Populate field values in an editable table and copy it to the request description.
This post describes the use of a Field and for rule script to
populate the value of the given fields in the editable table and same
table data will be copied in the description.
UseCase:
Let
us consider a scenario where travel request form is created. User need
to select hotels for a tour, as there might be more than one hotel
stays in a single tour. For this business
requirement, we can populate the value of the given fields in the
editable table and same table data will be copied in the description.
For Builds after 11200:
Execution steps:
1. Create the additional fields in the section of a template.
2. In FAFR, on form load add the attached script addResource.txt. Modify the display_name and fafrKey in the script.
For Builds before 11200:
Execution steps:
1. Create the additional fields in the section of a template.
2.
In FAFR, on form load add the attached
script EditableTableForFieldValues.js. Modify the field_headers
and field_array variable in the script.
Give the field names in the
'field_headers' variable and give the FAFR field ids in the
'field_array' variable.
3. In FAFR, on form submit add the attached script EditableTableOnSubmit.js. New to ADSelfService Plus?
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