Flow Designer Script Check Department Membership

[darronf]

I'm struggling with some script in a Flow.  I'm using the Set Flow Variables Flow Logic.  If I utilize the first part of the script and simply return deptID, I get "ITO" as expected.  However, when I try to verify that the deptID that comes in from the Catalog Variables is one of the options listed in the deptList array, it returns "false" every time.  What am I missing?

var deptList = ["CLM", "CRQ", "CRS", "CRU", "ITD", "ITO", "ITS", "OPF"];
var deptID = fd_data.trigger.request_item.variables.dept;
var containsDept = false;

for (var i = 0; i < deptList.length; i++) {
    if (deptID.includes(deptList[i])) {
        containsDept = true;
        break;
    }
}

return containsDept;

[Saloni Suthar]

Hi @darronf ,

You must be getting the sys_id of the department from your variable if it is a reference variable. If that is the case, you have to do :

var deptID = fd_data.trigger.request_item.variables.dept.name;

[darronf]

Thanks for your reply.  I was needing to convert the variable to a string.  Appreciate your help!

[Sandeep Rajput · Accepted solution]

@darronf Try converting the dept variable to string (if it is not a reference variable )and see if the match works

var deptList = ["CLM", "CRQ", "CRS", "CRU", "ITD", "ITO", "ITS", "OPF"];
var deptID = fd_data.trigger.request_item.variables.dept.toString();
var containsDept = false;

for (var i = 0; i < deptList.length; i++) {
    if (deptID.includes(deptList[i])) {
        containsDept = true;
        break;
    }
}

return containsDept;

If dept is a reference variable then you should try the following.

var deptList = ["CLM", "CRQ", "CRS", "CRU", "ITD", "ITO", "ITS", "OPF"];
var deptID = fd_data.trigger.request_item.variables.dept.name.toString(); //if dept is a reference variable
var containsDept = false;

for (var i = 0; i < deptList.length; i++) {
    if (deptID.includes(deptList[i])) {
        containsDept = true;
        break;
    }
}

return containsDept;

Hope this helps.

[darronf]

Thanks so much for your help!  toString() did the trick.