Address non-extracted field via javascript

OL Connect Professional DataMapper
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I need to replicate a function that I’m currently performing in PP7.

I have a PDF file that has a value on the first page that I need to extract.
The information is in a general area or range, but can shift around a bit.
Typically plus or minus 1.5 inches up or down.

The line I need to capture is always prefixed with a static text tag (i.e. “Attention:”)
I’m selecting the region and then split the region into sub-fields.
I wrote a small javascript to search the sub-fields to locate which one includes the static text tag.
The next step is to populate a field with the actual value minus the static text tag.

I right clicked on the record table in the data model and selected Add Field.

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When I go back to my script and type “record.fields.”, my new field does not show up in the list

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How do I address this index field from javascript (I’m using an action)?

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Must be just a refresh issue, because it works on my end.

That said, it seems to me you’re going through an awful lot of steps to achieve this.
I would extract the entire block of text as a single field, and in its Post function, I would write:

replace("Attention:<br />","")

That would eliminate the static tag and your entire field would be usable without any further manipulation.

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I have 2020.2 and if I add the variable by clicking on the data model the field does not show up as available in javascript. However if I add a javascript field from an extract step it does show up as available.

Regarding my data (PDF) in the region defined.
I have multiple lines of text which vary between documents.
I need to grab the line that includes "Attention: " only so the value would be 12345678 using my examples.

Document #1
Line #1
Line #2 “PO Number: 887654”
Line #3 “Attention: 12345678”
Line #4 “Branch: LWZ”
Line #5 “Country: CA”
Line #6 “Division: 031”

Document #2
Line #1
Line #2
Line #3
Line #4 “Attention: 12345678”
Line #5 “Division: 066”
Line #6 “Country: NZ”

Document #3
Line #1 “Attention: 12345678”
Line #2 “Country: AU”
Line #3 “Division: 102”
Line #4 “Branch: TMP”
Line #5
Line #6

Document #4
Line #1 “Country: US”
Line #2 “Division: 004”
Line #3 “Branch: BBR”
Line #4 “PO Number: NS00234”
Line #5 “Attention: 12345678”
Line #6

The replace is how I’m removing the "Attention: ".
Because the lines may or may not be present I’m using a Try Catch
I need to use the value from the line and pass it to the workflow to used.
There isn’t a template involved in this situation.

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OK, so to remove the Attention: ???????? line, I would still grab the entire block and use the following Post function:

replace(/Attention:[^<]*<br \/>/g,"")

As for the Javascript that extracts the ???????? portion of the Attention line, you could use something like this:

var address = data.extract(45.381332,88.222664,44.873333,28.109333,"<br />");
var attention = address.match(/Attention:[^<]*/g);
(attention) ? attention[0].split(":")[1] : "";