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For a filter, what registers as a "Modify" action to trigger modify filters?

I have these filters that should trigger on modify.

I have another filter that does a "Push Fields" to this form. It doesn't
appear to trigger the Modify filters, and I was hoping that it would.

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Push field actions that execute on Modify happen in Phase 3. It is quite
likely that your other Modify filters are not firing because the the push
action does not happen until all of these other filter conditions are first
tested, then your Phase 3 push action happens afterwards.

I had a similar problem with a set fields from SQL statement that was not
returning the proper value. When I ran the same statement directly from
the database, it would return the proper value, but because my active link
was being triggered from a Modify, the change was deferred until Phase 3,
and would affect the order of workflow being executed.

Sometimes it is necessary to use an After Modify active link to fire rather
than a filter. It doesn't always make sense to me either, but it's ARS
after all?

Todd Shulman
Burntsand Inc.
tshulman@burntsand.com

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Or, see http://supportweb.remedy.com/RxPress/articles/filterprocessing.htm

You can force certain actions to occur prior to their designated Phase...I
use this all the time to bypass just this issue!

Thanks,

Rebecca Hammond
Remedy Developer
Globix Corporation
(212) 625-7245

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> Subject: Re: "Modify" - can "Push Fields" trigger it?
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>
> Push field actions that execute on Modify happen in Phase 3. It is quite
> likely that your other Modify filters are not firing because the the push
> action does not happen until all of these other filter conditions
> are first
> tested, then your Phase 3 push action happens afterwards.
>
> I had a similar problem with a set fields from SQL statement that was not
> returning the proper value. When I ran the same statement directly from
> the database, it would return the proper value, but because my active link
> was being triggered from a Modify, the change was deferred until Phase 3,
> and would affect the order of workflow being executed.
>
> Sometimes it is necessary to use an After Modify active link to
> fire rather
> than a filter. It doesn't always make sense to me either, but it's ARS
> after all?
>
> Todd Shulman
> Burntsand Inc.
> tshulman@burntsand.com
>
>
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