Requested For variable and Opened By show alert if different

[rachelconstanti]

Good day,

I have an ask for one catalog item where the Requested For variable (from a variable set) cannot be the same as the person submitting the request.

What is the best way to accomplish this?

Thank you in advance,

Rachel

[maliksneha9 · Accepted solution]

Hi Rachel,

A simple way to enforce this is by using a Catalog Client Script that validates the Requested For variable against the user submitting the request.

Since the user submitting the request is available as g_user.userID, you can compare it with the value selected in the Requested For variable and prevent submission if they are the same.

Catalog Client Script:-

function onSubmit() {
var requestedFor = g_form.getValue('requested_for');
var submittedBy = g_user.userID;

if (requestedFor == submittedBy) {
g_form.addErrorMessage("Requested For cannot be the same as the person submitting the request.");
return false;
}

return true;
}

How it Works

- When the user clicks Submit, the script compares the Requested For user with the logged-in user.
- If both are the same, an error message is displayed and the request submission is blocked.

Hope this helps!

[rachelconstanti]

Thank you - this works perfectly