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Portal Best Practice for updating fields that are hidden or do not exist on a form using javascript when submitting

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Hi,

I would like to know what is the best practice for updating hidden fields or fields that do not exist on a form when clicking the submit button.

I have several fields that need to be updated when a user clicks the submit button.

For example:

Field1 contains the Last Name

Field2 contains the First Name

Field3 is the hidden field that will bind Field1 and Field2 together to make the Full Name

Field3 = Field1 + " " + Field2

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LeoAlt 16,331 Moderator on at

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Hi partner,

Since the fields are hidden from the form, we could not use JS to get and update them.

1.Trigger workflows to update the hidden fields from portal.

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2.Trigger plug-in from portal.

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Leo

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rthompson 1,532 on at

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Hi Leo,

So use power automate would be the best approach when using to update on the Submit button portal?

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LeoAlt 16,331 Moderator on at

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Hi partner,

As we know, the data displayed on the portal and web side is synchronized, so that using workflow to update hidden fields directly in D365 or using Flows to update hidden fields are all a good way.

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Leo

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rthompson 1,532 on at

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Hi,

I figure out away to update a field using javascript.

Here's what I did. First I added the field that I wanted to update onto my CRM form. I tried hiding the field in CRM but that will not work. So, I has to make the field visible.

Once I did that I added the following code. This did the job. I used on change event's to update the field before Submitting.

The field that I needed to update is "new_name". I used javascript to hide the "new_name" on the form.

$(document).ready(function() { //Hide the name field $("#new_name").hide(); $("#new_name_label").hide(); $("#new_speedname").change(function() { fullDescription(); }); $("#new_amountunit").change(function() { fullDescription(); }); }); //Add the full description for the new_name field function fullDescription() { var speedDesc = $("#new_speedname").val(); var amountUnit = $("#new_amountunit").val(); var fullDesc = speedDesc ", " amountUnit; $("#new_name").val(fullDesc); };

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CRMJetty 3,512 on at

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Hi Dear,

Greetings of the day!

In regards to your concern, please try the below steps on your end:

Step 1: Add Fullname field in portal form.
Step 2: OnLoad of form, hide this field.
Step 3: On Click of submit assign first name + last name field value to fullname field.

Kindly try the above things on your end and let us know in case of any other concerns, I would be happy to assist you further for the same

Kind Regards,

CRMjetty

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