Save UI Action on Catalog Task table - Ignore Mandatory

[Steven Parker]

So I created a new "Save" UI Action that will allow people to save a catalog task without populating mandatory fields.  This works great, but the one issue I can't figure out is if they accidentally click "Close Task" or "Update", then they are alerted the mandatory fields haven't been filled, like normal, and the field now has a red box around it that can't be by-passed by my new "Save" UI Action.  So essentially, with that red box around the field my new "Save" UI Action alerts the same as all the rest that a mandatory field needs to be filled in.  How can I modify my "Save" UI Action code to ignore this as well or remove focus from the field or any other method?

Here is the UI Action script:

//Client-side 'onclick' function
function u_saveRecordClient(){
     //ignore mandatory fields
     var state = g_form.getValue('state');

     //we can save without filling in all mandatory fields and variables if the task is not closed or closing
     if (g_form.getValue('state') != 3){
           g_form.checkMandatory = false;       //ignore mandatory fields
           try {
                 //now ignore any mandatory variables
                 var allVariables = document.getElementById('variable_map').getElementsByTagName('item');
                 for(var i = 0; i < allVariables.length; i++){
                       var item = allVariables[i];
                       g_form.setMandatory('variables.' + item.getAttribute('qname').toString(),false);
                 }
           } catch(err) {}
     }
   
     //Call the UI Action and skip the 'onclick' function
     //this will execute the code below
     gsftSubmit(null, g_form.getFormElement(), 'sysverb_update_and_stay'); //MUST call the 'Action name' set in this UI Action
}

//Code that runs on the server, without 'onclick'
//Ensure call to server-side function with no browser errors
if(typeof window == 'undefined')
     u_saveRecordServer();

function u_saveRecordServer() {
     action.setRedirectURL(current);     //come back to the same record
     current.update();
}

[BharathChintala]

@Steven Parker 

rename your action name to "sysverb_cancel"

just add below to your script nothing else you need

action.setRedirectURL(current);
current.update();

There is other way 

you can keep action name anything

onClick - SkipandSave()

script:

function SkipandSave() {
var fields = g_form.getEditableFields();
for (var x = 0; x < fields.length; x++) {
g_form.setMandatory(fields[x], false);
}
gsftSubmit(null, g_form.getFormElement(), 'your action name');
}// no need to write update and redirect

Thanks,

Bharath

[Steven Parker]

Thanks, but I don't think this solves my issue.  My "Save" button works perfectly fine unless somehow clicks "Update" or "Close Task" which alerts about mandatory fields not being populated.  Then the "Save" I created will not work as it will also alert on mandatory fields being populated.

[BharathChintala]

@Steven Parker  if you use above mentioned script it will by pass those scenarios also.

[ricker]

@Steven Parker,

Are you saying your Save button works unless someone clicks a different button (Update or Close Task)?