MES Stateless API

GetRunnableEntities(String,String) Method

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GetRunnableEntities(String,String) Method

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Last UpdatedNov 06, 2025
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The GetRunnableEntities() method retrieves a list of runnable entities that are descendants of a specified entity. If the specified entity is a runnable entity, it is also included in the returned list.

This overload of the method uses the entity name and site name to identify the entity.

Syntax

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Shared Function GetRunnableEntities( _
   ByVal entName As String, _
   ByVal siteName As String _
) As DataSet

'Usage
 
Dim entName As String
Dim siteName As String
Dim value As DataSet
 
value = JobExec.GetRunnableEntities(entName, siteName)

public static DataSet GetRunnableEntities( 
   string entName,
   string siteName
)

Parameters

entName: Required. Holds the name of the entity whose descendants that are runnable entities are being retrieved.
siteName: Optional. Holds the site name of the entity.

Return Value

Returns a DataSet that contains a record for each runnable descendant entity of the specified entity, and the specified entity if it is runnable. If no entities are runnable, an empty DataSet is returned.

The columns of the returned DataSet are described below.

Column Name	Description
ent_id	An integer that is the ID of the entity, from the Ent table.
ent_name	A string that is the name of the entity, from the Ent table.

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