apply a template from a workflow activity

[smithcorey]

Hi all,

So, I am trying to apply a template from a workflow activity.

I tried this in the workflow activity, but to no avail, so any input or direction would be most appreciated.

task.applyTemplate('u_template__1'); //u_template__1 is the name of the template I am trying to apply

[The SN Nerd]

Can you post a screenshot of your workflow activity?

Also, what order is your workflow set to?

[Michael Ritchie]

Are you creating this task in the workflow?   If so one of the options in the create task activity is to apply a template as it is getting created.

If you are trying to apply a template to an inflight task then you can add a run script activity and put current.applyTemplate('templateName').

[smithcorey]

Hi Michael,

Thanks so much for getting back to me.

I updated my workflow and added the "Catalog Task" activity to the workflow

and then set the "Task value from Template" on the activity.

This worked perfectly when I selected a specific template.

My struggle is that I am trying to apply a template to an in-flight catalog

task. The template to be ideally applied to the catalog task is from a

reference field on the Catalog Item table called (u_template__1).

This reference field (u_template__1) has a specific value in it, but it is

"dynamic", allowing the user building the catalog item to choose various

templates. So I am trying to pull the value of whatever is stored in that

reference field (u_template__1) and apply that template.

Does that make sense?

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Michael Ritchie <

[Michael Ritchie]

Corey, thanks for the clarification.   Is there a reason you want to apply this template with the workflow?   I am thinking a better alternative is to apply it when the user sets the template in the catalog task.   You could create a business rule on the sc_task table that looks for changes in the u_template__1 field and if found execute:

current.applyTemplate(current.u_template__1)