7.7.9 StartJoiningProcess

The Method StartJoiningProcess is used to start the input joining process.

Note: It is not intended to be used in a hard real-time use case.

The signature of this Method is specified below. Table 112 and Table 113 specify the Arguments and AddressSpace representation, respectively.

Signature 

	StartJoiningProcess (
		[in]	0:String				productInstanceUri,
		[in]	JoiningProcessIdentificationDataType	
							joiningProcessIdentification,
		[in] 	EntityDataType[]				associatedEntities,
		[out]	0:Int64				status,
		[out]	0:LocalizedText				statusMessage)
Table 112 – StartJoiningProcess Method Arguments
Argument Description
productInstanceUri

With this argument the Client can provide the identifier of the asset on which this method is applicable.

It can be empty if the method is modelled directly under the required asset. If it is empty, the system can consider the identifier of the asset where the Server is running.

joiningProcessIdentification

It is the identification information of the joining process which can be used to select the joiningProcess.

If it includes joiningProcessId then it is used for the selection and other arguments are ignored.

If it does not include joiningProcessId, then the system checks for joiningProcessOriginId which will be used for the selection.

If joiningProcessId and joiningProcessOriginId are not available, then the system uses the selectionName for the selection of the joining process.

associatedEntitiesIt is the list of identifiers used for performing the joining operation. It is optional and can be empty.
statusIt provides the status of the Method execution. Refer 7.4 for details.
statusMessageIt provides the high-level status information in a user-friendly text.
Table 113 – StartJoiningProcess Method AddressSpace Definition
Attribute Value
BrowseNameStartJoiningProcess
References Node Class BrowseName DataType TypeDefinition ModellingRule
0:HasPropertyVariable0:InputArguments0:Argument[]0:PropertyType0:Mandatory
0:HasPropertyVariable0:OutputArguments0:Argument[]0:PropertyType0:Mandatory