Copying A Variable Value Into A Field Form

[rsanon]

We have numerous Catalog Items, where the request type is captured in the variable.

For example, "Email" is the Catalog Item, and "New Access", "Group Mailbox", "Distribution List" is captured within a variable.

With a business rule, I can copy the value of the variable onto the field on the Requested Item table.

current.u_item_type = current.variable_pool.email_access_list.getDisplayValue();

The issue I am experiencing however, is how do I expand that business rule?

If i have 50 Catalog Items, and I always want the "request type" value to populate into the Requested Item form. How should I go about doing that.

[Jim Coyne]

Just to be clear, however, this only works for Record Producers and not for "normal" Catalog Items.

[diogosoares]

Emily, it only works for record producers. And it is not advisable to create requested item records from record producers.

[Jim Coyne]

bianca.vaccarini, can you change this discussion to a question?   Thanks!

[Sabrina10]

Hi Rachelle

I had to do something similar, after many of the items were created with different variable names.   I created a variable called short_description in a variable set that I added to each item. Then I had an OnSubmit Catalog Client script on each item that built values I wanted into the Short Description variable.   Sometimes it was a combination of the Item's specific variables, not just one variable.

Next I had a business rule, like you did, that pushed the short_description variable to the short description of the RITM record on insert.

Hope this helps.

Sabrina

[MarcusStewartBJ]

Has anyone come up with a possible solution. I am trying to do something similar. However my variables are the same. I just need to pull some variable values from the catalog form into some form fields on the request item form.