how to implement save as draft for a catalog service request

[PrithviK]

I have a requirement where i need to implement a "save as draft" functionality for my catalog item.I have created a save as draft button using UI page on my catalog item and wrote some script to generate a service request.But i don't want that service request to proceed further on workflow for any approvals as it is in a save draft until the user submits it .Please suggest some solution.

[nitin_kumar]

Hi,

You can write an If condition or a wait for condition in the workflow to achieve this.

Create a wait for condition activity with the required condition.

Hope this answers your question

Thanks,

Nitin.

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[blahblah]

Hi

I have similar requirement like creating a button as save as draft on cart and Request should be in draft state. Will you able to help?

[PrithviK]

Hi Ashish

We have implemented this through a UI page.

Create a UI page where you need to write scripts as below and refer to this UI page from your variable of   type UI page.

HTML

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

<j:jelly trim="false" xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:g="glide" xmlns:j2="null" xmlns:g2="null">

  <table>

  <tr width="25%">

  <td width="50px">

  <button id="order_now" title=""

  class="request_catalog_button_with_icon btn cat-btn btn-primary"

  onclick="orderNowSaveAsDraft()"

  type="button" href="#" style="float: left;">Save As Draft</button>

  </td>

  </tr>

  </table>

</j:jelly>

Client Script:

function orderNowSaveAsDraft() {

  //setting variable Set as draft to yes

  g_form.setValue('isthisdraft','yes');//isthisdraft is a variable which is hidden on catalog form and is of   type singleline textbox

  //alert('Clicked draft-'+g_form.getValue('isthisdraft'));

  g_cart = new SCCart();

  var m = g_form.catalogOnSubmit();

  if (!m)

  return;

  var item_guid = gel("sysparm_item_guid");

  if (item_guid)

  item_guid = item_guid.value;

  var catalog_guid = gel("sysparm_catalog");

  if (catalog_guid)

  catalog_guid = catalog_guid.value;

  var catalog_view = gel("sysparm_catalog_view");

  if (catalog_view)

  catalog_view = catalog_view.value;

  g_cart.order(gel("sysparm_id").value,"1", item_guid, catalog_guid, catalog_view);

}

I hope this might help you:)

[Rohant Joshi2]

Hi Prithvi,

I am not sure if you can hold on catalog page saying "save it as a draft", reason being the catalog page itself is a UI Page and the variables you design gets render on the UI Page.

What I would suggest is you can allow the end user to submit the request using catalog which will create a request and then you can keep your request editable until "Submit Request" UI Action on the request is clicked.

Once the UI Action is clicked that is a final submission after which you disable the variable editor.

Let me know if this works.

Thanks.

Rohant Joshi.