Field script is not updating value

[Cornelius Fischer]

Hi guys – I started playing with the field scripts. My first goal, try to use TapForms to generate offers and invoices. Therefore I need to calculate taxes. In my first trial I have a form to generate an offer with 2 positions.

Basic options like:

• Position name
• amount
• hourly rate
• sum (amount*hourly rate)

Now I calculate with a calculation field the net-total from sum-1 and sum-2. Now my taxes script comes into play. Im using a script field with the following script to calculate the tax from the net-total. Thx to ChatGPT by the way for the script (i’m not a programmer)..

// Aufruf der Funktion
berechneMehrwertsteuer();

// Funktion zur Rundung auf 0.05
function roundToNearestFiveCents(value) {
return Math.ceil(value / 0.05) * 0.05;
}

// Funktion zur Berechnung der Mehrwertsteuer mit Rundung auf 0.05
function berechneMehrwertsteuer() {
// Hole die Nettosumme aus dem Formularfeld
var nettoSumme = record.getFieldValue('fld-8b1dde982f4849b7b6980b0a95b49a45');

// Prüfe, ob die Nettosumme gültig ist
if (isNaN(nettoSumme)) {
console.error('Ungültige Nettosumme');
return;
}

// Setze den Mehrwertsteuersatz
var mehrwertsteuersatz = 8.1;

// Berechne den Mehrwertsteueranteil
var mehrwertsteueranteil = nettoSumme * (mehrwertsteuersatz / 100);

// Runde auf 0.05 genau
mehrwertsteueranteil = roundToNearestFiveCents(mehrwertsteueranteil);

// Gib das Ergebnis in der Konsole aus
console.log('Mehrwertsteueranteil: ' + mehrwertsteueranteil);

// Rückgabe des Ergebnisses (falls notwendig)
return mehrwertsteueranteil;
}

 

Now my problem, whenever I change something like the amout from pos 1 oder pos 2, the net-total is recalculated but NOT the tax. When I understand the FAQ for script field right, the script should automatically run, when the reference field (record.getFieldValue) changes.

So why is my script not updating my tax field? 🤷‍♂️

• This topic was modified 3 months, 2 weeks ago by Brendan. Reason: formatted the code

[Brendan]

Hi Cornelius,

Yes, Tap Forms should run the script whenever the value for the field fld-8b1dde982f4849b7b6980b0a95b49a45 changes. Do you see any of your console log output at all when you change the value of that field?

Is this a Field script? Do you have it set to return the proper Number type from the Script?

Thanks,

Brendan

[Torsten Reim]

Nur so eine Idee:

Wird “nettoSumme” als String oder als Float Datentyp übergeben?

Gruß,

Torsten

[Cornelius Fischer]

Hi Brendan

I just checked what the console is showing, when I change values. Nothing.. 🤷‍♂️ When I hit the “refresh entry list” Button on the bottom left, the script field gehts calculated.

I attached a screenshot of my test form. I’m using number and calculation fields for calculating the net-total. This works fine. For the tax, I created a script field.

 

@Torsten

To be honest, I’m a photographer and not a programmer. Don’t have clue what kind of data type the script output is.. 🫣 I even don’t know how the calculated value is pasted into the form field. I only can say, if I manually activate the script, the script-form-field is updated with the correct tax value. 🤷‍♂️ So the script itself (from ChatGPT) seems to work.

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