system.mes.material.getPropertyOrCreateNew

Description

Retrieves a Material Properties record if an existing material property exists with the specified ID or name. Otherwise, creates a new Material Properties record with the specified name and attributes.

Syntax

system.mes.material.getPropertyOrCreateNew(**property_data)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
materialClassId	String (ULID)	The ULID of the material class associated with this material property.
name	String	The name of the material property.
description	String	A description of the material property.
dataType	String	The data type of the property (e.g., Integer, String, Float).
lowLimit	Double	The minimum value allowed for a numerical property.
highLimit	Double	The maximum value allowed for a numerical property.
format	String	The format of the property, if applicable.
unitOfMeasureId	String (ULID)	The ULID of the unit of measure for this property.
unitOfMeasureName	String	The name of the unit of measure for the property. For display purposes only.
unitOfMeasureSymbol	String	The symbol of the unit of measure for the property. For display purposes only.
options	String	List of possible values for the property (e.g., "[option1, option2]").
nullable	Boolean	Defines if the property can accept null values.
defaultValue	Mixed	The default value assigned to the property if none is provided. The type is mixed as it depends on what dataType is.
id	String (ULID)	The ULID of the material property (optional, for updating an existing property).
notes	String	Notes related to the material property.
enabled	Boolean	Indicates if the property is active and enabled.
spare1	String	Additional field for user-defined context.
spare2	String	Additional field for user-defined context.
spare3	String	Additional field for user-defined context.

Returns

Returns a JSON representation of the material property.

Code Examples

# Generate the object structure for a new property object for temperature
new_property = system.mes.material.newProperty()

# Define property details
new_property['name'] = 'Temperature'
new_property['dataType'] = 'Float'
new_property['unitOfMeasureId'] = '01JAP8RJBN-4VYZUKE1-LY2QHV8X'
new_property['nullable'] = False
new_property['lowLimit'] = -20
new_property['highLimit'] = 50
# (You can continue setting other properties as needed here)

# Get the property if it exists, otherwise creates it with the given attributes
property = system.mes.location.getPropertyOrCreateNew(**new_property)

# Output the JSON representation of the property
print(property)