Issue with UI Action Prompt window.

Priya Gautum · ‎07-09-2020

Hi Team,

Could you please check, what I am missing in my UI Action Code.

Issue:

The prompt window is coming, but Notification is Not getting Triggered.

Requirement:

Table: SC_task, Need To have a Prompt window and if we enter some value, Notification will get trigger.

Code:

Regards,

Priya

Ankur Bawiskar · ‎07-09-2020

@Priya Gautum

Glad that it worked. Please mark answer as correct and helpful.

unfortunately you cannot send value of prompt box which user gave from client side to server side.

Also since you are not updating anything from server side just sending event you can make the UI action only client side

Approach below:

1) one user gives the email in prompt box; get the value

2) Write GlideAjax call in that client side code and pass the email, comments, record sysid

3) in the script include function updated the record using the sys_id and then get the email address given by user in prompt box and include that in event queue

Updated UI Action:

function promptUser(){
   var con = prompt("Please enter some value to trigger notification");
   if(con != null){

    var ga = new GlideAjax('sendEmailUtils');
    ga.addParam('sysparm_name', 'sendEmail');
    ga.addParam('sysparm_email', con);
    ga.addParam('sysparm_comments', 'Test test');
    ga.addParam('sysparm_sys_id', g_form.getUniqueValue());
    ga.getXML(processResponse);
    
    function processResponse(response) {
    var result = response.responseXML.documentElement.getAttribute("answer");
    }

   }
   else{
   return false;
   }

}

Sample Script Include: Client Callable

var sendEmailUtils = Class.create();
sendEmailUtils.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {

	sendEmail: function(){

		var email = this.getParameter('sysparm_email');
		var comments = this.getParameter('sysparm_comments');
		var sysId = this.getParameter('sysparm_sys_id');

		var gr = new GlideRecord('sc_task');
		gr.get(sysId);
		gr.comments = comments;
		gr.update();

		gs.eventQueue("onboard.welcome.event", gr,gr.request_item.variables.external_contact_email);
		gs.eventQueue("onboard.welcome.event.pass", gr,gr.request_item.variables.external_contact_email);

	},

	type: 'sendEmailUtils'
});

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Ankur

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Ashutosh Munot1 · ‎07-09-2020

Use this

function promptUser(){
 var con = prompt("Please enter some value to trigger notification");
 if(con != null){
   g_form.setValue('comments', 'Test test');
   }
   else{
   return false;
   }

gsftSubmit(null, g_form.getFormElement(), 'my_ui_action'); // give here the action name

}
//This is how the to decide when to call server script
if(typeof window == 'undefined')
   notify();


function notify(){

gs.eventQueue("onboard.welcome.event", current,current.request_item.variables.external_contact_email);
  gs.eventQueue("onboard.welcome.event.pass", current,current.request_item.variables.external_contact_email);

}

Thanks,
Ashutosh Munot

Prateek kumar · ‎07-09-2020

You are triggering the event on Client side, make your UI action trigger the event from Server Side.

https://www.servicenowguru.com/system-ui/ui-actions-system-ui/client-server-code-ui-action/

Please mark my response as correct and helpful if it helped solved your question.
-Thanks

Prateek kumar · ‎07-09-2020

Try below:

function promptUser(){
   var con = prompt("Please enter some value to trigger notification");
   if(con != null){
  g_form.setValue('comments', 'Test test');

} 
else{
      return false;
   }
}
if(typeof window == 'undefined'){
gs.eventQueue("onboard.welcome.event", current,current.request_item.variables.external_contact_email);
gs.eventQueue("onboard.welcome.event.pass", current,current.request_item.variables.external_contact_email);
     // gsftSubmit(gel('sysverb_update_and_stay'));
      //gsftSubmit(gel('sysverb_update'));
   }

Please mark my response as correct and helpful if it helped solved your question.
-Thanks

Priya Gautum · ‎07-09-2020

Hi,

I tried but no luck.

Regards,

Priya

Ankur Bawiskar · ‎07-09-2020

@Priya Gautum

few corrections and updated script below

1) give action name to your UI Action - such as my_ui_action; it is empty in your case

2) updated script below

gs.eventQueue() is server side so it won't work in client side code; you need to use gsftSubmit()

then make the event trigger from server side code

function promptUser(){
   var con = prompt("Please enter some value to trigger notification");
   if(con != null){
   g_form.setValue('comments', 'Test test');
   }
   else{
   return false;
   }

gsftSubmit(null, g_form.getFormElement(), 'my_ui_action'); // give here the action name

}

if(typeof window == 'undefined')
   sendEmail();

function sendEmail(){

// server side code to trigger event

gs.eventQueue("onboard.welcome.event", current,current.request_item.variables.external_contact_email);
  gs.eventQueue("onboard.welcome.event.pass", current,current.request_item.variables.external_contact_email);

}

Kindly mark correct & helpful if it helps.

Regards
Ankur

Regards,
Ankur
✨ Certified Technical Architect || ✨ 9x ServiceNow MVP || ✨ ServiceNow Community Leader