Dynamic default value

The default value of an attribute can be evaluated dynamically.

Standard dynamic values

You simply indicate:

{agent} or {user} = Connected user.
{sys Date} = Current date

The other available variables are as follows:

sysShortDate: system date without the time,
startOfWeek: beginning of the current week,
endOfWeek: end of the current week,
startOfPrevWeek: beginning of the previous week,
endOfPrevWeek: end of the previous week,
startOfNextWeek: beginning of the next week,
endOfNextWeek: end of the next week,
startOfMonth: beginning of the current month,
endOfMonth: end of the current month,
startOfPrevMonth: beginning of the previous month,
endOfPrevMonth: end of the previous month,
startOfNextMonth: beginning of the next month,
endOfNextMonth: end of the next month,
startOfYear: beginning of the current year,
endOfYear: end of the current year,

The search criteria are character strings.
To initialize the value of a filter criterion, expression returning a character string must be used. An expression that returns a reference is not acceptable.

Example:

To initialize the agent code on the [WR search] form, the expression {actor.code} should be used.

Expression using dynamic values

Examples:

{sysDate} + 1{month} + 1{day} = Current date + 1 month and 1 day.
{startOfMonth} - 6{month} = 6 months prior to the first day of the current month.

Expressing using the value of an attribute of the object associated with a form

The possibilities presented below are only valid:

for creation via a detailed form
if the attribute used refers to a previously saved object (persistent)

The expression must have the following format: {formAnimator.bean.attribute} where attribute corresponds to the code an attribute of the master object.

Example:

The period for a resource line in the [Labor] tab of a work order must be initialized with the anticipated workload on the work order.
→ The default value of the attribute "expTime" for the EXPWORESOURCES objects (resources planned for the work order) and WORESOURCES (resources of the validated work order) must be: {formAnimator.bean.expTime}

The attribute used in the expression must be readable as soon as the detailed form is opened and cannot therefore be associated with an object entered after the mask is opened.

For example, an attribute of the target Asset of a WR cannot be used when opening the creation form for that WR.

Default value according to user group

You can define a different default value according to:

the data access group; see Data access,
the customization group.