Variable Date no less than 5 business days

[booher04]

We have a need to require a requested_completion_date to be at least 5 business days, if you select a date less than 5 business days you get an error and it clears the field.  My question is do I have to write a script include with this or can I write an onChange client script to accomplish this?  The schedule we use is '8-8 weekdays excluding holidays'.  

[booher04]

Ankur - any ideas on this?

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading) {
if (isLoading || newValue == '') {
return;
}

// Call the GA function
var ga = new GlideAjax('u_userInfoAjax');
ga.addParam('sysparm_name', "getInfo");
ga.addParam('sysparm_date', g_form.getValue('requested_completion_date'));
ga.getXMLAnswer(function(answer){
if(answer == 'true'){
alert('Please select date after 5 business days');
g_form.clearValue('requested_completion_date');
}

});

}

SCRIPT INCLUDE:

var u_userInfoAjax = Class.create();
u_userInfoAjax.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {

getInfo: function(){

var dateSelected = this.getParameter('sysparm_date');

var nowDateTime = new GlideDateTime();

var days = 5;

var dur = new GlideDuration(60*60*24*days*1000);

// paste the sys_id of the 8*8 weekday schedule excluding holidays and weekends

var schedule = new GlideSchedule('2218ff1bdba8eb40fb6e753a8c96198d');

var finalTime = schedule.add(nowDateTime, dur,'');

var updatedGdt = new GlideDateTime(dateSelected);

var finalTimeGdt = new GlideDateTime(finalTime);

if(updatedGdt < finalTimeGdt){

return 'true';

}
return 'false';
},

type: 'u_userInfoAjax'

});

Perhaps the calculation of time is off because we use a 12 hour schedule per day vs an 8 or 9 hour?

[Younes Choukri1]

I marked your answer as helpful. Thank you, the code worked perfectly.

[Arvind Singh Ra]

Hi Booher04,

I have figured out a code on Onchange client script. which is calling a function from a Script Include using GlideAjax

Client Scipt: 

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading) {

    if (isLoading || newValue == '') {

          return;

    }

var cdt = newValue; //The date field

  var dttype = 'day'; //this can be day, hour, minute, second. By default it will return seconds.

g_form.hideFieldMsg('due_date');

var ajax = new GlideAjax('ClientDateTimeUtils');

  ajax.addParam('sysparm_name','getNowDateTimeDiff');

  ajax.addParam('sysparm_fdt', cdt);

  ajax.addParam('sysparm_difftype', dttype);

ajax.getXML(doSomething);

  function doSomething(response){

  var answer = response.responseXML.documentElement.getAttribute("answer");

  //alert(answer);

  if(answer<0 || answer<5){

  g_form.showFieldMsg('due_date', "Date should be more than 5 working days from today " , 'error');

  //alert('Change value');

// alert("Date should be more than 5 working days from today.");

  g_form.clearValue('request_completion_date'); // Pass the variable name here

  g_form.setMandatory('request_completion_date');

  }

  }

Script Include -Client Callable

var ClientDateTimeUtils = Class.create();

ClientDateTimeUtils.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {

  //Takes a Single Date/Time Field and returns its time difference from nowDateTime().

  //params = sysparm_fdt (the first date/time field), sysparm_difftype (time based format to return result. See "_calcDateDiff" function comments)

  getNowDateTimeDiff: function(){

  var firstDT = this.getParameter('sysparm_fdt'); //First Date-Time Field

  var diffTYPE = this.getParameter('sysparm_difftype'); // Date-Time Type to return the answer as. Can be second, minute, hour, day

  var diff = gs.dateDiff(gs.nowDateTime(), firstDT, true);

  var timediff = this._calcDateDiff(diffTYPE, diff);

  //return "getNowDateTimeDiff: FIRST DT: " + firstDT + " -DIFFTYPE: " + diffTYPE + " -TIME DIFF: " + timediff;

  return timediff;

  },

  //Private function to calculate the date difference return result in second, minute, hour, day.

  _calcDateDiff: function(diffTYPE, seconds){

  var thisdiff;

  if (diffTYPE == "day"){thisdiff = seconds/86400;}

  else if (diffTYPE == "hour"){thisdiff = seconds/3600;}

  else if (diffTYPE == "minute"){thisdiff = seconds/60;}

  else if (diffTYPE == "second"){thisdiff = seconds;}

  else {thisdiff = seconds;}

  return thisdiff;

  }

}

Mark ✅ Correct and 👍 Helpful based on the impact.

Warm Regards,

Arvind

[Arvind Singh Ra]

Hi Booher04,

Why don't you give a shot to code I posted.

Mark ✅ Correct and 👍 Helpful based on the impact.

Warm Regards,

Arvind

[booher04]

It gives me an error when I try to save the Script Include.  

Could not save record because of a compile error: JavaScript parse error at line (49) column (1) problem = missing ) after argument list (<refname>; line 49)