Xrm.Page.getAttribute looking for value on the page but not within DB table.

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Hello Experts, this is definitely a weird scenario occurred this week. I'm using Xrm.Page.getAttribute("").getvalue() to check if a field is null or not before progressing forward. If it's null throw a popup to fill in the value. If it has a value kick off a OOB workflow(All this executes by clicking a button). Whats happening here is, when the field is null it's throwing popup, but when user enters the value and clicks button again without saving the field value, it's considering that the field is having a value. Any Ideas?

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Turbo Forms 277 on at

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RE: Xrm.Page.getAttribute looking for value on the page but not within DB table.

Checking for Dirty fields first when button is clicked clears the issue. Thanks mahender
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RaviKashyap 55,410 Moderator on at

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RE: Xrm.Page.getAttribute looking for value on the page but not within DB table.

Hi,

This is expected behaviour Xrm.Page.getAttribute("").getvalue() will return you the value entered in the field and not the one which is in db. If you want to get the db value then you need to use web api to retrieve the updated (database value) from crm. You could refer this sample blog -

community.dynamics.com/.../get-lookup-value-from-other-entity-and-set-it-on-the-form-using-web-api-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm

Hope this helps.
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Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at

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Hi,

This is because Xrm.Page object is used to access form fields, so if you want to check if user have saved this value or not you can simply check if form is dirty ask them to save first. carldesouza.com/checking-isdirty-dynamics-365-using-javascript
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gdas 50,091 Moderator on at

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Hi ,

Xrm.Page.getAttribute("").getvalue() is a client side code so no matter the the value is exists in database or not. If the field is exists in the form you should get the value using Xrm.Page.getAttribute("").getvalue() without saving .

By the way If my understanding is correct you are calling OOB workflow which is absolutely server side and if you are doing some operation with field value changes your workflow does not trigger until and unless you save the value in the database or save the form. In other words workflow does not know when you fill the data in the form in client side , you should save the data to trigger workflow .

Hope this helps.
rthompson 1,532 on at

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RE: Xrm.Page.getAttribute looking for value on the page but not within DB table.

Hi Turbo,

Just a suggestion:

Please share your code or images of your issue. It's will make things easier for people that would like to help you. This way people do not have guess on what you are asking for.