How to pass list collector values in workflow?

prasanna7869 · ‎07-03-2016

Hi Team,

IN Knowledge Management, we have one List collector type field "Article for" this field contains Malaysia, Japan, China etc..For example, if I'm selecting Malaysia, Japan, China countries, based on these countries we need to send approval request their respective managers.

For Malaysia the approval request mail will send to two persons (managers)

For China the approval request mail will send to one manager

For Japan the approval request mail will send to three managers.

Previously, "Article for" is a drop-down field and it contains above country name. So, in workflow we simply using switch case, approval user and send approval request mail to respective managers.

But, here my query is how to get "Article for" values in workflow and how to send individual approval request to respective mangers.

Please suggest a solution/helpful script/workflow, to how can i get Article for and how to send individual approval request to respective mangers.

Previous Workflow: Previously "Article for" is a drop down values. But now it is a list collector type.

1. Field

2. Previous Workflow

Please suggest how can I update this workflow with present situation.

Thanks & Regards,

Prasanna Kumar

Pradeep Sharma · ‎07-03-2016

Hi Prasanna,

You can click on advanced checkbox on approval activity and then trigger it based on your logic.

Script :

var answer =[];

var arrayUtil = new ArrayUtil();

var list = current.list_collector.getDisplayValue().toSring();

var arrayList = list.split(",");

if (arrayUtil.contains(arrayList, "Malaysia")) { //for ex if it is Malaysia 

   answer.push('PASS SYS_ID OF THE APPROVAL USER');   

}

You can adjust the above code as per your logic.

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Steven Parker · ‎05-19-2017

Pradeep,

I am trying this now, but getting an error:

I know that List Collector field has a value in it and it is Framework.

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Steven

Steven Parker · ‎05-19-2017

I fixed it Pradeep...this line needed variables in it:

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Steven

Pradeep Sharma · ‎05-19-2017

You are right. I'm glad you got it resolved

Thanks for participating in the community!

Chuck Tomasi · ‎07-03-2016

Hi Prasanna,

Thank you for the picture. It was very helpful. Without it, we could have gotten off to a bad start. Just to be clear, you are dealing with a List field, not a List Collector. A list collector (also known as a slushbucket) looks like this:

This may be helpful in the future when dealing with list fields from scripts:

Managing Glide Lists

sk59 · ‎05-14-2018

Hi All,

Can you all please help me out with the above similar issue. The issue here is I need to attach workflows based on the values selected in the list collector.

Appreciate your response