Form Personalization: Element Entries Form Prompts to Save Even Though There is no Change (Doc ID 2357552.1)

Symptoms

Problem Statement:

Defining action with form personalization on ENTRY.USER_ENTRYXX on Element Entries form forces user to save the record even though there is no change in Element Entries/Entry Values.

Steps to Reproduce:

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1.  Login as HRMS responsibility.
2.  Define an element with 3 entry values (IV1, IV2, and IV3). Use lookup code for IV1 and IV2.
3.  Go to Element Entries form.
    (N) People > Enter and Maintain > (B) Assignment > (B) Entries
4.  Go to Form Personalization form and define the action that calculates IV3 using values in IV1 and IV2.
    (N) Help > Diagnostics > Custom Code > Personalize
   
    e.g.
   Condition:
   Trigger Event: WHEN-VALIDATE-RECORD
   Trigger Object: ENTRY
   Condition: :ENTRY.ELEMENT_NAME = '<ELEMENT NAME>'
   Processing Mode: Not in Entry-Query Mode

   Actions:
   Seq:1
   Type: Property
   Enabled: check
   Object Type: Item
   Target Object: ENTRY.USER_ENTRY3
   Property Name: Value
   Value: TO_NUMBER(${item.ENTRY.USER_ENTRY_LOOKUP1.value}) *
   TO_NUMBER(${item.ENTRY.USER_ENTRY_LOOKUP2.value})
   
   Seq:2
   Type: Property
   Enabled: check
   Object Type: Item
   Target Object: ENTRY.SCREEN_ENTRY_VALUE4
   Property Name: Value
   Value: TO_NUMBER(${item.ENTRY.USER_ENTRY_LOOKUP1.value}) *
   TO_NUMBER(${item.ENTRY.USER_ENTRY_LOOKUP2.value})

5.  Create element entry and enter values in IV1 and IV2. IV3 will be calculated automatically.

6.  Close Element Entry form, reopen, and try to close without changing anything on the form.
    
7. Prompt "Do you want to save the changes you have made?" appears even though there is no change at all.
    

Cause

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