Mandate Fields in Worklog

Mandate Fields in Worklog

The below scrips mandates the fields in worklog. 

1. Open a notepad
2. Paste the below scrips and save as CustomScripts.js  under <SDP-home>/custom/scripts folder (If you already have any scrips under existing CustomScripts.js, please take a backup)
3. Please clear the browser cache once and then try to add a worklog

 ************ Mandate Time Taken to Resolve Field **************

jQuery(document).on('click',"#addWorkLogButton",function(){
    var fields = ["timespenthrs", "timespentmins"];
    var isMandate = true;
    for(var i=0;i<fields.length;i++){
      var fld_val;

      if(fields[i]=="timespenthrs" || fields[i]=="timespentmins")
      {
        fld_val = jQuery("[name='"+fields[i]+"']").val();
      }

      if(fld_val != "" && fld_val != "null" && fld_val.trim()!=""){
        isMandate = false;
      }
    }
    if(isMandate){
      alert("Please enter the Time Taken to Resolve");
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }); 

************** Mandate Description **************


jQuery(document).on('click',"#addWorkLogButton",function(){
    var fields = ["description"];
    var isMandate = false;
    for(var i=0;i<fields.length;i++){
      var fld_val;
      if(fields[i]=="description")
      {
        fld_val = jQuery("textarea[name='"+fields[i]+"']").val();
      }
      else{
        fld_val = jQuery("[name='"+fields[i]+"']").val();
      }
      if(fld_val == "" || fld_val == "null"){
        isMandate = true;
      }
    }
    if(isMandate){
      alert("fill worklog and description");
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }); 



There is already a feature developed by SDP that may serve the customer's requirement. Please check SDP Issue ID: 70934 for more information.
This feature has been released in SDP - 10001 and it will be available for us when we release MSP 10.5



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