I added a related list declarative action Submit, the button does not work

[Siris]

How to add functionality to the button using server script or client script, so that it updates the record state from pending to submitted.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Siris 

basically you want Related List action which updates State for selected records?

if yes then did you check any OOTB Related List actions how they are doing

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[sivasankaris]

Hi @Siris 

You can achieve this using a UI Action — that’s the cleanest and recommended way.

Go to System Definition → UI Actions and create a new one on your table.

• ✔ Check Form button

• ✔ Set a condition like: current.state == 'pending'

Then in the Script section (server-side):

current.state = 'submitted';

current.update();
gs.addInfoMessage("Record submitted successfully.");
action.setRedirectURL(current);

That’s it 😊

When the button is clicked, it will securely update the record from Pending → Submitted.

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