If condition to check if manager is null not working

[Brun]

Hello,

I'm trying to create a workflow if condition to check if the requested_for.manager field is empty. I used the following script, but it's not working:

  answer = ifScript();




  function ifScript() {


        if (current.requested_for.manager != '') {


              return 'yes';


        }


        return 'no';


  }

The goal is to branch out and cancel the request before manager approval if the user's manager field is empty.

Thank you!

[Kieran Anson · Accepted solution]

Is this flow running on the sc_req_item or sc_request table? If the requested_for is the name of a catalog item variable you need to use current.variables.requested_for

 answer = ifScript();




  function ifScript() {


        if (gs.nil(current.variables.requested_for.manager)) {
         //if empty.

              return 'yes';


        }


        return 'no';


  }

[Brun]

Thank you, Kieran! This worked out great. 

[Brandon R1]

This worked great for me as well. I was needing to do something very similar and once I used the API gs.nil, it worked perfectly. I've been trying other scripting with == null but it was not working.

I was not aware about gs.nil so thanks for this.

I'm not strong in javascript so I'll remember to use this one when null values need to be determined.

Brandon