Auto Create Item - FormAPI

Hello,

I've created a multi-select list in a form that allows a user to select target servers to include in a configuration file.

However, currently users are having to create a new item that defines parameters for each selected target server manually.

My goal is to automatically create a new item for each selected target.

How would I go about targeting each of the items selected to create a new item?

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nipper

Sorry but you are not sharing nearly enough information for anyone to help.

I would show the DCR you created. Then describe the use case along with the desired results. Maybe then someone can help.

iw_child

Hi Andy,

Sorry I wrote this in a bit of a rush yesterday.

Here is my datacapture.cfg: https://github.com/nande9/teamsite/blob/master/datacapture.cfg

Here is my dcr output: https://github.com/nande9/teamsite/blob/master/dcr.xml

Essentially, for each selected option in the available_envs item, automatically create the proper number of Environment containers.

Screenshot: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7806510/3189289/6af2b15c-ecc2-11e3-98dd-987fbd8784ad.png

Rick Poulin

Your design is a little backwards.. Delete the multiselect; keep only the replicant container. Replace the "Env name" field with a single-select where they can pick from that list. This approach voids the problem of dynamically adding replicant instances. Then you can optionally do an onsave validation to make sure they didn't select the same environment twice, if you really need to.

iw_child

Brilliant,

This will allow me to easily populate the <available_evns></available_envs> tag in my output using xsl and not javascript. Thanks!