Multiple fields with onChange

[tbalestreri3]

I am using client scripts to set the incident state on my forms. This is working great however I do have one question.

One of my conditions is based off of if several fields change. I cannot use the modified function because there are some fields I do not want this to apply to. Is there a way you could apply onChange to multiple fields without making a separate client script?


If am example helps this is a single client script of mine...

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading, isTemplate) {
   //If the page isn't loading
   if (!isLoading) {
      //If the new value isn't blank
      if(newValue != '') {
         //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below
         var state;
 state = g_form.getValue('incident_state');
 //alert("state = " + state);

 if(state == '210' || state == '220'){
g_form.setValue('incident_state', '230');
}
      }
   }
}

Thanks,
Tony

[bharu]

Hi Jim

What if I need to change many fields.. For example: I need to change 10 fields values and the change must reflect on one field. Will it be useful? I need to add 10 fields and reflect the result on one field. I want it OnChange.

Thanks

Bhargava

[patrickivers]

This doesn't work as-is in the Fuji release (I think I'm on patch 4), but can be achieved by setting the function to g_scratchpad in an onLoad client script:

function onLoad() {
   g_scratchpad.u_calculateDuration = u_calculateDuration;
}

function u_calculateDuration() {
     alert("This would calculate the duration.");
}

And then in the onChange script:

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading, isTemplate) {
   if (isLoading) {
       return;
   }

   g_scratchpad.u_calculateDuration();
}

[Diana27]

Hi Jim,

I realize this is a very old post but I did use your onLoad trickery and it worked great in the Portal.  However, I cannot get it to work when a field is changed on the RITM or SCTASK.  Is there something else that needs to be set up for this to also run when a field is changed on the RITM or SCTASK in the UI interface?

Thanks,

Diana

[kungfuu72]

So i've since solved this problem for good as far as my example with 2 fields that change. Example was a start date and an end date.

My solution included 2 onChange client scripts that were exactly the same. These 2 functions did a AJAX call and that was my solution:

Client Script:

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading) {
   if(isLoading) {
   return;
   }

   g_form.setValue('u_duration', calculateDuration(g_form.getValue('u_start_date'), g_form.getValue('u_end_date'), false));
}

Function calculateDuration:

/***** Calculation to set a duration field, or get the number of seconds between a duration. *****/
// Parameter [start] Required. Format: YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MM:SS (e.g. 2015-01-29 14:07:44).
// Parameter [end] Required. Format: YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MM:SS (e.g. 2015-01-29 14:07:44).
// Parameter [seconds] Required. Boolean.
////////// If "true", the return will be formatted in number of seconds.
////////// If "false", the return will be formatted ddd hh:mm:ss.
// Uses the Ajax Script Include "durCalc".
function calculateDuration(start, end, seconds) {
   var ajax = new GlideAjax('AjaxDurCalc');
   ajax.addParam('sysparm_name','durCalc');
   ajax.addParam('sysparm_start', start);
   ajax.addParam('sysparm_end', end);
   ajax.addParam('sysparm_seconds', seconds);
   ajax.getXMLWait();

   var answer = ajax.getAnswer();

   return answer;
}

AjaxdurCalc Script Include:

var AjaxDurCalc = Class.create();


AjaxDurCalc.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
   durCalc: function() {
   return gs.dateDiff(this.getParameter('sysparm_start'), this.getParameter('sysparm_end'), this.getParameter('sysparm_seconds'));
   }
});

* Of course, there are many different ways to do this, especially with the calculateDuration function. For my sake, I know exactly which format I will need and which timezone I will need, but you may have different needs.

[joshehren]

Hi Daniel--

What exactly is the calculateDuration Function?   Is it also a client script?   A script include?

Thanks in advance,

Josh