Is it possible to create a second Activities formatter?

CharlesR1 · ‎04-19-2016

Hello,

Is it possible to create a second Activities(filtered) formatter that is independent from the Out of Box entry? I have created a new one with a new name on the Incident table, but when I configure activities on this, it also changes the activities shown on the original Global formatter!

We want to have two on the Incident form- one for all the fields, and another for only 4 specific fields.

Thanks,

Charles

CharlesR1 · ‎04-20-2016

So I got around it by creating a Translated HTML field (u_history) which I made Read Only, then I created a Before Business Rule like the one below:

Condition: current.u_duration_1.changes() || current.u_duration_2.changes() || current.u_decimal.changes() || current.u_time.changes()

Script:

current.u_history = 'Number: '+current.u_decimal + ', Start Time (GMT): ' +current.u_time + ', Duration 1: ' +current.duration_1 + ', Duration 2: ' +current.duration_2 +'<br><br>'+current.u_reoccurrance_history;

Adding '+current.u_reoccurrance_history;' at the end allows the previous content of the History field to be added below the current comment. As such it looks as works the same way as an Activities filter. These fields all get updated at the same time hence why it can be done in the one Business Rule - if we wanted each field to be added to the history individually (i.e. without the others being added too if they had not changed) then they would need to be split out into separate Business rules. It's not perfect, but it's an option that works for us in the absence of a separate Activities formatter.

Thanks all for your help

Charles

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Anurag Tripathi · ‎04-19-2016

I don't think that would be possible as there are just one activities filter per table, even if you have different views on the same table but field list on the activities are the same.

-Anurag

Anurag Tripathi · ‎04-19-2016

i will keep my eyes glued to this question if you or anyone can crack this ....

-Anurag

CharlesR1 · ‎04-19-2016

Thanks for the feedback Anurag.

CharlesR1 · ‎04-19-2016

Do you know if there is any way to use a Journal List field for this? Are Journal Lists populated only from Journal Input fields or can they be used with a business rule to show changes made to other types of fields?