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?

[kreddyT]

function onLoad(){  

setTimeout(autoSave,300000); // 5 Minutes (in milliseconds)  

}  

function autoSave(){  

gsftSubmit(gel('sysverb_update_and_stay'))  

}  

I tried this with the help of the following link,

Auto-save feature (like gmail's auto draft)

and it works for me but the form reloads every 5 minutes. I am looking for something that auto saves my form without reloading.

I tried glideajax and the form auto-saves without reloading but for every 5 minutes the presence of the cursor jumps to previous line.

How can I make the cursor stay at the same place it was?

Please let me know if you have a suggestion.

[erniec]

I would like to know as well. I have tried but cannot get it to autosave once without reloading periodically.

[mcclain]

Did you able fix that cursor issue as you mentioned.

[xiaix]

The code I posted above saves without reloading.

[kreddyT]

No. I wasn't. I raised a HI ticket for that but they couldn't help either. I figured a workaround though.

Whenever i call script include every 5 minutes, I am saving this field's value to another field in another table. That way my form never re-loads and the cursors stays in its place. If user lost his text, he can go back to another table and get that text he entered until 5 minutes back. To make it even more cleaner, you can add a UI macro on the form that gets the values from another table and places it in current table's field. However, each time i am saving only one field. You can try it to save multiple fields.