How to get item owner name and assign the name to another field for that record?

[jdow]

I have the following script to get the owner of a record to then put that owner name into a picklist field...the owner name i'm retrieving will match a name in the picklist.  I can get the owner name but can't assign it to the APPROVALS_REQUIRED field (the picklist).  Is this possible?

var oName=item.master.owner; // Get the owner name of the record

//var arName=item.APPROVALS_REQUIRED; //Get the approved_required field user name

var nameArray=oName.displayName.split(" "); // Split the name of user into an array by firstname / lastname

var fName=nameArray[0]; // First name

var lName=nameArray[1]; // Last name

var userINFO = Security.searchUsers({lastName:lName, firstName:fName}); //Find the user

item.APPROVALS_REQUIRED=Security.loadUser(userINFO[0].id);  //Changes approvals_required to owner name.

item.APPROVALS_REQUIRED=(lName+","+fName);

Thanks,

John

[jared.sund · Accepted solution]

John, 

I think there's a much simpler way to do this.  The following should work, assuming that APPROVALS_REQUIRED is a multi-select pick list.

Try this:

item.APPROVALS_REQUIRED.add(item.master.owner.lastName + ", " + item.master.owner.firstName);

[jdow]

Awesome...much easier...works great...thank you.

How would this change it this is a single select picklist?

Is there a remove username option from a multi-select pick list?

John

[gasevsm]

Hi, it would be something like: item.SINGLE_APPROVAL_REQUIRED = item.master.owner.lastName + ", " + item.master.owner.firstName;

Also check if your picklist displays users as 'last, first' or 'first last' and adjust your script accordingly.

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Martin Gasevski