Setting automated Due Date for specific Task Form

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I have multiple task forms that are used for various reasons, and I just created a new one that will always need the due date to be set for 2 hours after creation. I figured I could use a workflow to accomplish this, but I cannot figure out how to configure the check condition to look for a specific Task Form. Am I missing something, or is such a thing not possible?

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Hello,

That would be really complicated to implement it through workflow. As for me it is easier to use JavaScript for that purpose similar to following:

var formname = Xrm.Page.ui.formSelector.getCurrentItem().getLabel();

if (formname === 'your special form name here'){

Xrm.Page.getAttribute('duration').setValue(<your duration here>);

}

Also you can check this article as a reference - msdn.microsoft.com/.../gg309560.aspx

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I would do this with a simple calculated field. Create a new field:

Edit the field:

Put the Field anywhere you want on the form, and it will add 2 hours to the Created on field:

This should solve that issue. Please mark as Verified if this helped!

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@Christian,

Just curious where do you have a condition that tells that for form A custom field is populated in one way and for form B it is populated in other way. As for me for any type of form your field always will have the same value. Am I right?

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I am not sure if that is a requirement. But if you needed that, you could create different calculated fields and put them on the different forms. The way above you will always get the result of created on plus 2 hours. Seems to me, either way would satisfy the need, just different approaches. With the calculated field you will still need a workflow to populate the Due Date field. I have done this and it works perfectly. Entire process took less than 15 minutes.

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It looks like it is a requirement. Just re-read first sentence. Ton of fields obviously not the most elegant solution...

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