Duration Type field auto conversion

[Anubhav24]

Hi All,

We have duration type field on the form , and if the user enters more than 24 hours in the hours field it automatically converts to 1 day , for example : "Days 00 Hours 25 Minutes 00 Seconds 00" now if I save the record it would automatically convert to "Days 01 Hours 01 Minutes 00 Seconds 00".

My requirement is that if user enters more than 8 hours under hours field it should throw an error saying please enter hours less than or equal to 8.

But whenever I tried to obtain the value of the field it always converts the hours to equivalent number of days if hours are entered greater than 24. I tried in both from front end in Client Script and backend in Business Rule as well.

Any ideas on how to get around this.

[Martin Friedel]

Hello,

try this onChange Client Script code, replace <duratiion field> with your field name:

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading, isTemplate) {
   if (isLoading || newValue === '')
      return;
   
   var duration = g_form.getIntValue('<duration field>');
   
   if (duration > 8 * 60 * 60 ) {
      g_form.showFieldMsg('<duration field>', getMessage('Maximum allowed duration is 8 hours'), 'error');
   }
}

Also you can reuse the code logic in your onSubmit Client Script.

If my answer helped you, please mark it as correct and helpful, thank you 👍
Martin

[Anubhav24]

@Martin Friedel ,

This will not help as I will be getting value in seconds and I will never know how many days user entered along With hours.

[Martin Friedel]

Now I understand. Unmark my answer as correct as it doesn't meet your requirement.
I don't know how to achieve it.