Giuseppe Iannacone Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Is there a way to clean a custom field once it is set and used? the idea is that in a human task a value is captured and stored on a custom field, based on this value an autotask will run, at the end of the autotask i would like the custom field to be "empty" (null) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 just update it via the BPM and either enter a blank value or enter null Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 20 minutes ago, Jeremy said: just update it via the BPM and either enter a blank value or enter null A blank value will not update the field and enter null will store the "null" value as a string in teh custom field (assuming the field accepts strings otherwise it won't do anything). IICR you cannot empty values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Reay Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Same issue in Assets/Suppliers/Contracts. I have ended up loading in a 0 (Zero) to fields that I want emptied but it does look a bit rubbish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Iannacone Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 @Victor can you please raise this to the developers to be added into the roadmap?!? what about updating the custom field with an empty custom field e.g. Custom 0= "xxxvalue" Custom M= "" (empty because never used) hornbill automation update custom field->variable Custom M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 @Giuseppe Iannacone iirc, I have tried that in the past and didn't work. You can give it a try but pretty sure it won't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisha Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 +1 We would also like a custom field to be empty at the end of an Auto Task (clearing a checkbox). @Victor Is this something that could be considered as an enhancement please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Iannacone Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 @Alisha as workaround I'm using an update that places an "empty" wiki markup, of course the field is not empty for real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisha Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 @Giuseppe Iannacone Thank you for the workaround. Our custom field is a checkbox, so we would like the tick to disappear at the end of the Auto Task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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