Dynamically count the number of Checkboxes marked "YES" contained within a Section on a Form

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Trying to figure out the best way that I can capture the number of checkboxes marked "Yes" that are all contained in one section on the contacts form. I have several checkboxes that represent whether or not the contact belongs on a specific marketing list. These contacts are always changing, and need to know how many lists each contact belongs to? I'm a newbie when it comes down to JavaScript, if someone could point me in the right direction that would be awesome.

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I am making a wide assumption based on my answer below, but I'm guessing you just want to know which checkbox fields are checked. Here is a good start, you might need to make a few tweaks to the code:

function checkedOptionSet() { var firstOptionSet = Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get('fieldname').getText(); var secondOptionSet = Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get('fieldname').getText(); var thirdOptionSet = Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get('fieldname').getText(); var optionsetValues = [firstOptionSet,secondOptionSet,thirdOptionSet]; var count = 0; var yesText = "Yes"; for (var i = 0; i < optionsetValues.length; i++) { if (i == yesText) count++; } }

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Thank you for your quick response. If I wanted to take the count of checkboxes checked and put that value into a field, how would I populate that field.

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Hi,

For copying this count to another field, you could modify the above code as shown below.

function checkedOptionSet() { var firstOptionSet = Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get('fieldname').getText(); var secondOptionSet = Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get('fieldname').getText(); var thirdOptionSet = Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get('fieldname').getText(); var optionsetValues = [firstOptionSet,secondOptionSet,thirdOptionSet]; var count = 0; var yesText = "Yes"; for (var i = 0; i < optionsetValues.length; i++) { if (i == yesText) count++; } Xrm.Page.getAttribute('fieldname').setValue(count); }

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if more fields having means we have to write every field value so more lines of code cant we get all option set fields?

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It is possible to retrieve all controls within a section.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/gg328489.aspx

Then you can loop through each control to see if it's an optionset.

var collection = Xrm.Page.ui.tabs.get(tabname).sections.get(sectioname).getControls();

var count = 0;

collection.forEach(arg, index)

{

var controlType = Xrm.Page.getControl(arg).getControlType();
if(controlType == "optionset")
{
if(Xrm.Page.getAttribute(arg).getValue() == true)
{
count++;
}
}

}

Not had time to confirm the syntax of the above but it's definitely possible without having to get the value of each individual field.

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Ryan Maclean 3,070 on at

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How many checkboxes do you have? How likely are they to change in the future? (i.e. will you be likely to add more marketing lists and therefore more checkboxes to your contact form?)

My personal approach is to shy away from Javascript if possible, because it's a headache to maintain as the product moves on. I think you could accomplish this via a workflow.

Add a field to your entity called Marketing List Count, with the type Whole Number.

Create a workflow that starts on Record Creation or On Change of any of the checkbox fields.

Add a first step that clears the the Marketing List Count, then add a Check Condition step for each of your checkboxes. If the Checkbox equals Yes, then increment the Marketing List Count field by 1. Repeat for each Checkbox.

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RaviKashyap 55,410 Moderator on at

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try this-

var count = 0;

Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.forEach(function (attr, index) {

if (attr.getAttributeType() === "boolean")

{

if (attr.getText() === "Yes")

{

count++;

}

}

});

alert(count);

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hi ravi it worked but i need some other logic that is i want to compare no of option fields and no of fields that are Yes if both r equal then i will do some update pls let me know how to compare these

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Hi,

You could also try the code below to get the controls in a section. Register this function on load as well as on change of the fields in the section.

function countOfTrueCheckBoxes() { var count = 0; var section = Xrm.Page.ui.tabs.get("tabName").sections.get("sectionName"); var controls = section.getControls(); for (var i = 0; i < controls.getLength() ; i++) { if (controls.getByIndex(i).getAttribute().getValue() == true) count++; } Xrm.Page.getAttribute("countFieldName").setValue(count); }

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RaviKashyap 55,410 Moderator on at

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If I understood this correctly, you are looking for total field count and total 'yes' count.

If this is so then you can try this -

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var totalCount = 0;

var yesCount = 0;

Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.forEach(function (attr, index) {

if (attr.getAttributeType() === "boolean")

{

totalCount++;

if (attr.getText() === "Yes")

{

yesCount++;

}

}

});

alert("Total boolean field count: "+ totalCount);

alert("Total 'Yes' boolean field count: "+ yesCount);

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