New Form With Multiple Lookup Parameters

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I am attempting to use the ribbon workbench and create a new "New" button and all is going fine except the JS.

So I am attempting to set several Lookup fields and cannot get it to work properly. If I do a single lookup it populates perfectly fine, I have tested with multiple fields but only one will fill in.

function newService_Button(){
    var parameters = {};
    parameters["formid"] = "GUID NUMBER GOES HERE";
    if(Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_poc") != null){
        parameters["cyb_poc"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_poc").getValue()[0].id.slice(1,-1);
        parameters["cyb_pocname"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_poc").getValue()[0].name;
        parameters["cyb_poctype"] = "contact";
    };
    if(Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_member") != null){
        parameters["cyb_member"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_member").getValue()[0].id.slice(1,-1);
        parameters["cyb_membername"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_member").getValue()[0].name;
        parameters["cyb_membernametype"] = "cyb_member";
    };
    if(Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_loa") != null){
        parameters["cyb_loa"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_loa").getValue()[0].id.slice(1,-1);
        parameters["cyb_loaname"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_loa").getValue()[0].name;
        parameters["cyb_loatype"] = "cyb_loa";
    };
    Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm("cyb_service", null, parameters);
}

All the code works and pulls the information, but doesn't populate on the new form, just one of the lookup fields.

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Bahalzamon 215 on at

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RE: New Form With Multiple Lookup Parameters

I was not aware of the ability to mapping fields, this helps so much, thank you!!! :D

You have a new follower on your sites. :P
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RE: New Form With Multiple Lookup Parameters

I believe there is no need to create any buttons. Just use the fields mapping and it'll do the job for you - www.marksgroup.net/.../
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RE: New Form With Multiple Lookup Parameters

Sure, I have a Service (cyb_service) entity/form that has lookup fields to contact, cyb_loa, and cyb_member.

I am attempting to use the Ribbon Workbench to create a new "New" button for the sub-grid's, basically hide the current New and add my own custom one.

As the new button will be on sub-grid's on each of the contact, cyb_loa, and and cyb_member forms not all of the information/fields will be shown/available on those forms.

Example: There is an lookup field POC (contact) on the Member form but not on the LOA (cyb_loa) form.

Hence the Xrm.Page.getAttribute("field") != null scenarios, so if it cant find it currently on the form do not attempt to add it to the parameters.
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RE: New Form With Multiple Lookup Parameters

Ok. Then I'm a bit lost.

Can we put the code aside and talk about your scenario and not the implementation?
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RE: New Form With Multiple Lookup Parameters

a33ik Thank you for the reply, but that is one of the try's I had tried in the past, but I did attempt to use it again just in case I had something different.

Couple of things though, I have to have it as the Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_poc") vs Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_poc").getValue() due to the fact that that I am applying it to the sub-grid which is on different entities meaning that all those fields will be available to pass in as parameters. So if I call it the way I have it will return null if the field doesn't even exist on the form but return something if it is.

Also, I did attempt p["cyb_poctype"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_poc").getValue()[0].entityType; for the type with no luck as what I had in there returns the same.

Using either my code or the one you supplied it only populates the POC (contact) field, but if I remove that from the code it will populate the Member (cyb_member) field.

For the lulz I even tried using how new records are made with the p["cyb_POC@odata.bind"] = "/contacts("+Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_poc").getValue()[0].id.slice(1,-1)+")"; and that did not work either.

I am definitely open to any other suggestions.
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RE: New Form With Multiple Lookup Parameters

Hello,

Try the following instead:

function newService_Button(){ var parameters = {}; parameters["formid"] = "GUID NUMBER GOES HERE"; if(Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_poc").getValue() != null){ parameters["cyb_poc"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_poc").getValue()[0].id.slice(1,-1); parameters["cyb_pocname"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_poc").getValue()[0].name; } if(Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_member").getValue() != null){ parameters["cyb_member"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_member").getValue()[0].id.slice(1,-1); parameters["cyb_membername"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_member").getValue()[0].name; } if(Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_loa").getValue() != null){ parameters["cyb_loa"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_loa").getValue()[0].id.slice(1,-1); parameters["cyb_loaname"] = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("cyb_loa").getValue()[0].name; } Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm("cyb_service", null, parameters); }

You can find explanation why here - learn.microsoft.com/.../set-field-values-using-parameters-passed-form