Scripting in templates?

[viktor_lukashov]

Hi,

I am looking for a way to create task templates with dynamic task description field. Has anyone come across a similar need and can share a solution?

For example, suppose there is a template named 'Task for Fax Vendor' for the sc_task table. When defining a template I would write in the description field something along the lines of:

Please create a fax subscription according to the details below.

Fax Number: ${current.variables.fax_number}
Add to global address list: ${current.variables.add_to_gal}

And then when the template is applied (manually or from a script) the code in the description field template evaluates and the actual task description would be like:

Please create a fax subscription according to the details below.

Fax Number: 1-123-1234568
Add to global address list: true

[marcguy]

I've used this syntax previously to autopopulate with a ser in a template user reference type field

javascript:gs.getUserID();

so you could try javascript: current.variables.fax_number;

[viktor_lukashov]

Hi Marc,

Yep, I see your point. Indeed this would be one way to create such templates. However, this is not what I am looking for in this case.

What I need is something similar to email template scripts. That is, even though it is possible to define task description by saying description = javascript:SomeScriptIncludeToProduceTaskDescription(); it is not very practical for these reasons:

1. you would want to make small changes directly in the template without the need of changing the script include every time when a need arises.
2. what's more important, you'd want that certain process uses who do not have rights/skills to update script includes would still be able to modify the template.

Regards,

Viktor

[Slava Savitsky]

As Marc has already pointed out, you can make use of JavaScript in templates. To achieve what you want, create a script include to retrieve the necessary data and generate the description and then call it from the template using javascript: prefix. One thing I am not sure about is whether templates are the best solution in this case. Have you considered automatically generating the task with appropriate description if the vendor needs to be involved?

[viktor_lukashov]

Hi Slava,

What you describe is actually my current approach. These tasks are generated from a workflow - each with its own script. This is not convenient for the reasons I described in my reply to Marc.

Regards,

Viktor