Rules not always firing

[Ivan Wilson]

I have a new form where I set a people picker field to the current user in JavaScript. This is called from a rule configured to run when the form is ready.

This then triggers a rule that runs when the people picker field is changed.

This works fine most of the time, but sometimes (approx once every 20 times) the on-change rule is not fired. The browser debug does not show any errors. It feels like the rule to set the field is firing before the on-change trigger is registered.

I’m using DFFS 4.4.3.37.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

[Alexander Bautz]

Do you use custom code to set the people picker, or use the “Set field value” section in the rule?

Alexander

[Ivan Wilson]

I’ve tried both approaches. I found that setting the field using the Set Field Value section in a rule did not trigger the “On Change” rule I set up.

Setting it using JavaScript seems to work most times, but not every time. Here is the code I’m using. This is called from a rule that files when the form is ready.

setFieldValue("Manager", _spPageContextInfo.userLoginName);

[Alexander Bautz]

I guess there must be a timing issue. Could you try wrapping it like this to see if it behaves better:

setTimeout(function(){
    setFieldValue("Manager", _spPageContextInfo.userLoginName);
},1500);

Any difference?

Alexander

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