Make catalog task variables mandatory on "Close Complete"

[SC10]

I'd like to force a variable to be mandatory on my catalog task to be mandatory when the catalog task form is being submitted AND state = closed complete (3).

I tried doing this with a business rule, and it sort of works.. but the "Close Complete" UI action bypasses it as it forces a redirect and this apparently doesn't work in conjunction with .setAbortAction.Trying to look for some alternatives as I would like the entire page to stop loading/redirecting when using the Close Complete button, or setting to Closed Complete manually, and make the variable mandatory:

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {   
   if(current.variables.offboard_desktoprecoverassets == '' && current.state == "3"){   
         
   current.state=previous.state;   
   current.setAbortAction(true);   
   gs.addInfoMessage('NOTICE: Please select an option for desktop recovery below completing the task.');   
   gs.setRedirect(current);   
   }   
   
   
})(current, previous);   

[Abhinay Erra]

Why do you want to check for wf_actvity? Do you want this to be only applied for one catalog task of this workflow?

[SC10]

Yes, and I have just done that successfully! I got the catalog client script to do a check for the wf_activity and then modified the UI action script that you provided for the check for the wf_activity instead. Not checking for the catalog_item value.

You saved the day again

[Brian Arndt1]

Did this solution still work for you after publishing a new version of your workflow? It appears the act of publishing creates a brand new wf_activity record. I thought this sounded like a good solution until I published a new version and the functionality that relied on that ID stopped working.

[Jahnavi7]

Hi,

How can you get that can to tell me.

[Greg Farley]

I created this today based off some of my own work and some of the structure from peoples suggestions, this is a client script not a catalog client script, found this to be better as I could use it across multiple RITMS and have done so by using an array of values for the RITMs it should be actioned on 

function onSubmit(){

	var ritm = g_form.getValue("cat_item");
	var cat_items = [Array of catalog items it should be active on here];
	var state = g_form.getValue("state");
	var variable1 = g_form.getValue(variables.variable1);
	var variable2 = g_form.getValue(variables.variable2); 
//variables will be specified by variables.variable_name

        //if the state is closed complete and the catalog item being submitted is included on my array of RITM sys_ids specified above
	if(state == 3 &&(cat_items.includes(ritm))){
//if varaibles are empty
		if(variable1 == "" && variable2 == ""){

//set variables to mandatory
		g_form.setMandatory("variables.variable1",true);
		g_form.setMandatory("variables.variable2",true);
//return false to prevent submission
		return false;
		}

	}
}