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submitUploadedFiles Function usuage

Malleswari T
Certified Lead Developer

Hello there,

I have a Upload field where user uploads 50 rows of 2 columns data from/csv onto form.

I have to read all those and display the data in editable grid before submission.

To achieve this i have used submitUploadedFiles function with empty process model to start on its button click.

Even though data displayed on Interface object correctly, throwing error on front end.

Please help me if i did something wrong.

Added code snippet for upload and button

   a!columnsLayout(
          columns: {
            a!columnLayout(
              contents: a!fileUploadField(
                instructions: "NOTE: CSV file size cannot exceed 50 rows and should only include tickers and weights",
                target: cons!SRT_FOLDER_UPLOAD_CSV,
                maxSelections: 1,
                value: ri!document1,
                saveInto: ri!document1
              )
            ),
            a!columnLayout(
              contents: a!buttonArrayLayout(
                buttons: a!buttonWidget(
                  label: "Read File",
                  saveInto: {
                    /*a!submitUploadedFiles(documents: ri!document1),*/
                   
                    /*a!save(local!validTickers,*/
                    /*reject(fn!isnull(_),index(a!flatten(index(rule!SRT_INT_bmuMorningstarUniverse(*/
                    /*tickers:index(local!fileTickers,"ticker",{})*/
                    /*),*/
                    /*"result","body","Universe","Security",{})),"Ticker",{}))),*/
                    
                    a!startProcess(
                      processModel: cons!SRT_PM_UPLOAD_FILE,
                      processParameters: {},
                      onSuccess: a!submitUploadedFiles(
                        onSuccess: {
                          a!save(local!submissionSuccessful, true),
                          a!save(
                            local!parsedFileData,
                            index(
                              readexcelsheetpaging(
                                ri!document1,
                                0,
                                a!pagingInfo(1, cons!SRT_INT_FILE_IMPORT_ROW_MAX),
                                2,
                                null,
                                true
                              ),
                              "data",
                              "values",
                              {}
                            )
                          ),
                          a!save(
                            local!fileTickers,
                            if(
                              rule!APN_isBlank(local!parsedFileData),
                              {},
                              a!forEach(
                                items: local!parsedFileData,
                                expression: a!map(
                                  ticker: if(fv!isFirst, null, fv!item[1]),
                                  allocation: if(fv!isFirst, null, fv!item[2])
                                ),

                              )
                            )
                          ),
                          a!save(
                            ri!portfolioData1,
                            append(
                              ri!portfolioData1,
                              a!forEach(
                                items: remove(
                                  local!fileTickers,
                                  wherecontains(
                                    null,
                                    index(local!fileTickers, "ticker", {})
                                  )
                                ),
                                expression: {
                                  'recordType!{5bf7f7cb-2b7c-430f-93b1-102a13b4f3af}SRT Portfolio'(
                                    'recordType!{5bf7f7cb-2b7c-430f-93b1-102a13b4f3af}SRT Portfolio.fields.{cb090f37-4d4b-43f3-9393-8ceb1cba74a5}tickerOrCusip': fv!item.ticker,
                                    'recordType!{5bf7f7cb-2b7c-430f-93b1-102a13b4f3af}SRT Portfolio.fields.{42f5fce0-6c85-488c-a1e6-ce2d5d14db86}productName': null,
                                    'recordType!{5bf7f7cb-2b7c-430f-93b1-102a13b4f3af}SRT Portfolio.fields.{154478bd-35f2-4ef1-b0f2-81449e3fb855}portfolioVersionRefId': 10,
                                    'recordType!{5bf7f7cb-2b7c-430f-93b1-102a13b4f3af}SRT Portfolio.fields.{277086ff-1613-4c0b-84e9-9932ba4f19bc}investmentType': null,
                                    'recordType!{5bf7f7cb-2b7c-430f-93b1-102a13b4f3af}SRT Portfolio.fields.{df7e6b6d-508d-4a78-8d12-41372a07944f}isActive': true,
                                    'recordType!{5bf7f7cb-2b7c-430f-93b1-102a13b4f3af}SRT Portfolio.fields.{1fc0f544-5ee9-4cdf-990a-e365e1a9d247}allocation': fv!item.allocation
                                  )
                                }
                              )
                            )
                          ),
                          },
                        onError: a!save(local!submissionSuccessful, false)
                      ),
                      onError: a!save(local!submissionSuccessful, false)
                    )
                  },
                  
                ),
                align: "START",
                marginAbove: "MORE"
              )
            )
          }
        ),

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  • 0
    Certified Lead Developer

    Don't think you can put the submitUploadedFiles in the onSuccess of the StartProcess. It needs to be at the root of the saveInto.

  • 0
    Certified Lead Developer
     in reply to Mathieu Drouin

    Thanks for responding.

    I tried using this function in the beginning of saveinto as well, however the problem is still same when we call it from Site front-end.

    Surprisingly it is working on a dummy site with dummy interface but failing on our actual Site.

    Works here on dummy as below: 

    = a!localVariables(
  local!document,
  local!submissionSuccessful,
  local!parsedFileData,
  local!items,
  local!button,
  local!fileTickers,
  
  {
    a!fileUploadField(
      target: cons!SRT_FOLDER_UPLOAD_CSV,
      maxSelections: 1,
      value: local!document,
      saveInto: { local!document  }
    ),
    a!buttonArrayLayout(
      buttons: a!buttonWidget(
        label: "Save",
        submit: false(),
        value: true(),
        saveInto: {
          local!button,
          a!submitUploadedFiles(
            onSuccess: {
              a!save(local!submissionSuccessful, true),
              if(
                local!submissionSuccessful,
                a!startProcess(
                  processModel: cons!SRT_PM_UPLOAD_FILE,
                  processParameters: {},
                  onSuccess: {
                    a!save(
                      local!parsedFileData,
                      index(
                        readexcelsheetpaging(
                          local!document,
                          0,
                          a!pagingInfo(1, cons!SRT_INT_FILE_IMPORT_ROW_MAX),
                          2,
                          null,
                          true
                        ),
                        "data",
                        "values",
                        {}
                      )
                    ),
                    a!save(
                      local!fileTickers,
                      if(
                        rule!APN_isBlank(local!parsedFileData),
                        {},
                        a!forEach(
                          items: local!parsedFileData,
                          expression: a!map(
                            ticker: if(fv!isFirst, null, fv!item[1]),
                            allocation: if(fv!isFirst, null, fv!item[2])
                          ),
                          
                        )
                      )
                    )
                  }
                ),
                {}
              )
            }
          )
        }
      )
    ),
    a!gridLayout(
      headerCells: {
        a!gridLayoutHeaderCell(label: "Ticker"),
        a!gridLayoutHeaderCell(label: "Allocation"),
        
      },
      rows: a!forEach(
        local!fileTickers,
        a!gridRowLayout(
          contents: {
            a!textField(value: fv!item.ticker),
            a!floatingPointField(value: fv!item.allocation)
          }
        )
      )
    )
  }
)
     

    but same code called inside the main interface is failing with same error

    This totally is weird.

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  • 0
    Certified Lead Developer
     in reply to Mathieu Drouin

    Thanks for responding.

    I tried using this function in the beginning of saveinto as well, however the problem is still same when we call it from Site front-end.

    Surprisingly it is working on a dummy site with dummy interface but failing on our actual Site.

    Works here on dummy as below: 

    = a!localVariables(
  local!document,
  local!submissionSuccessful,
  local!parsedFileData,
  local!items,
  local!button,
  local!fileTickers,
  
  {
    a!fileUploadField(
      target: cons!SRT_FOLDER_UPLOAD_CSV,
      maxSelections: 1,
      value: local!document,
      saveInto: { local!document  }
    ),
    a!buttonArrayLayout(
      buttons: a!buttonWidget(
        label: "Save",
        submit: false(),
        value: true(),
        saveInto: {
          local!button,
          a!submitUploadedFiles(
            onSuccess: {
              a!save(local!submissionSuccessful, true),
              if(
                local!submissionSuccessful,
                a!startProcess(
                  processModel: cons!SRT_PM_UPLOAD_FILE,
                  processParameters: {},
                  onSuccess: {
                    a!save(
                      local!parsedFileData,
                      index(
                        readexcelsheetpaging(
                          local!document,
                          0,
                          a!pagingInfo(1, cons!SRT_INT_FILE_IMPORT_ROW_MAX),
                          2,
                          null,
                          true
                        ),
                        "data",
                        "values",
                        {}
                      )
                    ),
                    a!save(
                      local!fileTickers,
                      if(
                        rule!APN_isBlank(local!parsedFileData),
                        {},
                        a!forEach(
                          items: local!parsedFileData,
                          expression: a!map(
                            ticker: if(fv!isFirst, null, fv!item[1]),
                            allocation: if(fv!isFirst, null, fv!item[2])
                          ),
                          
                        )
                      )
                    )
                  }
                ),
                {}
              )
            }
          )
        }
      )
    ),
    a!gridLayout(
      headerCells: {
        a!gridLayoutHeaderCell(label: "Ticker"),
        a!gridLayoutHeaderCell(label: "Allocation"),
        
      },
      rows: a!forEach(
        local!fileTickers,
        a!gridRowLayout(
          contents: {
            a!textField(value: fv!item.ticker),
            a!floatingPointField(value: fv!item.allocation)
          }
        )
      )
    )
  }
)
     

    but same code called inside the main interface is failing with same error

    This totally is weird.

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