Widget clone - Could not save record because of a compile error

[larsbowassini]

I have made a clone of the "SC Categories" widget, but I can't save it because of an error in a part of the script I haven't changed. It's in the Client controller field:

I get the error "Missing name in function declaration" - but the original widget uses this code - so what can I do?

[Arnoud Kooi · Accepted solution]

If you scroll down and click on the UI Action: "Open in Widget Editor"

You will be able to save it in the new window that opens.

[scottl]

This shouldn't be marked as a solution.   Maybe ServiceNow should fix their buggy code against their own validator!   As I've come across several widgets that have this problem when cloning.

[Lisa Moose]

I concur -- ServiceNow should fix these situations.   Apparently they are NOT 'new'.

Can you recommend how to solve this for clones of the "sc_categories" widget?     Below is a screen shot of the sc_categories widget which I cloned (along with many other customers...).   Both the Server script and the Client controller have errors.   When I edit my cloned version to add a semi-colon ";" to the end of line 6 in the Service script, that resolves that erro.   but I haven't been able to figure out how to resolve the remaining errors   in the Client controller script.

I'm learning as I go -- my apologies if this is rudimentary.   Thanks in advance to you or anyone else who can help solve this permanently in my cloned widget!

[ms_akila]

Hi Lisa,

As a workaround, You can open the required widget in widget editor and try cloning the widget from widget editor.

You will able to save the target widget without any error messages.