Javascript "includes" not working in xporter template

[Stefan Salzl]

Hi Community,

help needed. xPorter "syntax" is driving me crazy. I have a field that contains the country shortcut (like eg. AT for Austria, DE for Deutschland, ....).

I would like to check/report, if it´s a member of the EU and print this in my report. But xporter is driving me nuts and doesn´t allow any of my ideas.....

Here is my most prefered idea:

${set(EU,‘AT,DE,IT,BR,GR’)}

EU-Mitglied? : %{‘${EU}’.split(‘,’).includes(‘AT’) ? ‘Ja’ : ‘Nein'}

Unfortunately it doesn´t print anything....

Best
Stefan

[Stefan Salzl · Accepted solution]

so obviously xporter just says "use javascript" but doesn´t allow plain/whole functionality of javascript. fun fact: They don´t explicitly mention what is possible and what isn´t.

In general the documentation is really bad and unstructured AND even outdated (official docu pages from ! 2018 !)

as (obviously) using .include() method is not allowed I solved this with a ternary operater using OR-condition-chaining. Not the most beautiful way but at least it does what it should:

%{ ‘${Land}’.equals(‘AT’) || ‘${Land}’.equals(‘DE’) ? ‘Ja’ : ‘Nein'}

(the variable 'Land' is set before from issue data)

Hope this is also helpful for other users.

Best
Stefan