Using "IF" script to check for a Variable Set Value

[ZacharyW]

Hello,

I have a variable set called "User Data" that populates on my service portal requests. One of these variables is a "location" variable. I am building a workflow that needs to check for this location, then generate tasks accordingly. I'm using a basic "IF" statement in the workflow to check, but I'm unable to figure out what's going wrong.

How do I check for a variable set variable in a workflow?

Using current.variable_pool.location doesn't work, as it doesn't seem that the variable set location variable exists within the variable pool.

Perhaps the variable I need is stored on the Request table? In which case how do I call that?

Here is the "IF" statement that I'm using:

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answer = ifScript();

function ifScript() {

if (current.request.requested_for.location == "30bc3793db191fc014a0777a8c9619d7")

       return 'yes';

else

       return 'no'; 

}

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Thank you for all the help!

[The Machine]

current.variables.variable_name works. Give that a try

[Raf1]

Hi Zach,

Try this:

answer = ifScript();

function ifScript() {

if (current.variables.location == "30bc3793db191fc014a0777a8c9619d7")

       return 'yes';

else

       return 'no'; 

}

Regards,

Raf

[Manish Vinayak1 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You should try accessing the variable by the following call:

current.variables.variable_name;

But that won't work for Multi-Row Variable Sets. To access multi-row variable set's variables, you need to specify the internal name of the variable set:

current.variables.variable_set_internal_name.variable_name;

Note: Accessing the variables using the variable set internal name, i.e.,

 current.variables.variable_set_internal_name.variable_name, 

works for both Multi-Row Variable set and Single Row Variable Set.

Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Manish

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi,

if you want to get value from request table then do this

current.request.requested_for.location

if you want to get it from some variable then irrespective whether it is inside variable set or not use this

current.variables.<variableName>

Mark Correct if this solves your issue and also mark Helpful if you find my response worthy based on the impact.
Thanks
Ankur