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Displaying attributes of custom typeahead field in a Workfront report

  • July 17, 2023
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I have a typeahead custom field (of type 'Project') defined in one of my custom form; custom form is attached to Issues. Name of project is "Resource By" in example below.

 

I want to create an issue report and display description and owner of the attached project on that issue report. When I try that, I am able to only display name of project, but cannot display anything else. See attached screen shot.
 
Name: (this works fine)
valuefield=Resource By:name
textmode=true
valueformat=customReferenceObjectAsString
displayname=Resource Project Description
 
 
Description: (this does not work)
valuefield=Resource By:description
textmode=true
valueformat=customReferenceObjectAsString
displayname=Resource Project Description
 
I tried a lot of other combinations (using valueexpression and other), but nothing worked.
 
Is that possible to show attributes of custom typeahead field in a report?
    Best answer by NicholeVargas

    This should work for the description field, I tried it on my end and was able to pull it in. 

    Let me know if you run into any issues! 

    displayname=Requested By Project Description
textmode=true
valueexpression={DE:Resource By:description}
valueformat=HTML

     

    3 replies

    skyehansen
    Community Advisor
    skyehansenCommunity Advisor
    July 17, 2023

    I believe it's still not possible to show anything other than the ID and the name.

    K
    Adobe Employee
    ktrivediAdobe EmployeeAuthor
    Adobe Employee
    July 17, 2023

    OK. Thanks @skyehansen. 

    NicholeVargas
    Adobe Employee
    NicholeVargasAdobe EmployeeAccepted solution
    Adobe Employee
    July 17, 2023

    This should work for the description field, I tried it on my end and was able to pull it in. 

    Let me know if you run into any issues! 

    displayname=Requested By Project Description
textmode=true
valueexpression={DE:Resource By:description}
valueformat=HTML

     

      K
      Adobe Employee
      ktrivediAdobe EmployeeAuthor
      Adobe Employee
      July 18, 2023

      Thank you so much.

      TimothyBr
      TimothyBr
      Level 4
      December 11, 2024

      Hello Community! 

      We have a project typeahead field on a request form, and were going to use Fusion to populate a filed showing which portfolio that project resides in. 

       

      While setting up the Fusion piece, we thought to ask if there is a way to do this more natively with a calculated field. 

       

      Appreciate any feedback in advance. 

       

      Thanks! 

      skyehansen
      Community Advisor
      skyehansenCommunity Advisor
      December 11, 2024

      You should be able to use similar to this, to set up a calculated field:

      https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/workfront-questions/displaying-attributes-of-custom-typeahead-field-in-a-workfront/m-p/605784#M54698

       

      Something like the below should work.

      {DE:YourFieldNameHere:portfolio:name}
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