I am getting the error “You must use getValue to r...
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Cory Weiner
10/18/2021, 3:48 PMI am getting the error “You must use getValue to return the value set with setValue.” when trying to access the text value of a field in “before submit”. On save of the opportunity, I want to get the name of the salesperson and save it into the title of the record. is it possible to use getText to get the name selected in the salesrep field?
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ericbirdsall
10/18/2021, 3:59 PMIs the script your working on (or another beforeSubmit script) set the Sales Rep? That's what the error is saying. If you set the sales rep using .setValue, you can only retrieve the value, not the text. This drove me crazy for a while until I realized that I was indeed setting a sublist value (in a different script) and so I was unable to use .getText in the script I was working on.
ericbirdsall
10/18/2021, 4:00 PMA workaround would be to use search.lookupfields and search employees for their name based on their ID - though you will likely run into the issue that users who are saving an opportunity may not have permissions to view employee records
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Cory Weiner
10/18/2021, 4:35 PMIt’s actually being set on the form (entered into the native List/Record field) — then I am trying to get the text value - either before submit or after, it doesn’t really matter to me
Cory Weiner
10/18/2021, 4:35 PMWhat is odd, is this same code was working last week, the error just started happening today
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ericbirdsall
10/18/2021, 5:54 PMthis code doesn't work on an after submit call either?
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