Copying description field without html tags

[Suvetha S]

Hi All,

We have a BR that populates rich description from a record producers variables. We want the same to be copied into description field as well but without HTML tags. I have tried the below script and it is not working as expected. Please provide your suggestions.

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {

/* Created as part of requirement:  where the Record Producer fields needs to be copied to HR Task Description */
var totalDescription = '';
var newDescription = '';
var grQuestion = new GlideRecord("question_answer");
grQuestion.addEncodedQuery("table_sys_id=" + current.sys_id);
grQuestion.orderBy('order');
grQuestion.query();
while (grQuestion.next()) {
if (grQuestion.question.type == '8' && grQuestion.question.reference != '') {
totalDescription += '<b>' + grQuestion.question.getDisplayValue() + ' : ' + '</b>' + getValue(grQuestion.value, grQuestion.question.reference) + '<br><br>';
}
else if (grQuestion.question.getDisplayValue() == '') {
totalDescription += "<b>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b><br><br>";
}
else {
totalDescription += '<b>' + grQuestion.question.getDisplayValue() + ' : ' + '</b>' + grQuestion.value + '<br><br>';
newDescription += grQuestion.question.getDisplayValue() + ' : ' + grQuestion.value ;
}
}
function getValue(id, table) {
var grDetails = new GlideRecord(table);
if (grDetails.get(id)) {
return grDetails.getDisplayValue();
} else { return ' '; }
}
var hrTask = new GlideRecord('sn_hr_core_task');
hrTask.get(current.sys_id);
hrTask.rich_description = 'The following details have been provided:' + '<br><br>' + totalDescription;
hrTask.description = 'The following details have been provided:' + newDescription;
hrTask.update();

})(current, previous);

[Markus Nilsson]

Hi,
Not a solution for your script but can't you just create a "dummy" variable thats not visible on your record producer that capture all info and then map that to the field?

/Markus

[Saurabh Gupta]

Hi,

You can do as per below script 

var vs = new GlobalServiceCatalogUtil().getVariablesForTask(tr, true);      //tr is the GlideRecord object of the target task  
var notes="";
var notesHTML="";
for (var i=0; i < vs.length; i++)
{
    
    var isMRVS=lbl=vs[i].multi_row+"";
    var lbl=vs[i].label+"";
    var dis=vs[i].display_value+"";
    var visible=vs[i].visible_summary+"";
    if(isMRVS=='true')
    {
        var vArr=vs[i];
        notes+= lbl +"\n";
        for (var j=0; j < vArr.table_variable.length; j++)
        {
            notes+="Row " + (j+1)  + "\n";
            var tblArr=vArr.table_variable[j];
            for (var k=0; k < tblArr.length; k++)
            {
                var mrvslbl=tblArr[k].label+"";
                var mrvsdis=tblArr[k].display_value+"";
if(mrvslbl != '' && mrvsdis!='' && mrvsdis!='false') 
					{
                notes+= mrvslbl +  ": " + mrvsdis + "\n";
              notesHTML+=  "<div>"  + "<strong>" + mrvslbl + "</strong>" + ": " + mrvsdis + "</div>";
            }
}
            notes+= "\n";
        }
    }
    else
    {
        if (lbl != '' && dis!='' && dis!='false' && visible=='true') {
            notes+=lbl + ": " + dis + "\n";
notesHTML+="<div>"  + "<strong>" + lbl + "</strong>" + ": " + dis + "</div>";
        }
    }



}

//notesis the simple text field with all the variables in it
//notesHTML is the HTML field with all the variables in it