TemplateRenderer.addCustomDataSource(options)

Note:

The content in this help topic pertains to SuiteScript 2.0.

Method Description	Adds XML or JSON as custom data source to an advanced PDF/HTML template.
Returns	void
Supported Script Types	Server scripts For more information, see SuiteScript 2.x Script Types.
Governance	None
Module	N/render Module
Since	2016.1

Parameters

Note:

The options parameter is a JavaScript object.

Parameter	Type	Required / Optional	Description
options.alias	string	required	Data source alias
options.format	render.DataSource	required	Data format
options.data	Object | Document | string	required	Object, document, or string

Syntax

Important:

The following code sample shows the syntax for this member. It is not a functional example. For a complete script example, see N/render Module Script Samples.

          //Add additional code
...
var renderer = render.create();

var xmlObj = xml.Parser.fromString(xmlString);
var jsonObj = JSON.parse(jsonString);

renderer.templateContent = "${XML.book.title}<br />${XML.book.chapter[1].title}<br />${JSON.book.title}<br/>${JSON.book.chapter[1].title}<br/>${JSON_STR.book.title}<br/>${XML_STR.book.title}";

renderer.addCustomDataSource({
    format: render.DataSource.XML_DOC,
    alias: "XML",
    data: xmlObj
    });
renderer.addCustomDataSource({
    format: render.DataSource.XML_STRING,
    alias: "XML_STR",
    data: xmlString
    });
renderer.addCustomDataSource({
    format: render.DataSource.OBJECT,
    alias: "JSON",
    data: jsonObj
    });
renderer.addCustomDataSource({
    format: render.DataSource.JSON,
    alias: "JSON_STR",
    data: jsonString
    });

var xml = renderer.renderAsString();
...
//Add additional code 

        

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