Cisco Process Orchestrator: How to generate a random number

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Updated:October 15, 2012
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Introduction

This document describes a how to generate a random number for Cisco Process Orchestrator (CPO).

Prerequisites

Components Used

The information in this document is based on Cisco Process Orchestrator version 2.3.1.

The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.

How To

Problem

How do you generate a random number in CPO?

Solution

Write a VBScript function to do such (using the Execute Windows Script activity).

Example: Set arrArgs = WScript.Arguments min = arrArgs.Item(0) max = arrArgs.Item(1) Randomize Wscript.Echo INT((max-min+1)*Rnd+min)

Feed it two inputs, Min and Max as variables. Then, the output of the script is the random number.

Further Information

This is a general how-to and is not the only method to accomplish the task.

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