MultipleActionGroup with SourcedMemberAction

Content Authoring
1

I can’t seem to POST to the Actions endpoint using a baseline created in a custom site as a sourced fixlet when using a MultipleActionGroup along with a SourcedMemberAction.

I’ll get something to the effect of “Action1” does not exist. If I omit the Action I will get something like: Action “” does not exist

The equivalent XML body using a SourcedFixletAction and no MultipleActionGroup will work fine.

I need to Action the Baseline with Pre and Post group ActionScripts which is why I am attempting to use the multiple action group.

2

I’m not sure I’m following…can you put a sample of the XML you’re posting here?

3

Hi sure thing - The 1st attempt using a Multiple Action Group will fail.

The response is:
The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request.
Action “Action1” does not exist.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<BES xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="BES.xsd">
 <MultipleActionGroup>
    <SourcedMemberAction>
        <SourceFixlet>
            <Sitename>MyCustom-SiteName</Sitename>
            <FixletID>1111</FixletID>
            <Action>Action1</Action>
        </SourceFixlet>
    </SourcedMemberAction>
    <Settings>
        <PreActionShowUI>false</PreActionShowUI>
        <HasRunningMessage>false</HasRunningMessage>
        <HasTimeRange>false</HasTimeRange>
        <HasStartTime>false</HasStartTime>
        <HasEndTime>true</HasEndTime>
        <EndDateTimeLocalOffset>P2D</EndDateTimeLocalOffset>
        <HasDayOfWeekConstraint>false</HasDayOfWeekConstraint>
        <UseUTCTime>false</UseUTCTime>
        <ActiveUserRequirement>NoRequirement</ActiveUserRequirement>
        <ActiveUserType>AllUsers</ActiveUserType>
        <HasWhose>false</HasWhose>
        <PreActionCacheDownload>false</PreActionCacheDownload>
        <Reapply>false</Reapply>
        <HasReapplyLimit>true</HasReapplyLimit>
        <ReapplyLimit>3</ReapplyLimit>
        <HasReapplyInterval>false</HasReapplyInterval>
        <HasRetry>false</HasRetry>
        <HasTemporalDistribution>false</HasTemporalDistribution>
        <ContinueOnErrors>true</ContinueOnErrors>
        <PostActionBehavior />
        <IsOffer>false</IsOffer>
    </Settings>
    <Target>
        <ComputerName>MyComputerName</ComputerName>
    </Target>
</MultipleActionGroup>

Using this will work:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
    <BES xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="BES.xsd">
    <SourcedFixletAction>
        <SourceFixlet>
            <Sitename>MyCustom-SiteName</Sitename>
            <FixletID>1111</FixletID>
            <Action>Install</Action>
        </SourceFixlet>
        <Target>
            <ComputerName>MyComputerName</ComputerName>
        </Target>
        <Settings>
            <PreActionShowUI>false</PreActionShowUI>
            <HasRunningMessage>false</HasRunningMessage>
            <HasTimeRange>false</HasTimeRange>
            <HasStartTime>false</HasStartTime>
            <HasEndTime>true</HasEndTime>
            <EndDateTimeLocalOffset>P2D</EndDateTimeLocalOffset>
            <HasDayOfWeekConstraint>false</HasDayOfWeekConstraint>
            <UseUTCTime>false</UseUTCTime>
            <ActiveUserRequirement>NoRequirement</ActiveUserRequirement>
            <ActiveUserType>AllUsers</ActiveUserType>
            <HasWhose>false</HasWhose>
            <PreActionCacheDownload>false</PreActionCacheDownload>
            <Reapply>false</Reapply>
            <HasReapplyLimit>true</HasReapplyLimit>
            <ReapplyLimit>3</ReapplyLimit>
            <HasReapplyInterval>false</HasReapplyInterval>
            <HasRetry>false</HasRetry>
            <HasTemporalDistribution>false</HasTemporalDistribution>
            <ContinueOnErrors>true</ContinueOnErrors>
            <PostActionBehavior />
            <IsOffer>false</IsOffer>
        </Settings>
    </SourcedFixletAction>
</BES>

I’d like to use the former because I have some pre/post ActionScripts to tack onto the request. The sourceFixlet in this case is a custom baseline that comprises fixlets sourced from the Enterprise Security Site but the resulting baseline sits in MyCustom-SiteName

4

I recently saw the following in the API guide:
“Note: You cannot submit a Multiple Action Group using a MemberAction that contains a FixletSource element. This is relevant to IEM 9.0 and later.”

Do I read this to mean Sourced Fixlets can no longer be used in Multiple Action Groups past version 9.0?