how to get a variable on request item to populate on the catalog item short description

[humblecommitted]

Hello Community,

I am trying to get a variable called "ritm_short_description" on the catalog item to populate the "short_description" field on the request item.

Here is the catalog item:

Here is the variable on the catalog item:

Here is how I would like it to be displayed as after the catalog item has been submitted and is now a request item:

I have been trying workflows and business rules and i am not sure what i am doing wrong.

Please help!

Thanks in advanced.

[raprohaska]

If i'm understanding correctly, you have a variable on the catalog item and you have the target record's short description.

If that is true, if you rename the variable to "short_description" then naming convention will auto set the value on the target record.

If you cannot change the variable name, then in the catalog item script you can set current.short_description = producer.ritm_short_description.

Maybe I've simplified your issue too greatly though.

[Harry Campbell2]

Give this a try:

current.short_description =   current.variables.ritm_short_description;

[humblecommitted]

hello harry,

is this script on the business rule or the workflow script?

[GregJWillis]

Your BR needs the "current.update()' line if you are doing this as an 'after' update rule.   That should do it.