}_getstatus.output.txt

# Save the Status of the Export 
# returned from the 'getStatus' command
EXPORTSTATUS=$(sed -nr \
  's/^.*Status\s*:\s(\S*)\s*/\1/p' \
  $WORKSPACE/${SystemName}_getstatus.output.txt)

I haven't found clear steps on how to perform these processes in Jenkins asynchronously, but I would be more than happy to make a more complete post.