simple glideAjax in scoped app killing me

[emyrold]

I'm building a small little custom app and the requirement needs me to auto set certain groups based on state.

typically I would do this with assignment rules but I have to also do other things that cannot be done with rules.

That said, I am leveraging UI Policy (if true or if false script blocks).

I have created a glide ajax Script Include in the new custom application scope with client callable checked.

I have created three system properties + system properties category and Module to display the properties in the application.

I have created a UI Policy with condition (state = draft) and then in the execute if true script block I have written a fairly simple glideAjax script.

The issue seems to be with parsing the result.   If I gs.warn() on the script include it correctly logs what I want just before calling "return" to send the results back to the client.

Here is the UI Policy Script:

function onCondition() {
   try {
   g_form.clearValue('assigned_to');
   g_form.setDisplay('assigned_to', false);
   var ga = new GlideAjax('u_docit_ajax');
   ga.addParam('sysparm_name', 'getGSDProperties');
   ga.addParam('sysparm_property', 'x_10032_gtd_dev.sn.developers.group');
   ga.getXML(myCallBack);
   }
   catch(err) {
   console.log(err);
   }
}
function myCallBack(response) {
   var answer = response.responesXML.documentElement.getAttribute("answer");
   alert('my answer is: ' + answer);
   //*** g_form.setValue('fieldname', 'sys_id', 'name') ***//
   //g_form.setValue('assigned_to', answer); //answer is coming back as: 'c0c602364f55d20036988ab18110c7f8', 'SN Developers'
}

Here is my Script Include:

var u_docit_ajax = Class.create();
u_docit_ajax.prototype = Object.extendsObject(global.AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
//u_docit_ajax.prototype = Object.extendsObject(x_10032_gtd_dev.u_docit_ajax.AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
// u_docit_ajax.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
   /*
   * @getGSDProperties - GlideAjax function called from client script
   * @sysparm_property - This will be the sys_parameter name passed in from the client
   * @returns - The value of the given property
   */
   getGSDProperties: function() {
   var sysProp         = this.getParameter('sysparm_property');
   gs.warn('***DEBUG: gs.getProperty(sysProp) is: ' + gs.getProperty(sysProp));
   return gs.getProperty(sysProp);
   }
});

Here is an error in the system log when the Script Include is processing:

And here is a Java console error when the client-side codes runs when form loads:

[Pradeep Sharma]

Hi,

I justed tested on my instance and it worked. I was able to set the value.

[The SN Nerd]

Simple solution:

Do not use GlideAjax to get System Properties. It is an over-engineered solution.

Instead, do this:

• Create   a display business rule in Advanced view for your table

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {
g_scratchpad.sn_developers_group = gs.getProperty('x_10032_gtd_dev.sn.developers.group');
   // Add your code here
})(current, previous);

• On your client script

g_form.setValue('assigned_to',g_scratchpad.sn_developers_group );   

Yep, that is two lines of code for your solution.

[emyrold]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the simple suggestion, like it...

However, I'm still having the same issue where the static line sets the value and when I either do the glidAjax or your suggestion with g_scratchpad it still does not set.   I'm going to continue to trouble shoot and will start by jslog'ing to triple check if there is a trailing space or something.

//g_form.setValue('assignment_group', 'c0c602364f55d20036988ab18110c7f8', 'SN Developers');   //this static line works
   g_form.setValue('assignment_group', g_scratchpad.sn_developers_group); // this is not setting, just leaving the reference field blank.

For the static line, I goto the system property I created, and copy the value and then paste it into the client side script (above) to prevent any possibility of type-o issue.

[emyrold]

Hi Paul,

Here is my debugging attempts:

jslog('***DEBUG: from scratchpad: ' + g_scratchpad.sn_developers_group);
jslog('***DEBUG: from         static: ' + "'c0c602364f55d20036988ab18110c7f8', 'SN Developers'");

***DEBUG: from scratchpad: 'c0c602364f55d20036988ab18110c7f8', 'SN Developers'
***DEBUG: from         static: 'c0c602364f55d20036988ab18110c7f8', 'SN Developers'

Any other suggestions, on how to debug to determine why if g_form.setValue() has sys_id and name set statically it works but when I either perform a glideAjax or g_scratchpad it does not?

Thanks,

-e

[Pradeep Sharma]

Hi emyrold,

Can you keep an alert statement at the client script and see if you are getting the value

alert( g_scratchpad.sn_developers_group);