E4X in XML node

Hi Steve,



Did you ever get an answer to this question or find a way to use the XML node to build?  I'm trying the same and am finding it to be a bit of a mystery.

Hi Kevin,

Never got a reply from this forum, but after much persistance I finally got an answer from Lawson.  As you may well know this is not documented other than to say E4X is supported.

Here's what I've done - in my PFI flow I've declared a javascript function in an assign node, called createJobGradeName (see below for code).  I then call createJobGradeName in my xml node, in the 'input' tab - see xml code below.

Hope this helps.

--Steve

/*
 * If Position.paygrade is 1, it’s a union position, if 0 it’s non-union.
 *
 * This function is used by the JobCodes and jobGrades xml and assign nodes.
 */

function createJobGradeName (stepandGradeSchedule, payGrade, salaryStructure, geographicDiff, salaryStructureGrade) {
 if (payGrade) {
  return (rtrim(stepandGradeSchedule) + '-' + payGrade);
 } else if (!payGrade) {
  return (salaryStructure.substring(0,4) + '-' + geographicDiff.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"") + '-' + salaryStructureGrade);
 } else {
  return 'undefined';
 }
}

Here's the xml code found in the 'input' tab of my xml node, you can see where I call createJobGradeName and other functions.


    {jobCodesQuery_SHORTDESCRIPTION}
    {jobCodesQuery_SHORTDESCRIPTION}
    {jobCodesQuery_DESCRIPTION}
    {createJobGradeName (jobCodesQuery_STEPANDGRADESCHEDULE, jobCodesQuery_PAYGRADE, jobCodesQuery_SALARYSTRUCTURE, jobCodesQuery_GEOGRAPHICDIFFERENTIALCODE, jobCodesQuery_SALARYSTRUCTUREGRADE)}
    {createJecCatName (jobCodesQuery_JOBCOUNTRYATTRIBUTECODE) }
    {jobCodesQuery_POSITIONCATEGORY}
    {createFLSACodeName (jobCodesQuery_PAYMENTSCHEDULE)}
   
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