Run script in workflow - copy "select box" variable to another "select box" variable

[onthego]

In a workflow, I'm trying to copy a requested item variable value from one requested item to current in a run script.   Both choice lists are identical, both variables are typed as "select box" with None.   The result I get looks to set the value but not the display value.   I've tried doing the setValue and setDisplayValue with no success.   Anybody encountered this?

The code looks like:

gr = new GlideRecord('sc_req_item');

if (gr.get(ritm)) {        

        current.variables.u_solution = gr.variables.u_solution;

}

Thanks in advance.

[venkat2]

Hi,

Try using the setDisplayValue with the below syntax. I experienced similar behavior and this syntax helped me in most situations.

gr.setDisplayValue('opened_at','2011-02-13 4:30:00');

[onthego · Accepted solution]

Thanks.   For this variable type, it didn't seem to do the complete job.   The display was seemingly set, but the value was not stored on the form.   I tried these possibilities below to introspect what was possible:

gs.log('WF==> gr.getDisplayValue->u_solution=' + gr.getDisplayValue('variables.u_solution'));

gs.log('WF==> gr.getValue->u_solution=' + gr.getValue('variables.u_solution'));

gs.log('WF==> gr.variables.u_solution=' + gr.variables.u_solution);

I got something intelligent back on the first and third methods.   The third method wound up working for me on this select box (as posed as the original problem). I guess I must have had a typo along the way.

Thanks again for your help.