UI action not cancelling for ui page

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Hi All,

I have a requirement to create a dialog box to handle cancellation reason and i created a ui page which works.

But, the ui action i have used the existing OOTB ui action script and modified it to call my ui page but it doesn't submit when i click the cancel button:

ui page

UI page script:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<j:jelly trim="false" xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:g="glide" xmlns:j2="null">

<g:ui_form>

  <table>

    <!-- Header -->

    <tr>

      <td colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; padding-bottom:15px">

        Cancel request

      </td>

    </tr>

    <!-- Cancellation reason (choice list) -->

    <tr>

      <td style="width:30%">

        <g:form_label>Cancellation reason:<span style="color:#d00">*</span></g:form_label>

      </td>

      <td style="width:75%; padding-left:10px;">

        <g:ui_choicelist

            name="u_cancellation_reason"

            id="u_cancellation_reason"

            table="sn_lg_ops_legal_request"

            field="u_cancellation_reason"

            mandatory="true"

            query="active=true"

            style="width:100%" />

      </td>

    </tr>

    <tr><td colspan="2" style="height:10px"></td></tr>

    <!-- Work note -->

    <tr>

      <td style="width:30%">

        <g:form_label>Work note:</g:form_label>

      </td>

      <td style="width:70%">

        <textarea name="work_notes" id="work_notes" rows="4" style="width:100%"></textarea>

      </td>

    </tr>

    <!-- Buttons -->

    <tr>

      <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right; padding-top:16px">

        <g:dialog_buttons_ok_cancel

            ok_id="submitData"

            ok="return continueOK()"

            ok_text="Cancel request"

            ok_type="button"

            ok_style_class="btn btn-primary"

            cancel_id="cancelData"

            cancel="return continueCancel()"

            cancel_type="button"

            cancel_style_class="btn btn-default" />

      </td>

    </tr>

  </table>

</g:ui_form>

</j:jelly>

ui page client script:

function continueOK() {

  var gdw = GlideDialogWindow.get();

  var reason = gel('u_cancellation_reason').value;

  var notes = gel('work_notes').value;

  if (!reason) {

    alert("Cancellation reason is required.");

    return false;

  }

  // Pass the values back to the form via hidden fields

  g_form.setValue('u_cancellation_reason', reason);

  g_form.setValue('work_notes', notes);

  g_form.save();

  return true;

}

function cancelAndClose() {

  GlideDialogWindow.get().destroy();

  return false;

}

ui action client script:

function cancelRequest() {

  var gDialog = new GlideModal('sn_lg_ops_u_cancel_request_dialog'); // Reference your UI Page name

  gDialog.setPreference('sysparm_table', g_form.getTableName());

  gDialog.setPreference('sysparm_sys_id', g_form.getUniqueValue());

  gDialog.render();

  if (typeof window == 'undefined')

    serverCancelRequest();

}

function serverCancelRequest() {

  var hasApprovals = new sn_lg_ops.LegalAdhocApprovalUtils().hasPendingApprovals(current.sys_id);

  var canCancel = new RequestUtil().canCloseOrCancelRequest(current);

  var isValidCategory = (current.lg_category != LegalOpsConstants.CATEGORY_STOCK_PRECLEARANCE &&

                         current.lg_category != LegalOpsConstants.CATEGORY_COI &&

                         current.lg_category != LegalOpsConstants.CATEGORY_GIFTS_AND_ENTERTAINMENT);

  if (canCancel) {

    if (hasApprovals && isValidCategory) {

      gs.addErrorMessage(gs.getMessage('The approval is in progress for the legal request. Close all approvals before cancellation.'));

    } else {

      if (current.comments) {

        new LegalRequest(current).cancel(current.comments);

      } else {

        gs.addErrorMessage(gs.getMessage('Enter comments and cancel the request.'));

      }

    }

  } else {

    gs.addErrorMessage(gs.getMessage('Close all associated matters to cancel the request.'));

  }

  action.setRedirectURL(current);

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Community Alums 

so what debugging did you do?

If my response helped please mark it correct and close the thread so that it benefits future readers.

[Community Alums]

I was able to fix this. Thanks for your response