Limit short description to max 40 characters for Projects and Demands

[PaulaaO]

Hi Community,

I have been asked to configure the fields that represent project and demand names so users would be restricted to setup names longer than 40 characters.

The field is short_description and it's a shared field from the extended tables (task for demand and planned_task for project) which means I cannot update the dictionary record.

I have created a Client Script and a Business Rule to try and drive the behaviour, however I am struggling to enforce it when I create the project from a template (link: To create project from a template click here.)

The Client Script (onChange) is as following (it's similar for Demand and for Project)

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading, isTemplate) {
    if (isLoading || newValue === '') {
        return;
    }
    if (newValue.length > 40) {
        alert(getMessage('Project name must be 40 characters or less.'));
        // Reset the field value to the previous value
        g_form.setValue('short_description', oldValue);
    }
}

The Business Rule (before insert) is as following (only for Project)

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {

	// check if Project name exceeds 40 characters
	if (current.short_description.length > 40) {
		current.setAbortAction (true);
		gs.addErrorMessage('Project name must be 40 characters or less');
	}

})(current, previous);

What am I missing and what do I need to do to make this work?

Thank you.

Paula

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

HI @PaulaaO 

What is the current length? & what is business case to reduce it.

[PaulaaO]

Hi Atul - the current length is 160 and the business case is that in our Finance system project names can only have max 40 characters; they download and use info from SN to generate budget details.

[Anurag Tripathi]

So if I understand correctly your client scripts is working fine, but the BR is not as it fails when you create project via template.

[PaulaaO]

correct 🙂