Use JS and IsDirty to get all changed fields on a form in Dyn356 in readable format

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Hi,

I am using isDirty method to detect all changes on a Form in Dyn365 made by a user.

I can use var dataXml = formContext.data.entity.getDataXml(listofDirtyAttributes) to get a list of dirty fields in XML format.

My fist question is. How do I detect optionset and lookup fields while getting all dirty fields?

Second question.

Is it possible to get Label(Display Name) of fields.

Here is a function I use.

if (formAttributes != null) {
        for (var i in formAttributes) {
            if (formAttributes[i].getIsDirty()) { 
                listofDirtyAttributes += formAttributes[i].getName() + "\n";  
                formAttributes[i].controls.forEach(                    control => control.addNotification({               
                messages: ['Changed'],
                notificationLevel: 'RECOMMENDATION'                       
            })          
        );                  
                    
            }
        }
    }

Thank you.

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a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hello,

I composed a quick script that you can check:

var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext(); formContext.data.entity.attributes.forEach(function(a){ if (!a.getIsDirty()){ return; } console.log(a.controls[0].getLabel()); console.log(a.getAttributeType()); console.log(a.getValue()) });

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Hello a33ik

Thank you for the provided solution but still can't retrieve option set text value and labels for dirty fields.

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Hello,

If you want to get the optionset text value you will have to use the following code for the attribute - a.getText() instead of a.getValue().

Still not sure what you meant by "get labels" - can you please clarify what was meant?

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Hello a33ik

Thanks . I have already tried a.getText() before but gotten an error: a.getText() not a function.

By a field label I mean a field's 'Display Name'. Sorry for the confusion.

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Hello,

Can you please provide your code?

In regards the label I believe you meant "Display Name" of the lookup attribute. In this case the following should help:

console.log(a.getValue()[0].name);

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Hello a33ik ,

Im using my test environment. A Java script is pretty simple.

function onChangeSave(executionContext) {

var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();

var formAttributes = formContext.data.entity.attributes.get();

var listofDirtyAttributes;

var changedField = formContext.getAttribute("test_changedfields");

if (formAttributes !=null){

formContext.data.entity.attributes.forEach(function(a){

if (a.getIsDirty()){

listofDirtyAttributes += a.controls[0].getLabel() + "\n" + a.getAttributeType() + "\n" + a.getValue()+ "\n" +a.getText() + "\n" ;

}

return;

});

}

var dataXml = formContext.data.entity.getDataXml(listofDirtyAttributes);

changedField.setValue(dataXml);

}

Im trying to get a readable output . Please see the screenshot below.

Here is what I call 'Label'. Please see the screenshot below.

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a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Not sure what you're doing in those lines:

var dataXml = formContext.data.entity.getDataXml(listofDirtyAttributes);

changedField.setValue(dataXml);

If you want to set the changedField to your value just use

changedField.setValue(listofDirtyAttributes);

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