Can only autopopulate with the 'value' and not the Label

Steve Rondeau · ‎08-18-2018

I've created a Client script to autopopulate a form based on the original entry. All in, I'd like to autopopulate 4 fields for alm_consumables.

I can get two to work, since I've built a reference to another table from which they are retrieved from. The other two are pulled from choice fields. I can autopopulate the field but the data is retrieving the value instead of the Label.

Is there a way to autopopulate the Value?

Client Script

Current result: subclass and substate are not populating properly to populate the alm_consumables

ARG645 · ‎08-19-2018

Jacob,

The syntax you posted for setValue function is correct, however the problem in this scenario is what to put in the third parameter (Display Value). consume.u_subclass is a choice field and it will only output the value, not the Label and getDisplayValue doesnt work in client scripts.

My suggestion is :

Either perform a GlideAjax and return the values you want from server side

OR

Convert the variable types to SELECT BOX with proper type specifications

Thank you

Aman

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ARG645 · ‎08-18-2018

Hi, If you want to retrive Label of a choice field, instead of value, try using getDisplayValue() function. Below is an example: g_form.setValue(“u_subclass”,consume.getDisplayValue(“u_subclass”)); Hope this helps.

Steve Rondeau · ‎08-18-2018

Aman,

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, this doesn't work. The field will not populate. I read that the setDisplayValue doesn't work on the Client side.

ARG645 · ‎08-18-2018

You are right, my Bad. I guess in this scneario, you can do a GlideAjax call and return all the values you want from the server side scripts in JSON object. That way you can do a getDisplayValue on the Server side and get the Lable name.

Steve Rondeau · ‎08-18-2018

Unfortunately, that's significantly past my scripting ability.