How to set Due Date in task detail window?

Hi
Task detail window contains Due Date: fileld. I want to set a date dynamically in it. Is it possible? If yes please tell me how?

Thanking you,
Jayant

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Adam Stoller

Hi
Task detail window contains Due Date: fileld. I want to set a date dynamically in it. Is it possible? If yes please tell me how?

Thanking you,
Jayant

There used to be some documentation on this - but I don't see it right now with a quick glance at the manuals.

I believe that you need to set job and/or task-level variables to have the values you want and then to make sure you reference that variable within the ui_custom.xml file - (UICG search for due_date and read surrounding text)

As long as you make sure you have the association between the variable and the UI correct - you should be able to dynamically alter the value of the variable within your workflow from any externaltask or cgitask or to set it explicitly from the WFT during instantiation as you see fit.

kaalraa

Hi
Task detail window contains Due Date: fileld. I want to set a date dynamically in it. Is it possible? If yes please tell me how?

Thanking you,
Jayant

I dont think, we need them to associate with UI_custom file. It just needs to be updated with job / task level variables - due_date and priority (all lower case).

jayantb

Hi Kaalraa,
Thank you very much. I got the answer.

kaalraa

Hi Kaalraa,
Thank you very much. I got the answer.

For future reference, could you please share as by what level of variables (job or task) you have done with your requirements.

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citizen

There used to be some documentation on this - but I don't see it right now with a quick glance at the manuals.

I believe that you need to set job and/or task-level variables to have the values you want and then to make sure you reference that variable within the ui_custom.xml file - (UICG search for due_date and read surrounding text)

As long as you make sure you have the association between the variable and the UI correct - you should be able to dynamically alter the value of the variable within your workflow from any externaltask or cgitask or to set it explicitly from the WFT during instantiation as you see fit.

Too bad this approach doesn't work for "Job Name" (or I'm too thick to find the correct variable name). I tried to SetVariable('job_name'), ('name'), and variations thereof with no good result.

Anyone have a suggestion or tried & true approach to resetting the value of this after a job instantiates?

Thanks!

Adam Stoller

Too bad this approach doesn't work for "Job Name" (or I'm too thick to find the correct variable name). I tried to SetVariable('job_name'), ('name'), and variations thereof with no good result.

Anyone have a suggestion or tried & true approach to resetting the value of this after a job instantiates?

Thanks!

The job name is not a workflow variable - it is a byproduct of the WFT and/or available_templates.cfg file and does not seem to have a means of setting it (only retrieving it via GetName()) through the existing Perl module.
You can, however, adjust the job's description with TeamSite::WFworkflow: Smiley Frustrated

etDescription() and perhaps that will suffice for you?

citizen

The job name is not a workflow variable - it is a byproduct of the WFT and/or available_templates.cfg file and does not seem to have a means of setting it (only retrieving it via GetName()) through the existing Perl module.
You can, however, adjust the job's description with TeamSite::WFworkflow:etDescription() and perhaps that will suffice for you?

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm using job description for something else already and hoped to reuse the "Job Name" to show a "ticket number" in the 20-30 spaces allocated to it in the "Workflow" tab view of jobs.