Viewing preemption information

The diffs array

The diffs array identifies all of the changes between the base job and the preempting job. These are the changes that are not in the preempted job but would need to be for the preempted job to be bindable.

Each member of the array identifies one difference between the base job and the preempting job. This includes the object (entity), the label of the diff field (field), the base job value (existingValue) and the preempting job value (changedValue). The following code shows the syntax of each job diff array member.

{
  "changedValue": <value>,
  "entity": {
    "displayName": <display name>,
    "id": <id>
  },
  "existingValue": <value>,
  "field": <value>
}

The difference can pertain to the value of a single field. For example, the following payload indicates that on a Medical Payments coverage object, the choiceTerm1 field in the base job was 5000, but the preempting job changed it to 15000.

{
  "changedValue": "15,000",
  "entity": {
    "displayName": "Medical Payments",
    "id": "85"
  },
  "existingValue": "5,000",
  "field": "choiceTerm1"
}

The difference can also pertain to the addition or removal of an object. When this occurs, a "√" is used to indicate the object is present, and a "" (an empty string) is used to indicate the object is absent. For example, the following payload indicates that a 2000 Honda Civic was not present in the base job but was present in the preempting job. (In other words, the preempting job added a Honda Civic.)

{
  "changedValue": "√",
  "entity": {
    "displayName": "2000 Honda Civic in California",
    "id": "32"
  },
  "existingValue": "",
  "field": "2000 Honda Civic in California"
},

The preempting job

The payload also includes information about the preempting job, including:

• The job itself
• The job's effective date
• The job number
• The job type