Attribute customization - Calculated Values for enumeration list

Zachary K (193●5●43●39) | asked Aug 29 '12, 3:04 p.m.
edited Mar 18 '13, 1:37 p.m. by Ralph Schoon (63.5k●3●36●46)

Hello,

I've created a calculated value in JavaScript to update an custom attribute based on the value of the "Filed Against" field.

I can get the id but not the label. Is there another api to get the label? I'm using RTC 3.0.1.

var filedAgainst = workItem.value(WorkItemAttributes.FILED_AGAINST);

Or how can I convert the id to the display value?

Thanks in advance for your help

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Ralph Schoon (63.5k●3●36●46) | answered Mar 18 '13, 1:37 p.m.
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I agree to William. workItem.getLabel(WorkItemAttributes.FILED_AGAINST); should give you the label of the category. See https://jazz.net/library/article/1093 Lab 5 for some guidance.

If the target attribute is an enumeration, you will however have to pass the literal ID to the enumeration and not the label.

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sam detweiler (12.5k●6●195●201) | answered Aug 29 '12, 4:19 p.m.

the label is stored in the workflowInfo data item.

this code is in a plugin, but same deal

fix this -->         IAuditableCommon iac = p.getSaveOperationParameter().getAuditableCommon();
                WorkflowManager wfm = new WorkflowManager(iac);

                if(false)
                {
                    IWorkItemCommon workItemCommon = iac.getPeer(IWorkItemCommon.class);
                    // loop thru all the attributes in the project
                    // attributes are project wide, not workitem specific
                    for(IAttribute ia:workItemCommon.findAttributes(p.getOldProcessArea().getProjectArea(), monitor) )
                    {
                        // if this attribute is available on this workitem
                        if(workItem.hasAttribute(ia))
                        {
                            System.out.println("processing for variable="+ia.getDisplayName()+" attrib type="+ia.getAttributeType());
                            try
                            {
                                // attempt to get the enumeration literal for this attribute
                                // will throw exception if not an enum
                                IEnumeration<ILiteral> enumeration = (IEnumeration<ILiteral>)workItemCommon.resolveEnumeration(ia, monitor);
                                if(enumeration!=null)
                                {
                                    // get the literal specifically
                                    String[] iaval = ia.getValue(iac, workItem, monitor).toString().split(":");

                                    // if present
                                    if(iaval.length>1 && iaval[1]!=null)
                                    {
                                        // loop thru the literal to value mappings
                                        for (ILiteral literal : enumeration.getEnumerationLiterals())
                                        {
                                            // if this literal matches the attribute value
                                            if(literal.getIdentifier2().getStringIdentifier().equalsIgnoreCase(iaval[1]))
                                            {
                                                // display the usable name
                                                System.out.println("attribute name="+ia.getIdentifier() +", type"+"="+ia.getAttributeType()+" literal="+literal.getIdentifier2().getStringIdentifier()+" literal name="+literal.getName());
                                                break;
                                            }
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                            catch (Exception e)
                            {
                                //System.out.println("Exception="+e.toString());
                            }
                        }
                    }

}

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Zachary K (193●5●43●39) | answered Aug 29 '12, 5:44 p.m.

Thank you but this is Java code and I need Javascript....

I don't know how to access the workflowInfo for instance.

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sam detweiler commented Aug 29 '12, 9:56 p.m. | edited Aug 29 '12, 9:57 p.m.

I don't think you can get the values you need directly. the web model does a lot of preprocessing of the data before sending it to the browser.

0	permanent link William Hunsicker (40●6●10) \| answered Mar 18 '13, 1:31 p.m. var ReleaseDate = new String(workItem.getLabel("path.to.your.item.youritem"));

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