Hi!
In the Appian Designer, we have interfaces with text fields that save into rule inputs or local variables.
When entering in data into each of these text fields, the data is only sometimes saved in the rule inputs or the local variables.
Why is the user input not saving all of the time?
Has anyone encountered this issue before?
Below is an example with four text fields. Text1 and Text2 save into rule inputs ri!text1 and ri!text2 both of type text. Text3 and Text4 save into local!text3 and local!text4. User input is not saved every time the value changes.
a!localVariables( local!text3, local!text4, { a!textField( label: "Text1", labelPosition: "ABOVE", value: ri!text1, saveInto: {ri!text1}, refreshAfter: "UNFOCUS", validations: {} ), a!textField( label: "Text2", labelPosition: "ABOVE", value: ri!text2, saveInto: {ri!text2}, refreshAfter: "UNFOCUS", validations: {} ), a!textField( label: "Text3", labelPosition: "ABOVE", value: local!text3, saveInto: {local!text3}, refreshAfter: "UNFOCUS", validations: {} ), a!textField( label: "Text4", labelPosition: "ABOVE", value: local!text4, saveInto: {local!text4}, refreshAfter: "UNFOCUS", validations: {} ) } )
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Hello AshleyS ,
Your code works fine and there seems to be no issue. From what I understand, you are expecting the value to get updated when the user is typing or entering the value into the input field. The value gets updated only when the user clicks outside the input field after entering the value or after a keypress if defined in the refreshAfter parameter of the input field.
If the above is not the concern, please elaborate your requirement in detail.
Hi Konduru Chaitanya,
Yes, I do expect the value to get updated when the user is typing or entering the value into the input field. When clicking in the input field and into the next one it doesn't always save the user input. The same happens when clicking on an input and tabbing to the next.
For example. If I click on Text1 and enter in "one", click or tab into Text2 and enter "two", then click/tab into Text3. Text1 saves "one" into ri!text1 but Text2 doesn't save "two" into ri!text2.
AshleyS said: I do expect the value to get updated when the user is typing or entering the value into the input field
AFAIK, this will not happen.
AshleyS said:When clicking in the input field and into the next one it doesn't always save the user input
In your current expression, it is not happening in this way. It works fine. Could you please share the rule input data type that you have configured.