How to get values ​​from fields in a portal form widget and pass them to other widgets

[bonsai]

I would like to read field values ​​from a portal form widget and pass them to another widget.

I would also like to receive values ​​from other widgets and set them in fields.

Is this possible?

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@bonsai 

what's your actual business requirement here?

You can always communicate between 2 widgets by passing info

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[Bhimashankar H]

Hi @bonsai ,

Yes it is possible to share field values between Service Portal widgets, including reading values from a form widget and passing them to another widget.

For inter-widget communication:

• Widgets can broadcast and listen for events via $rootScope.

• You can use $broadcast method of information to be communicated/shared.
• In Second widget receiving the values using $on method.

This post explained in detail.

Get a variable Value and present it to another page in another widget. 

Article:

How to comunicate between widgets - Service Portal 

Thanks,
Bhimashankar H

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[kaushal_snow · Accepted solution]

Hi @bonsai ,

Yes Possible...Use $broadcast, $emit, and $on - most widely used pattern

In the source widget (sender):

// In the client controller
$rootScope.$broadcast('myEventName', valueToShare);


In the target widget (receiver):

// In the client controller
$scope.$on('myEventName', function(event, receivedValue) {
$scope.myReceivedValue = receivedValue;
});

This lets you send a value from one widget (e.g. a form input) and have another widget capture and use it...

Alternate approach: If you need to pass data that the server script of another widget uses..

In Widget A, push parameters into the URL using $location:

api.controller = function($location, $timeout) {
$timeout(function () {
$location.url("/sp?id=somePage&sharedValue=" + encodeURIComponent(value));
}, 100);
};


In Widget B server side script, capture it:

(function() {
data.value = $sp.getParameter('sharedValue');
})();

Detailed article here: https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-forum/service-portal-need-to-pass-the-value-from-one-...

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[Bhimashankar H]

Hi @bonsai ,

I hope you saw my reply. 

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Thanks,
Bhimashankar H