Calling a flow from a UI Action

[Mahesh_Krishnan]

All:

Using the following code to I am able to call the flow:

(function() {

try {
var rec_id = current.sys_id;
var gr = new GlideRecord('x_cpts_onboarding_cpts_referral_data');
if (gr.get(rec_id)) {
var inputs = {};
inputs['current'] = current; // GlideRecord of table:
inputs['table_name'] = 'x_cpts_onboarding_cpts_referral_data';

// Start Asynchronously: Uncomment to run in background.
//sn_fd.FlowAPI.startFlow('x_cpts_onboarding.invite_to_apply', inputs);

// Execute Synchronously: Run in foreground.
sn_fd.FlowAPI.executeFlow('x_cpts_onboarding.invite_to_apply', inputs);

}
} catch (ex) {
var message = ex.getMessage();
gs.error(message);
}

})();

However, when I add some client-side scripting in the beginning and then try to run the above server-side script it does not work.

What I have understood is that after the client-side script I have to insert the following code to ensure no other browser errors are detected:

if(typeof window == 'undefined')
function_name();

And then the server-side function is called.

In all the examples of other code a specific function name is given but for the above code of the flow it is encapsulated without a name.  How can i modify it to work for my use case.

I am still new to java script and so am still figuring out the basics.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Mahesh

[sachin_namjoshi]

use below sample code to call flow from UI action

try {
var flowInputs = {};
flowInputs['current'] = current;
flowInputs['table_name'] = current.getTableName();

var result = sn_fd.Flow.startAsync('SCOPENAME.FLOWNAME', flowInputs);
//The Sys ID of a flow execution (contextId)
var contextId = result.contextId;

} catch (ex) {
var message = ex.getMessage();
gs.error(message);
}

Regards,

Sachin

[MrMuhammad]

you can extract function body from self calling function and wrap that inside the server side function.

Below is your script

if(typeof window == 'undefined')
  function_name();

function_name(){

  try {
    var rec_id = current.sys_id;

    var gr = new GlideRecord('x_cpts_onboarding_cpts_referral_data');
    if (gr.get(rec_id)) {
      var inputs = {};
      inputs['current'] = current; // GlideRecord of table:
      inputs['table_name'] = 'x_cpts_onboarding_cpts_referral_data';

      // Start Asynchronously: Uncomment to run in background.
      //sn_fd.FlowAPI.startFlow('x_cpts_onboarding.invite_to_apply', inputs);

    // Execute Synchronously: Run in foreground.
    sn_fd.FlowAPI.executeFlow('x_cpts_onboarding.invite_to_apply', inputs);

   }
  } catch (ex) {

     var message = ex.getMessage();
      gs.error(message);
   }

}

Thanks & Regards,

Sharjeel

[Mahesh_Krishnan]

Sharjeel:

I assume you just removed the brackets in the self-calling function.  Because I tried doing this and it did not work.  Did you make any other changes?

Mahesh

[Mahesh_Krishnan]

Sharjeel:

This is what i tried:

if(typeof window == 'undefined')
invite();

function invite(){

try {
var rec_id = current.sys_id;
var gr = new GlideRecord('x_cpts_onboarding_cpts_referral_data');
if (gr.get(rec_id)) {
var inputs = {};
inputs['current'] = current; // GlideRecord of table:
inputs['table_name'] = 'x_cpts_onboarding_cpts_referral_data';

// Start Asynchronously: Uncomment to run in background.
//sn_fd.FlowAPI.startFlow('x_cpts_onboarding.invite_to_apply', inputs);

// Execute Synchronously: Run in foreground.
sn_fd.FlowAPI.executeFlow('x_cpts_onboarding.invite_to_apply', inputs);

}
} catch (ex) {
var message = ex.getMessage();
gs.error(message);
}

}

And it does not work