Auto save request (save like draft)

[inish]

Does servicenow has any auto save functionality.

the form would automatically save periodically to prevent loss of information if the requester is away from his/her desk.

any thoughts?

[xiaix]

I have this auto-save feature on several of my custom UI Pages... but adding it directly to a "Request" I'm not sure.   Would you like me to show you how my UI Page auto-save works?

[inish]

Yes please.

[xiaix]

First, I set a JavaScript variable on my UI Page:

var record_sysID = "${gr.sys_id}";
var refreshIntervalId = setInterval(autoSave, 600000); <!-- 10 minutes -->

Next, in my Client Script, I declare the "autoSave" function

function autoSave()
{
   var ga = new GlideAjax('autoSave_myForm');
   ga.addParam('sysparm_name', 'autoSave_myForm');
   ga.addParam('sysparm_RecordSysID', record_sysID);
   ga.getXMLWait();
   var answer = ga.getAnswer();

   if (answer > 0)
   alert("autoSaved!");
   else
   alert("autoSaved did not work!");
}

The Script Include: autoSave_myForm

var autoSave_myForm = Class.create();
autoSave_myForm.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
autoSave_myForm: function() {

   var RecordSysID = this.getParameter('sysparm_RecordSysID');
       var gr = new GlideRecord('my_table');
       gr.addQuery('sys_id', RecordSysID);
       gr.query();

   var answer = 0;

   if (gr.next())
       {
               gr.update();
               answer = 1;
       }

   return answer;
}
});

Just to note, I'm getting "${gr.sys_id}" from   g:evaluate code on the UI page, but since you're not working from a UI page, you could use "current.sys_id".  

Again, to stress, this works from within a UI Page, and probably will not work for how you're wanting to use it.   You said you'd like to see how I did it on a UI Page though, so I'm honoring that request.

[Brad Tilton]

I think the answer is no, there isn't anything like this oob. If you're talking about incident and change request type forms you could probably do some auto saving with a custom client script.