Client Side - UI Action

[KeerthiPraV]

I have a use case where I need to use the getReference() method to retrieve the manager's name from the assignment group reference field. When I click a UI Action button on the client side, I want to display the manager's name in a popup alert. Could you provide the correct approach that uses the getReference() method to achieve this?

[Brian Lancaster · Accepted solution]

What have you tried?

[Brian Lancaster · Accepted solution]

What have you tried?

[KeerthiPraV]

Yes, I have tried this. But i want to fulfill the requirement within the Client - UI action script only.

showManagerName() {

    var groupSysId = g_form.getValue('assignment_group');

    if (!groupSysId) {

        alert("No Assignment Group selected!");

        return;

    }

    g_form.getReference('assignment_group', function(gr) {

        if (gr.manager) {

            var managerName = gr.manager.getDisplayValue();

            alert("Manager Name: " + managerName);

        } else {

            alert("This group does not have a manager assigned.");

        }

    });

}

I have tried like this...But it's not getting manager name.
If I use Glide Ajax & Script include its working fine.
but I want to try it from client side only.
Could you help me out with this.

[Ankur Bawiskar · Accepted solution]

@KeerthiPraV 

you can use getReference() with callback or use GlideAjax

what you tried and what didn't work?

what debugging did you do?

see this

GlideAjax Example Cheat Sheet (UPDATED) 

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[KeerthiPraV]

I have tried gerReference() method and Glide ajax Too.
Glide Ajax is working fine. But i want to implement with only Client - UI action script.

showManagerName() {

    var groupSysId = g_form.getValue('assignment_group');

    if (!groupSysId) {

        alert("No Assignment Group selected!");

        return;

    }

    g_form.getReference('assignment_group', function(gr) {

        if (gr.manager) {

            var managerName = gr.manager.getDisplayValue();

            alert("Manager Name: " + managerName);

        } else {

            alert("This group does not have a manager assigned.");

        }

    });

}
I have tried this code. But it's not working.
Could you please guide me to implement the use case only with client-side script.