Retrieve component based on user comment and based on schema

Question

We did bulk component update using core service and while updating those components we saved specific comment.

Using core service or TOM.Net API, is there any method that can give the component based on schema and comment that was saved during component update.

The alternate approach that we can use is to filter before and after time for the update however since business users were also updated component during that time so we want to filter out only the component that were updated by our utility.

Code to update component as requested:

_client.CheckOut(tcmId, true, new ReadOptions());
_client.Save(componentData, new ReadOptions());
_client.CheckIn(tcmId, true, message, new ReadOptions());

Here, _client is the core service cliennt object and message is the user comment.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

To get the components based on schema, you can use the below code. If you have multiple schemas, you can loop and collect the results.

UsingItemsFilterData filter = new UsingItemsFilterData();
            filter.BaseColumns = ListBaseColumns.Extended;
            filter.ItemTypes = new ItemType[] { ItemType.Component };
//"tcm:0-7-1" is the publication in which I want to search components
            filter.InRepository = new LinkToRepositoryData() { IdRef="tcm:0-7-1" };
//"tcm:7-x-8" is the schema
            XElement items = client.GetListXml("tcm:7-x-8", filter); 
// you can also use below method, if you want to get objects in place of XML
//var items = client.GetList("tcm:7-x-8", filter); 

Now when you have collection of components, you can check the comments in components and filter the collection.