Built-in maths functions in BPM?

[Guest Paul Alexander]

This has been brought up before 

However, has there been any thought on having a 'maths specific' option in the Utility section of the Hornbill Automation node in the BPM?

I'm thinking that having a simple 'add', 'subtract' 'multiply', 'division' option, with a couple of inputs might be handy? I don't use these things often, but I do know that there are a couple of our requests where a 'total' field in a task or email would be handy.

I know that the original post (above) asks about having these in the IC, but either (or both!) option would work for me (IC and/or BPM)

I do know that this can be achieved using JS coding, but it's not encouraged (as per the linked forum entry) and it can get complicated!! 

Any thoughts? 

 

[Adrian Simpkins]

+ 1 from me here - this could provide some powerful data from our requests if we can calculate a value from the entered data, and I can see potential in a number of our catalogue items where we could use this functionality

 

[HGrigsby]

+1 from me too

 

[Sam P]

Is there any new functionality that could allow me to perform some basic calculations in a BPM please?  I am wanting to migrate an Excel document into an IC and take the calculated 'priority rating' (not related to the Request priority) from the spreadsheet which is a series of approx 8 weighted values.  I can format the IC but I need the BPM to generate the Priority.  Thanks

 

 

[Steve Giller]

15 hours ago, Sam P said:

Is there any new functionality that could allow me to perform some basic calculations in a BPM please?

No, the BPM is designed as a codeless environment, calculations are, I'm afraid, code.

With 8 values to choose from you should be able to achieve this with approximately 4 Decision nodes. (Don't forget to ensure there's a "No Match" branch on the last one to catch any inconsistencies.)

[Sam P]

8 series of values, each series with between 2-7 options.  The conditions would be vast and unwieldy, but not impossible.    Thanks @Steve Giller

[Steve Giller]

There is an Assessment function in the Request View, I'm not sure if that fits with what you're trying to achieve but it would be worth a look.