I've created a new tab in my application called 'Calls Log'. Within calls log I've clicked and dragged 'Communications log'. The problem is that when I try to enter a new communications, I'm getting the following error message:
"No 'commParent' value provided, so Communication Log record cannot be attached to parent record."
Hi -
Please refer the documentation on Communication Log to know how to create a communication log, documentation.progress.com/.../
In your case, there seems to be no value for the 'Related To' field which is causing a System Error.
You can also refer to a similar community thread on this regard .. community.progress.com/.../88365
Regards.
I've read the documentation here documentation.progress.com/.../index.html.
In my 'New communication log' page there is no 'Related to' field. How do I make this field visible?
Also, when I go to 'Design this page' I can see a 'Related to' field at the end. I've ticked 'Required' in the drop down menu within 'Related to'. But when I go to create a new communications log I get the error message 'Error: Invalid Data. Review error messages below to correct your data'. There is no further error message below.
This field should be set programmatically as mentioned in the documentation:
"The Related To field must be populated with a valid parent record ID when creating a communication log record programatically."
You dont have to change the field to required but just have to set it programmatically (say via script on page load) and try.
How do I set the 'Related to' field programmatically?
You can use a script on the page load to do that. In general we do not recommend creation of communication log this way. The communication log is automatically created for a relevant operation on a data record. So, can you please explain your use case where you would like to be able to manually create this?
I want my customers to be able to electronically maintain a log of all incoming phone calls. The communications log seems ideal for this.
Instead of creating a communication log directly, the ideal way would be to
1. Create an object in Rollbase say 'Phone Call'
2. Create a conversion map and map fields from this object to Communication Log object.
3. Create a trigger (after create) and select this conversion map.
Now, ask your customers to create a record of 'Phone Call' whenever there is an incoming call and a communication log with appropriate details (as mapped in conversion map) will automatically be created.
I created a record in the new 'Phone call' tab, then I selected 'convert' from the menu of the record, then it asked me to 'convert phone call into' and I selected 'communication log'. After that it asked me to 'Map communication log fields to Phone call fields' and I mapped two of the fields (as I did not require the other fields). Then I get an error message same as the first error message -
"System Error
No 'commParent' value provided, so Communication Log record cannot be attached to parent record."
Did you map the 'Related To' field in the conversion map?
I have changed the conversion map and have mapped the 'Related to' field to 'Phone call'.
Under 'New Trigger', what do I select for 'Trigger type'?