Why wont this save?

Certified Associate Developer

Hi,

So Im trying to get this code to save below into my ri! field but no matter what I do it will not save. Can someone please tell me whats wrong here?

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  • Hi

    The expression in the saveInto parameter only evaluates when the user interacts with the component. Since you have made it as readOnly there is no user interaction hence so value is not populating. 

    Can you explain your usecase?

  • +1
    Certified Lead Developer
    in reply to gayathris876948

    If you want just populate this for DB writes, you can call it in the submit button saveInto like

    saveInto:{

    a!save(

    ri!orders.products, concat(

    ri!firstItem

    )

    )

    }

  • 0
    Certified Associate Developer
    in reply to gayathris876948

    Thanks for the quick reply! Ok so the user is selecting items from 3 drop down fields and whatever they select I want it to populate a readonly field. They cant make changes to this field. They can only change it from those 3 drop down fields... Once I get the 3 choices I need to save it into my ri!order,products, but how?

  • +1
    Certified Lead Developer
    in reply to ashleym0002

    Hi

    Below sample may be helpful for this case,

    a!localVariables(
      local!firstItem_txt,
      local!secondItem_txt,
      local!thirItem_txt,
      local!combinedItem_txt,/*ri!orders.products*/
      {
        a!sectionLayout(
          label: "Section",
          contents: {
            a!columnsLayout(
              columns: {
                a!columnLayout(
                  contents: {
                    a!dropdownField(
                      label: "Dropdown 1",
                      labelPosition: "ABOVE",
                      placeholder: "--- Select a Value ---",
                      choiceLabels: {
                        "Option 1",
                        "Option 2",
                        "Option 3",
                        "Option 4",
                        "Option 5",
                        "Option 6",
                        "Option 7",
                        "Option 8",
                        "Option 9",
                        "Option 10",
                        "Option 11",
                        "Option 12"
                      },
                      choiceValues: {
                        "Option 1",
                        "Option 2",
                        "Option 3",
                        "Option 4",
                        "Option 5",
                        "Option 6",
                        "Option 7",
                        "Option 8",
                        "Option 9",
                        "Option 10",
                        "Option 11",
                        "Option 12"
                      },
                      value: local!firstItem_txt,
                      saveInto: {
                        local!firstItem_txt,
                        if(
                          or(
                            isnull(local!firstItem_txt),
                            isnull(local!secondItem_txt),
                            isnull(local!thirItem_txt)
                          ),
                          {},
                          a!save(
                            local!combinedItem_txt,
                            joinarray(
                              {
                                local!firstItem_txt,
                                local!secondItem_txt,
                                local!thirItem_txt
                              },
                              ","
                            )
                          )
                        )
                      }
                    )
                  }
                ),
                a!columnLayout(
                  contents: {
                    a!dropdownField(
                      label: "Dropdown 2",
                      labelPosition: "ABOVE",
                      placeholder: "--- Select a Value ---",
                      choiceLabels: {
                        "Option 1",
                        "Option 2",
                        "Option 3",
                        "Option 4",
                        "Option 5",
                        "Option 6",
                        "Option 7",
                        "Option 8",
                        "Option 9",
                        "Option 10",
                        "Option 11",
                        "Option 12"
                      },
                      choiceValues: {
                        "Option 1",
                        "Option 2",
                        "Option 3",
                        "Option 4",
                        "Option 5",
                        "Option 6",
                        "Option 7",
                        "Option 8",
                        "Option 9",
                        "Option 10",
                        "Option 11",
                        "Option 12"
                      },
                      value: local!secondItem_txt,
                      saveInto: {
                        local!secondItem_txt,
                        if(
                          or(
                            isnull(local!firstItem_txt),
                            isnull(local!secondItem_txt),
                            isnull(local!thirItem_txt)
                          ),
                          {},
                          a!save(
                            local!combinedItem_txt,
                            joinarray(
                              {
                                local!firstItem_txt,
                                local!secondItem_txt,
                                local!thirItem_txt
                              },
                              ","
                            )
                          )
                        )
                      }
                    )
                  }
                ),
                a!columnLayout(
                  contents: {
                    a!dropdownField(
                      label: "Dropdown 3",
                      labelPosition: "ABOVE",
                      placeholder: "--- Select a Value ---",
                      choiceLabels: {
                        "Option 1",
                        "Option 2",
                        "Option 3",
                        "Option 4",
                        "Option 5",
                        "Option 6",
                        "Option 7",
                        "Option 8",
                        "Option 9",
                        "Option 10",
                        "Option 11",
                        "Option 12"
                      },
                      choiceValues: {
                        "Option 1",
                        "Option 2",
                        "Option 3",
                        "Option 4",
                        "Option 5",
                        "Option 6",
                        "Option 7",
                        "Option 8",
                        "Option 9",
                        "Option 10",
                        "Option 11",
                        "Option 12"
                      },
                      value: local!thirItem_txt,
                      saveInto: {
                        local!thirItem_txt,
                        if(
                          or(
                            isnull(local!firstItem_txt),
                            isnull(local!secondItem_txt),
                            isnull(local!thirItem_txt)
                          ),
                          {},
                          a!save(
                            local!combinedItem_txt,
                            joinarray(
                              {
                                local!firstItem_txt,
                                local!secondItem_txt,
                                local!thirItem_txt
                              },
                              ","
                            )
                          )
                        )
                      }
                    )
                  }
                )
              }
            )
          }
        ),
        a!textField(
          showWhen: not(isnull(local!combinedItem_txt)),
          label: "Result",
          labelPosition: "ABOVE",
          readOnly: true,
          value: local!combinedItem_txt
        )
      }
    )