Exit Status Codes

In our example we used an exit status code of MIQ_OK. Although with simple methods such as this we don't strictly need to specify an exit code, it's good practice to do so. When we build more advanced multi-Method Classes and State Machines, an exit code can signal an error condition to the Automation Engine so that action can be taken.

There are four exit codes that we can use:

MIQ_OK (0) - Continues normal processing

This is logged to automation.log as:

Method exited with rc=MIQ_OK

MIQ_WARN (4) - Warning message, continues processing

This is logged to automation.log as:

Method exited with rc=MIQ_WARN

MIQ_ERROR / MIQ_STOP (8) - Stops processing current object

This is logged to automation.log as:

Stopping instantiation because [Method exited with rc=MIQ_STOP]

MIQ_ABORT (16) - Aborts entire Automation instantiation

This is logged to automation.log as:

Aborting instantiation because [Method exited with rc=MIQ_ABORT]