NSOA: Create issue from change order task

createChangeOrderIssue.js

/**
 * Create a project issue for a change order task if one
 * isn't already created.
 *
 * Version    Date            Author           Remarks
 * 1.00       20 Feb 2014     Ryan Morrissey
 *
 */

function createChangeOrderIssue(type) {
    try {
        // add all field names and value constants here
        var TASK_TASKTYPEID = '4',
            ISSUE_STAGEID = '1',
            ISSUE_TYPEID = '4',
            ISSUE_STATUSID = '1',
            ISSUE_SOURCEID = '5',
            ISSUE_SEVERITYID = '3',

            // project task fields
            FLD_TASK_TASKTYPEID = 'projecttask_typeid',
            FLD_TASK_PROJID = 'projectid',
            FLD_TASK_CUSTID = 'customerid',
            FLD_TASK_ID = 'id',

            // project task change order custom fields
            FLD_CO_NUMBER = 'projecttask_changeorder_number__c',
            FLD_CO_AMOUNT = 'projecttask_changeorder_amount__c',
            FLD_CO_DATE = 'projecttask_changeorder_date__c',
            FLD_CO_ISSUEID = 'projecttask_changeorder_issueid__c',

            // issue fields
            FLD_ISS_DESC = 'description',
            FLD_ISS_OWNERID = 'owner_id',
            FLD_ISS_PROJID = 'project_id',
            FLD_ISS_CUSTID = 'customer_id',
            FLD_ISS_TASKID = 'project_task_id',
            FLD_ISS_TYPEID = 'issue_category_id',
            FLD_ISS_SEVERITYID = 'issue_severity_id',
            FLD_ISS_STATUSID = 'issue_status_id',
            FLD_ISS_STAGEID = 'issue_stage_id',
            FLD_ISS_SOURCEID = 'issue_source_id',
            FLD_ISS_DATE = 'date';

        // get updated task record fields
        var updTask = NSOA.form.getNewRecord();

        // if type == change order && issueid isblank, create issue
        if (updTask[FLD_TASK_TASKTYPEID] == TASK_TASKTYPEID && !updTask[FLD_CO_ISSUEID]) {
            // get current user information
            var user = NSOA.wsapi.whoami();

            // create issue object for storing values
            var recIssue = new NSOA.record.oaIssue();
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_DESC] = 'Change order #' +
                updTask[FLD_CO_NUMBER] + ' (' +
                updTask[FLD_CO_AMOUNT] + ')';
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_OWNERID] = user.id;
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_PROJID] = updTask[FLD_TASK_PROJID];
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_CUSTID] = updTask[FLD_TASK_CUSTID];
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_TASKID] = updTask[FLD_TASK_ID];
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_DATE] = updTask[FLD_CO_DATE];
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_TYPEID] = ISSUE_TYPEID;
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_STATUSID] = ISSUE_STATUSID;
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_STAGEID] = ISSUE_STAGEID;
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_SOURCEID] = ISSUE_SOURCEID;
            recIssue[FLD_ISS_SEVERITYID] = ISSUE_SEVERITYID;

            // disable the current user's filter set while script runs
            NSOA.wsapi.disableFilterSet(true);

            // add the new issue to the project
            var issueResults = NSOA.wsapi.add(
                [recIssue]
            );

            if (issueResults && !issueResults[0].errors) {
                // new project task object
                var recTask = new NSOA.record.oaProjecttask(updTask[FLD_TASK_ID]);
                recTask[FLD_CO_ISSUEID] = issueResults[0].id;

                // disable the current user's filter set while script runs
                NSOA.wsapi.disableFilterSet(true);

                // enable custom field editing
                var update_custom = {
                    name: 'update_custom',
                    value: '1'
                };

                // update the task to add linked issue internal id
                var taskResults = NSOA.wsapi.modify(
                    [update_custom],
                    [recTask]
                );

            } else {
                NSOA.meta.log('error', 'Issue was not created.');
                return;
            }
        }

    } catch(e) {
        NSOA.meta.log('error', 'Try/catch error: ' + e);
        return;
    }
}