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Hello,

I understand that choices columns are not supported with Business Process Flows. In those situations where choices are absolutely required what have others done to make the users aware that the choices selection was required for the BPF?

The column is set to required so the built-in prompt is there.

I wonder if the user experience can be improved by including a message in the BPF?

Thanks,

Norm

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Ram Prakash Duraisamy 5,593 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hello @stormin_30,

Try setting Form Notification based on the Stage

formContext.ui.setFormNotification(message, level, uniqueId);

So that User will be notified based on the BPF Stage

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stormin_30 89 on at

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Hi @rampprakash,

Thanks for responding, I appreciate it. Will this approach work with Model-Driven apps?

Thanks,
Norm

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Ram Prakash Duraisamy 5,593 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hello @stormin_30,

Yes 100%

function onLoad(executionContext){ var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext(); var activeStage = formContext.data.process.getActiveStage(); var stageName = activeStage.getName(); if(stageName =="CurrentStageName"{ formContext.ui.setFormNotification("Please Make Sure you are in THIS STAGE", "WARNING", "ERRORSTAGE"); } }

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Drew Poggemann 9,287 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @stormin_30 ,

Another option I have done here is to add a Yes/No field that says something like "Choices Column Completed" or whatever the message is you like 😀and then set this as a required field to complete in the stage you would like completed. They would have to physically set this value to Yes to move to the next stage.

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stormin_30 89 on at

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This is excellent and thank you.

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I like this configured approach and thank you for the suggestion!

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AnuragT 34 on at

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This is Possible via Plugin Assembly and Steps. I used following code:
First declared variables:
var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext(); var casecategory = formContext.getAttribute("afm_casecategory").getValue(); var arrStatus = formContext.getAttribute("statuscode").getOptions(); var InProgress = { value: 1, text: "In Progress" }; var MissingBackup = { value: 2, text: "Missing Backup" }; var poNeeded = { value: 3, text: "PO Needed" }; var NeedClarification = { value: 4, text: "Need Clarification" }; var ManuallyPosted = { value: 5, text: "Manually Posted" }; var InApproval = { value: 6, text: "In Approval" }; var Rejected = { value: 7, text: "Approval Rejected" }; var sapPosted = { value: 8, text: "SAP Posted" }; var sapError = { value: 9, text: "SAP Error" };
Then defined criteria:
if (casecategory == 747120001) //Accounting { formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(InProgress); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(MissingBackup); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(poNeeded); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(NeedClarification); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(ManuallyPosted); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(InApproval); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(Rejected); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(sapPosted); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(sapError); } else { formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(IP); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(Submitted); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(New); formContext.getControl("header_statuscode").addOption(WaitingforDetails); }
Then Built Plugin.
Once Plugin is built, then I used XRM Toolbox Plugin Registration tool.

As a result, I see Choices in BPF as below:

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