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titleAvailability

This routine is available starting with Power Scripts 3Scripts™ v3.0.2 version and above(server) and above.

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titleSupported Custom Fields

Please note that this routine can only be used with: Select List (single choice), Select List (multiple choices), Checkboxes, Radiobuttons custom fields. If you wish to use this kind of functionality with Select List (cascading), consider using a custom cascading select field found in this tutorial: Create custom cascading select field.

Syntax

lfAllowSelectOptions(field, options[, triggerChange])

Description

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Restricts the list of given options of the field a field's selectable values to the list of options given as a parameter of the routine.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
fieldStringstringYesField to restrict options for
options

Stringstring[]

YesList of remaining options
triggerChangeBooleanNoIf set to "true", it triggers the change event on the field when a routine is used

Example - restricting users to select certain values in the field options

The following code example restricts anything but "Major" and "Minor" from the options of the standard Priority field.

Code Block
lfAllowSelectOptions("priority", {"MajorMedium", "MinorHigh"}); 
//where field = "priority" and options = "MajorMedium" and "MinorHigh"

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If you want to trigger the change event on the field when using the lfAllowSelectOptions routine, you can use the optional triggerChange parameter set to true:

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lfAllowSelectOptions("customfield_10000", {"option1", "option2"}, true); 
//where field = "customfield_10000" of type select list, options = "option1" and "option2" and triggerChange = true

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