prompt user to enter data

[sigmachiuta]

Is there a javascript popup prompt   for a user to enter data? and then use that input from the user to populate a field on a form?

[Brian Dailey1]

Try this:

var userInput = prompt("Please enter your value");

g_form.setValue('myFieldName', userInput);

-Brian

[sigmachiuta]

I am not sure why but I am not getting the prompt box to show, i should mention that this is a UI Action on a request item in the Self service view.

function checkCancel(){
   if(g_form.getValue('u_cancel_reason') == ''){
   var userInput = prompt("Please enter your reason");   
 g_form.setValue('u_cancel_reason', userInput);   
 g_form.setDisplay('u_cancel_reason',true);
g_form.setMandatory('u_cancel_reason',true);
     } 
       else {
   var answer = confirm("Do you want to cancel this Item?");
   if(answer == true){
   gsftSubmit(null, g_form.getFormElement(), 'req_cancel');
   }

   }
}
   current.state= 3;
   current.stage = 'Request Cancelled';
     //get workflow helper
   var workflow = new Workflow();
   //cancel all the workflows, where current is a task record with a workflow context
   workflow.cancel(current);
   gs.addInfoMessage(gs.getMessage("Workflows for {0} have been cancelled", current.getDisplayValue()));
   current.update();

[Pradeep Sharma]

Hi,

Is this your completed UI action code. Can you refer the below blog as reference and adjust your code

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

[sigmachiuta]

no sorry i had trouble posting the code please see above, it was working with just an alert (if a cancel reason was entered) but the problem ESS users cant modify a REQITM after it is submitted so i need a way for them to enter a cancel reason in a prompt and push that to the   form.