How to get display value of any reference field using Client script?

[rathikaramamurt]

Hey,

Could anyone please advise on how to get the display value for any reference field (CI field) using the onSubmit Catalog Client script?

Using g_form.getValue('u_device_ref_1'), I am getting the sys_id of this field

And with g_form.getDisplayValue('u_device_ref_1'), I am getting blank value.

Thanks in Advance,

Rathika.

[alexaria]

This worked for me hope helps you too.

var assignee = g_form.getValue('assigned_to');

var assigneeName = getDisplayValue_2('assigned_to', 'sys_display.sc_req_item.assigned_to');


// htmlID: exact HTML id from your browser's inspect window
function getDisplayValue_2(fieldName, htmlID) {

	// frontend eg. CatItem by OOB
	if (!window)
		return g_form.getDisplayValue(fieldName);

	// backend eg. RITM by OOB
	if (g_form.getDisplayBox(fieldName) && g_form.getDisplayBox(fieldName).value)
		return g_form.getDisplayBox(fieldName).value;

	// backend eg. RITM by HTML
	var el = document.getElementById(htmlID) || // try this.document... on errors
		document.querySelector('[id$="' + htmlID + '"]');
	if (!el) return '';
	var tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
	if (tag === 'input' || tag === 'textarea') { // reference, textbox, ...
		return el.value || '';
	}
	if (tag === 'select') { // selectbox
		var opt = el.selectedOptions && el.selectedOptions[0];
		return opt ? opt.textContent.trim() : '';
	}
	return el.textContent.trim() || '';
}