Rule Trigger on People Picker field

[Patrice]

I cannot seem to get the trigger on a people picker field to work on either “is changed” or “is changed from initial value” in the NewForm or EditForm. In debugging the simple rule I created to merely set a field’s value on change I get the error “Match = False”; it doesn’t register that the field has changed from null to a person’s name. I am using the latest DFFS files, my server is running SP2013 back-end even though I’m still on the 2010 front-end. I was told this rule/trigger had been working prior to our 2013 upgrade. Is it because of the configuration of the display name in 2013? Is there a solution for this trigger?

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[Alexander Bautz]

Hi,
I have tried to fix some issues with these triggers in the latest “BETA” that I posted yesterday – you find it here

Could you try this and let me know is it fixes the issues?

Alexander

[Patrice]

Yes, the trigger on the people picker field worked on both “is changed from Initial Value” and “is changed” Thank you!

[HYM]

Hi Alexander, i’m facing the same issue on the new update any idea how to fix it? or it’s working fine on your side?

[Alexander Bautz]

Hi,
Yes, this works fine here (on SP Online). Which version of SP are you running?

Alexander

[HYM]

SP2013 on premise, but it’s not working at all .
any idea?

[Alexander Bautz]

Sorry for the late reply – I’m currently traveling and have limited access to email. Could you post (or email me) some more details / screenshots about your rule setup so I can take a look and try to recreate it in my test site?

Please include the version of DFFS you are running.

Alexander

[HYM]

Hi Alexander,

The rule that i’m creating here is just to check the field Assigned To (People picker) if it’s value equal to the logged in user because if it’s not i want to hide some fields.

[Alexander Bautz]

This is most likely a timing issue – try adding a delay of for example 500ms in the defer textbox in the misc tab.

Alexander

[HYM]

delay didn’t work for me , i will check how i can fix it and will get back to you.

[Patrice]

Update to my original post from a year ago. I have updated all my files to the most recent version v4.4.3.47. This rule which triggers on the People Picker field has been intermittent – sometimes it runs just fine and sometimes it doesn’t run at all. Adding the delay seems to have improved performance and may have done the trick. Thanks!

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