Provisioning Schema::select

Element that defines a named selection for conditional checking. This element is part of the provisioning schema of Microsoft® Provisioning Framework (MPF).

The data source for the selection is identified by the source and sourcePath attributes. The child node where defines the condition to check. The select nodes are evaluated in the order they appear in the procedure definition.

Parents

procedure, try, catch

Child

where (minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="*")

Attributes

defaultCase
Optional. Default value to be used when none of the where elements within the selection are evaluated.
ifNullCase
Optional. Value to assign to the selection when no data node can be resolved using the source and sourcePath attributes.
name
Required. Name of the select node; used to reference the node during conditional checking using when nodes.
source
Required. Context node for locating the sourcePath node in the request XML:
  • "data" (the request's data node)
  • "procedureData" (the called procedure's procedureData node)
sourcePath
Optional. XPath for the element and attribute to select. 

Example

<request>
  <data>
	<user name="joe" type="Administrator" />
  </data>
  <procedure>
	<select name="userType" source="data" sourcePath="user/@type defaultCase="user" ifNullCase="user">
	<where value="Administrator" case="admin" />
	</select>
	<execute namespace="MyHosting" procedure="AssignAdminRights">
	<when select="userType" case="admin" />
	</execute>
	<execute namespace="Test Namespace" procedure="GrantDomainUserRights">
	<when select="userType" case="user" />
	</execute>
  </procedure>
</request>

See also

Customization, XML Schema for Procedures

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