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Anonymous
October 28, 2025
Question

Turn "OCT" into "10" in text boxes

"NOTMONTH" = OCT

"NM" = *where 10 is supposed to be*

 

This is the script that I have in the calculation field of NM:

var NOTMONTH = this.getField("NOTMONTH").valueAsString;
if (NOTMONTH=="JAN") event.value = "01";
else if (NOTMONTH=="FEB") event.value = "02";
else if (NOTMONTH=="MAR") event.value = "03";
else if (NOTMONTH=="APR") event.value = "04";
else if (NOTMONTH=="MAY") event.value = "05";
else if (NOTMONTH=="JUN") event.value = "06";
else if (NOTMONTH=="JUL") event.value = "07";
else if (NOTMONTH=="AUG") event.value = "08";
else if (NOTMONTH=="SEP") event.value = "09";
else if (NOTMONTH=="OCT") event.value = "10";
else if (NOTMONTH=="NOV") event.value = "11";
else if (NOTMONTH=="DEC") event.value = "12";

 

NM used to say "OCT" but now it doesn't popluate anything, so I'm not sure what I did.

    3 replies

    Nesa Nurani
    Community Expert
    Nesa NuraniCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 29, 2025

    Try this script and see if it works for you:

    var val = this.getField("NOTMONTH").valueAsString.toUpperCase().trim();
var monthMap = {
  JAN:"01", FEB:"02", MAR:"03", APR:"04", MAY:"05", JUN:"06",
  JUL:"07", AUG:"08", SEP:"09", OCT:"10", NOV:"11", DEC:"12"
};

event.value = monthMap[val] || "";
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      Thom Parker
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      Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 28, 2025

      The script seems to be good, so now you need to do some debug.  

      First, look in the console window (Ctrl-j) to see if there are any reported errors. 

      If there are no errors, then add some debug code to your script.  Add this line immediately after the first line. 

       

      console.println("NotMonth=" + NOTMONTH);

       

      This will print the value acquired from the "NOTMONTH" field to the console window.   

       

       

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      try67
      Community Expert
      try67Community Expert
      Community Expert
      October 28, 2025

      Use this to better see the full value:

      console.println("NotMonth=" + NOTMONTH.toSource());

      For example, if there's a space after "OCT" it will be hard to spot with the code above.

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