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Trying to Remove the Server Name from a Field

Version 10 Forms

Updated January 15, 2025

asked on January 14, 2025 • Show version history

I have two fields:

1. managerUsername (populates as SERVER\gstdenis)
2. managerUsernameVALUE (desire to have it show up as gstdenis)

When the manager changes, the issue is that #1 is populated through a lookup rule. It comes in formatted as SERVER\newmanager. I need to remove the word SERVER\ so I can populate #2 with just newmanager. I find it's giving me a hard time at var server = "SERVER\". What am I doing wrong in Line 6 below?

$(document).ready(function(){

//When the Manager's Username Changes, Update Manager's Username VALUE
  var username = $('.managerUsername input').val();
  var server = "SERVER\";
  var newValue = username - server;
    $('.managerUsername input').on('change', function(){
      $('.managerUsernameVALUE input').val(newValue);
    });

});  //close document.ready

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replied on January 15, 2025

If I could delete this question, I would. Went with a lookup table which works. The stuff I put about the "replace" wasn't needed.

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replied on January 14, 2025 • Show version history

So, I decided to use Workflow to initially set the managerUsernameVALUE ... now I need to set the value through Forms whenever the manager is changed. I've updated my request above for the "on change". FYI ... had no problem adding text to create a newValue,, but how do you remove text?

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replied on January 15, 2025 • Show version history

OK, I managed to get it to work by removing Line 5 and replacing Line 6 (new Line 5) with a replace:

$(document).ready(function(){

//When the Manager's Username Changes, Update Manager's Username VALUE
  var username = $('.managerUsername input').val();
  var newValue = username.replace('SERVER','');
  $('.managerUsername input').on('change', function(){
      $('.managerUsernameVALUE input').val(newValue);
  });

});  //close document.ready

FYI, I also had to remove the backslash after SERVER. It still has the same result I'm looking for (backslash doesn't show up) so I'm good!

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