Help with simple onChange script to populate one field, based on another

[Zhivko]

Hi, I am trying to setup a dependency between 2 string fields on one of our forms (change_request table if that matters)

I tried a few things based on what i found here in the community, but unsuccessfully.

This is the most basic thing I could come up with and even that did not work.

I am setting the field name that this is supposed to apply to to Category.

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading, isTemplate) {
if (isLoading || newValue == '') {
return;
}

if (g_form.getValue('category') == 'Systems')
g_form.setValue('u_responsible', 'Jack');

if (g_form.getValue('category') == 'Networks')
g_form.setValue('u_responsible', 'Sam');

[Allen Andreas]

You need to look at the value column for the choices, and it needs to be exactly like that in your script.

[simonbergstedt · Accepted solution]

Do you get the values you want if you just print them out in a g_form.addInfoMessage like

var cat = g_form.getValue('category');
var responsible = "";
if(cat == 'Systems';
{
responsible = "Jack";
}
else if(cat == 'Networks')
{
responsible = "Sam";
}

g_form.addInfoMessage("Category is " + cat + " so the responsible person is " + responsible;

I find that it always helps out when troubleshooting things like this

[Zhivko]

Right, thanks for that - the message helps somewhat.

It seams that with your code, it picks up the category ok, but then it does not assign any responsible value.

[Mark Stanger]

Give us a screenshot of the info message.

[Zhivko]

here it is