New to flow designer - why does fd_data.trigger.current.requested_for not work?

[e_wilber]

I have a request item I am building where I need to set the Short Description of a catalog task. In the script editor for the Catalog Task>Short Description I have:

var shortDesc = "Order mobile phone for " + fd_data.trigger.current.requested_for +

': iPhone 15';

When I go to test this, the catalog task doesn't get created and I see an error: Cannot read property "requested_for" from null,Detail: Cannot read property "requested_for" from null.

The RITM does actually show requested_for as being filled out. What am I doing wrong?

[Justin Hatfield]

Are you returning shortDesc in your script on the next line?

you could change your code to be:

return "Order mobile phone for " + fd_data.trigger.current.requested_for +

': iPhone 15';

[Animesh Das2]

Hi @e_wilber 

It looks like fd_data.trigger.current.requested_for is not a string that is creating some issue in the concatenation. 

Can you please try with the updated code as below,

var shortDesc = "Order mobile phone for " + fd_data.trigger.current.getDisplayValue('requested_for') +

': iPhone 15';

return shortDesc;

** I used getDisplayValue() to extract the actual name of the 'requested_for' instead of sys_id. If you want sys_id to be extracted then you can do that as well by using fd_data.trigger.current.getValue('requested_for')  OR fd_data.trigger.current.requested_for.sys_id.toString()

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Thanks, 

Animesh Das