Creating Generic Records with Python Scripting Toolkit

Daniel Manocchio

Hi Guys,

I have to create a number of generic records and would like to do that via STK. I'd be totally fine with either

• first creating regular records and transforming them to generic ones in a second step or
• create them directly.

If found the 'recordType' property in rec.pseudo_attributes, however its value can't be set via STK. Is there any way to modify this by STK?

Thanks in advance & bests,
Daniel

Ludovic Steinbach

Hi Daniel,

There are multiple ways to create generic records with the MI Scripting Toolkit.

• To convert an existing record to a generic record, import records as children of the record. It will be converted automatically.
• To convert an existing folder to a generic record, import data to the folder. It will be converted automatically.

For new records:

• Create the record and set its type to folder:

  • new_record = table.create_record(name=name, folder=True)
  • new_record = table.create_record(name=name); new_record.type = "Folder"

• Populates attributes on the record, then import

In the upcoming version of the STK, the documentation for this topic has been improved.

As a side note: in general, pseudo-attributes are read-only. The few pseudo-attributes that are writable are available as properties on the Record class: Record.type, Record.name, Record.short_name, Record.subsets, Record.color.

I hope this helps,
Ludovic

Daniel Manocchio

Hi Ludovic,

Uh, that's really incredible simple - I'd never tried that by my own =D
Many thanks for that great answer

Bests,
Daniel