JIL Utility

AutoSys JIL command line utility

This utility provides functionality to:

• Export to CSV - makes jobs easier to read for non-technical people
• Format JIL - aids in comparison of jobs in different environments
• Output to console - allows quick inspection of jobs contained within

What is JIL?

Job Information Language (JIL) is a scripting language that lets you define and modify assets such as jobs, global variables, machines, job types, external instances, and blobs.

Basic Usage

Basic usage for working with a JIL file.

usage: jilutil.py [-h] [-e] [-f] [-n] [-o] [-r] [-v] path

Positional Arguments

• path - path to JIL source file

Optional Arguments

• -h, --help - show this help message and exit
• -e, --export - Exports jobs contained in the JIL source file in ascending order by name to a CSV file.
• -f, --format - Formats jobs contained in the JIL source file in ascending order by name.
• -o, --output - Outputs jobs contained in the JIL source file in ascending order by name to standard out.
• -a, --attributes - Attributes to list when outputting jobs (ex: job_type,box_name).
• -n, --new - Formats as new file.
• -r, --reverse - Sorts jobs in descending order by name.
• -v, --verbose - Increases output verbosity.

Functionality

Export

Exports jobs contained in the JIL source file in ascending order by name to a CSV file.

Export jobs contained in JIL file: python -m jilutil sample.jil -e

Format

Formats jobs contained in the JIL source file in ascending order by name.

Format JIL file in place: python -m jilutil sample.jil -f

Format JIL file as new file: python -m jilutil sample.jil -f -n

Output

Outputs jobs contained in the JIL source file in ascending order by name to standard out.

Output jobs contained in JIL file: python -m jilutil sample.jil -o

SAMPLE_BOX_JOB
SAMPLE_CMD_JOB_1
SAMPLE_CMD_JOB_2

Output jobs contained in JIL file with extra attributes: python -m jilutil sample.jil -o -a box_name,job_type,condition

SAMPLE_BOX_JOB -> box_name:  ; job_type: BOX ; condition:
SAMPLE_CMD_JOB_1 -> box_name: SAMPLE_BOX_JOB ; job_type: CMD ; condition:
SAMPLE_CMD_JOB_2 -> box_name: SAMPLE_BOX_JOB ; job_type: CMD ; condition: s(SAMPLE_CMD_JOB_1)

Executable

Stand alone executable (no Python required) can be compiled using pyinstaller and the build.ps1 script included. Executable will be placed in "dist" folder.