LookupMask class

Office 2013 and later

Represents a mask definition for the levels of a hierarchical lookup table.

Namespace:  Microsoft.ProjectServer.Client
Assembly:  Microsoft.ProjectServer.Client (in Microsoft.ProjectServer.Client.dll)

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All lookup tables must have at least one mask, and only text tables may have more than one mask.

The following code example is a console application that queries the collection of lookup tables in a Project Web App instance and displays information about the code masks and entries for a specified lookup table. The projLutCollection variable is a LookupTableCollection object.

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.ProjectServer.Client;

namespace ReadLookupTable
{
    class Program
    {
        // Change the path for your Project Web App instance.
        private const string PWA_PATH = "http://ServerName/pwa/";    
        private static string lutName = "Department";    // Default lookup table to read.

        // Set the Project Server client context.
        private static ProjectContext projContext;

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            if (!ParseCommandLine(args))
            {
                Usage();
                ExitApp();
            }
            projContext = new ProjectContext(PWA_PATH);

            var projLutCollection = projContext.LoadQuery(
                projContext.LookupTables
                    .Where(lut => lut.Name == lutName));

            projContext.ExecuteQuery();

            if (projLutCollection.Count() > 0)
            {
                foreach (LookupTable lut in projLutCollection)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("'{0}' lookup table Id: {1}", lut.Name, lut.Id);
                    Console.WriteLine("\tField type: {0}", lut.FieldType);

                    // Get the lookup table mask data:
                    Console.WriteLine("\nNumber of '{0}' lookup table masks: {1}\n", lut.Name, lut.Masks.Count());

                    foreach (LookupMask lutMask in lut.Masks)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("\tMaskType: {0}\tLength: {1}\tSeparator: {2}", 
                            lutMask.MaskType, lutMask.Length, lutMask.Separator);
                    }

                    // Get the collection of lookup table entries.
                    projContext.Load(lut.Entries);
                    projContext.ExecuteQuery();

                    Console.WriteLine("\nNumber of '{0}' lookup table entries: {1}", lut.Name, lut.Entries.Count());

                    foreach (LookupEntry lutEntry in lut.Entries)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("\n\t{0}, SortIndex: {1}\n\tFullValue: {2}",
                            lutEntry.Id, lutEntry.SortIndex.ToString("F0"), lutEntry.FullValue);
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("No lookup table named '{0}'", lutName);
            }

            ExitApp();   
        }

        private static void ExitApp()
        {
            Console.Write("\nPress any key to exit... ");
            Console.ReadKey(true);
            Environment.Exit(0);
        }

        // Parse the command line. Return true if there are no errors.
        private static bool ParseCommandLine(string[] args)
        {
            bool error = false;
            int argsLen = args.Length;

            try
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < argsLen; i++)
                {
                    if (error) break;
                    if (args[i].StartsWith("-") || args[i].StartsWith("/"))
                        args[i] = "*" + args[i].Substring(1).ToLower();

                    switch (args[i])
                    {
                        case "*lookuptable":
                        case "*lut":
                            if (++i >= argsLen) return false;
                            lutName = args[i];
                            break;
                        case "*?":
                        default:
                            error = true;
                            break;
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (FormatException)
            {
                error = true;
            }
            return !error;
        }

        private static void Usage()
        {
            string example = "Usage: ReadLookupTable [/lookuptable | /lut \"LookupTable Name\"";
            example += "\n\nExample: ReadLookupTable /lut \"Department\"";
            Console.WriteLine(example);
        }
    }
}

For example, suppose the Department lookup table contains the following code masks and lookup table values:

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Sequence              Length          Separator
_______________________________________________
Characters            Any             .
Uppercase Letters     2               .

 

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Level              Value
______________________________
1                  Test Dept 1
1                  Test Dept 2
1                  Test Dept C
2                      CA
2                      CB

Following is the output of the ReadLookupTable application (the GUIDs for your entries would be different).

NoteNote

Because the Department lookup table is built-in, the GUID of the Department lookup table is the same in all Project Web App instances. The GUID is the value of the Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Library.LookupTables.DEPARTMENTS_LT_UID field.

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'Department' lookup table Id: e7397277-1ab0-4096-b2dd-57029a055ba4
        Field type: TEXT

Number of 'Department' lookup table masks: 2

        MaskType: CHARACTERS    Length: 0       Separator: .
        MaskType: UPPERCASE     Length: 2       Separator: .

Number of 'Department' lookup table entries: 5

        bbc07ff5-b06d-e211-93f4-0021704e28a0, SortIndex: 1
        FullValue: Test Dept 1

        bcc07ff5-b06d-e211-93f4-0021704e28a0, SortIndex: 2
        FullValue: Test Dept 2

        bdc07ff5-b06d-e211-93f4-0021704e28a0, SortIndex: 3
        FullValue: Test Dept C

        0a6ef8d8-6871-e211-93f4-0021704e28a0, SortIndex: 4
        FullValue: Test Dept C.CA

        0b6ef8d8-6871-e211-93f4-0021704e28a0, SortIndex: 5
        FullValue: Test Dept C.CB

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Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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