Gel is not working in portal

[piyush-kalra]

Reset List collector and set according to location data in list collector working in ITIL view but not working in portal

Check below code:

var collectorName = '';

  var filterString = '';

  if (newValue != '') {

  //Apply a filter to the list collector variable

  collectorName = 'prod_access_to_approver_po_enabler_role';

  filterString = 'u_region=' + newValue;

  //alert("in onchange" +filterString );

  // Gets the right column of the List Collector

  var rightBucket2 = gel(collectorName + '_select_1');

  // Loops through all the selected entries and remove them

  while (rightBucket2.firstChild) {

  if (rightBucket2.firstChild != null && rightBucket2.firstChild != '') {

  rightBucket2.removeChild(rightBucket2.firstChild);

  }

  }

  //Find the filter elements

  var fil = gel('ep');

  //Hide the filter elements

  // fil.rows[0].style.display = 'none';

  // fil.rows[1].style.display = 'none';

  // fil.nextSibling.rows[0].style.display = 'none'; //Filter description text

  //Reset the filter query

  eval(collectorName + 'g_filter.reset()');

  eval(collectorName + 'g_filter.setQuery("' + filterString + '")');

  eval(collectorName + 'acRequest(null)');

  setTimeout(setCollectorFilter, 1000);

  }

var collectorName1 = '';

  var filterString1 = '';

  if (newValue != '') {

  if (newValue == 'Africa')

  {

newValue="Africa";  

  }

else if (newValue == 'America')

{

newValue="America";

}

else if (newValue == 'Jakrata')

{

newValue="Jakrata";

}

  //Apply a filter to the list collector variable

  collectorName1 = 'prod_access_to_approver_po_derived_role';

  filterString1 = 'u_region=' + newValue;

  //alert("in onchange" +filterString );

  // Gets the right column of the List Collector

  var rightBucket21 = gel(collectorName1 + '_select_1');

  // Loops through all the selected entries and remove them

  while (rightBucket21.firstChild) {

  if (rightBucket21.firstChild != null && rightBucket21.firstChild != '') {

  rightBucket21.removeChild(rightBucket21.firstChild);

  }

  }

Below error is coming in Service Portal:

js_includes_sp.jsx:63718 (g_env) [SCRIPT:EXEC] Error while running Client Script "Set role according to Region": ReferenceError: gel is not defined

[danpatino]

I'm pretty sure Gel is a jelly function, not a javascript one.   Since the portal does not support jelly, you'll need to find a substitute.   I'm surprised it doesn't give you a hard time for using eval() since that leaves you vulnerable to code injection.

Maybe you can find another way to bind to the html element that is more angular or jquery friendly?

[danpatino]

....maybe try replacing them with $j() as in var rightBucket2 = $j(collectorName + '_select_1');

[piyush-kalra]

Error while running Client Script "Set role according to Region": TypeError: $j is not a function

giving error in service portal.

[danpatino]

I'm not sure how jQuery is referenced in the Service Portal.   $jQuery() should be safe.