Current.xxx returned string "null" in business rule

[PhoenixMing0912]

Hi all,

I am using current.xxx or current.getValue("xxx") in business rule for getting a reference field.

The reference field was set to empty, however, I got a string "null" so that I cannot use some function to check if the field was empty, because a string "null" is also "has value".

How to check a reference field is empty in the business rule?

Regards,
Ming

[DrewW]

There are a few ways you can check for this.  One is above, the others that I know are

if(!current.field){
   //Do work
}

if(current.getValue("field") != "null" && current.getValue("field") != ""){
  //Do work
}

[PhoenixMing0912]

The root cause maybe in transform map "copy empty fields" option.

If this check box was checked, if empty value was set to a reference field, in business rule, current.xxx will return a value "null" string. This maybe a problem.

[Anurag Tripathi]

Try

if(JSUtil.notNil(current.XXX))

{

//do something

}

This checks for '', null and undefined

-Anurag