Set default values to fields when creating new and follow-up work orders

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Procedure

Step 1: Create constants that indicate the default values for priority and work type. Avoid inserting static values directly into the code to facilitate changes, readability, and tracking.

const DEFAULT_WORKTYPE = 'CM';
const DEFAULT_WORKPRIORITY = 1;
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Step 2: Create conditions inside the page summary handler method (pageResumed) to set the default values.

  pageResumed(page, app) {
    // Check creation of Follow-up Work
    if (app.currentPage.name === 'woedit' &&  page.name=== 'woedit' && page?.params?.followup) {
      if (page?.params?.workorder) {
        // Replace workorder attribute from URL params
        page.params.workorder.worktype = DEFAULT_WORKTYPE;
        page.params.workorder.wopriority = DEFAULT_WORKPRIORITY;
      }
    }
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Step 3: Set default value to its attribute in datasource schema.

<attribute name="wopriority" id="ye34g" default-value="1"/>
[...]
<attribute name="worktype" id="y6nm_" default-value="CM"/>
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Setting default value when creating a new record of a datasource can be achieved declaring default-value property on the datasource schema attribute. Alternatively, it can be set programatically for a particular situation using onAddNewRecord.

Step 3(alt): Include the new record creation event handler to datasource. Include conditions to identify the correct datasource - in this case “dsCreateWo”. To create new records, use properties from the DS schema, this avoids conflicts with other code that is defining the same property.

  /**
   * Add new record handler
   * @param {Object} object
   * @param {Datasource} obj.datasource
   */
  onAddNewRecord({datasource, item}) {
    // Set default values for schema dsCreateWo when creating Work Order
    if (datasource?.name === 'dsCreateWo' && datasource?.schema) {
      datasource.schema.properties.worktype.defaultValue = DEFAULT_WORKTYPE;
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