updating catalog variable with field value

[SabiraP]

can i get RITM field's value of one catalog into an other catalog item's referenced type variable in flow designer without script

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@SabiraP 

your requirement is not clear.

You have Catalog Item A and another Catalog Item B which has a reference variable in it.

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[kaushal_snow]

@SabiraP ,

As per my understanding of your requirement, it's not possible, because the only way to get variables from a requested item in a flow is to use the Get Catalog Variables action after you’ve looked up the RITM and then use those value in subsequent actions, but there’s no built in flow action that will automatically update or insert a variable on a different catalog item without either scripting or a custom action around the variable tables....

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[Brad Bowman]

You can't update ANY Catalog Item variables with ANY value in Flow Designer without a script - as easy as this was in Workflow Editor.  I have created a custom Action that is dynamic, so I can pass in the RITM (trigger from the flow), Variable Name, and Variable Value, and the action script will do the update.  In your case since you want to get the value from a different RITM record you would first do a Look Up Record activity to return that RITM, then pass in to the custom action as the variable value the field data pill from that look up activity, or the variable pill after a Get Catalog Variables action on the Look up record, if you meant a variable from the other RITM, not a field.

In case it's helpful, here's what my custom action looks like

(function execute(inputs, outputs) {
  try { 
    var variables = inputs.ritm.variables.getElements(); 
    
    for (var i = 0; i < variables.length; i++) { 
      var question = variables[i].getQuestion(); 
      
      if (question.getName() == inputs.variable_name) {
        question.setValue(inputs.variable_value);
      }  
    }
    
    inputs.ritm.update();
    outputs.state = 'success';
  }
  catch (e) {
    gs.error(e);
    outputs.state = 'error';
  }
})(inputs, outputs);

[AndersBGS]

Hi @SabiraP ,

I don't get your question - what is the business use case here?