Spel Reference Guide

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Note: please treat SPELL as SPEL

Overview

Spell is CA proprietary code used to script Service Desk core operations. Spell code can be found in .spl and .maj files located in $NX_ROOT\bopcfg\majic and $NX_ROOT\site\mods\majic directories. Other examples can be found in the $NX_ROOT\samples directory.

Note: .spl files with a pcd preceding the .spl are encrypted files, such as chgpcd.spl or itilpcd.spl.

Spell is usually used to write methods for object or attribute triggers. Examples may be attribute validation, notification, post processing, etc.

Spell is interpreted and executed by the Method Engine (spel_srvr), it can also be executed from the command line with bop_cmd command that interprets the fragment (.frg) files and executes the code.

The language resembles C++. Unlike C or C++, Spell does not support pointers or structures.

Reference Sections

<font size="3">Functions</font>
format getenv gsub is_empty is_null	misc:find_mang now send_wait sindex	strlen substr workshift_abs2work workshift_work2abs

<font size="3">Statements</font>
if	for	while

<font size="3">Other</font>
Data Type Conversion Operators	Spel FAQ Triggering Reaction	Troubleshooting Variables and Types Methods handling

See Also

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