how to make a field mandatory after it goes for approval

[Matt J Thomas]

I have a request where when a manager approves a change request, a mandatory field must be filled out by the manager. I have no idea on how to do that. I can set the field to mandatory at any other stage but how can I make it so that once the manager approves the request, they must enter a value in the field. Many Thanks in advance for your feedback.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Matt J Thomas 

mandatory field on Change request?

If yes then why would approvers enter data in CHG form?

[Danish Bhairag2]

Hi @Matt J Thomas ,

One way of doing it would be to modify the approval widget in the portal in a manner wherein once the approver presses the approver button a pop up can come similar to when reject button is pressed for entering the comments on the portal.(This recommendation is specific to portal).

But this would require cloning & customising the approval widget as per your need & condition specific.

Thanks,

Danish

[Tai Vu]

Hi @Matt J Thomas 

Is the field on the Change Request table? If that is the case, you can create an OnSubmit Client Script to do the validation and display a message to tell the approver go to the Change Request to fill in the information.

Cheers,

Tai Vu

[Matt J Thomas]

Can you please be more specific to this regard? Yes the field is on the Change Request Table. I believe your solution may work. 

Here's a sample of what I am thinking based on your feedback:

function onSubmit() {
//Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below
var w = g_form.getValue( 'u_scheduled_for_release' );
var approval = g_form.getValue('approval');
if ('approval' == "Approved" || 'w' =="")
alert ('Please enter a value in the Scheduled for Release field');
}

Thank you