App: [HOLD for payment 2024-02-15] [$500] New Distance Requests Should Default to the "Default Distance Category"

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Version Number: v1.4.14-0 Reproducible in staging?: Y Reproducible in production?: Y If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: N/A Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): yuwen@expensify.com Logs: N/A Expensify/Expensify Issue URL: N/A Issue reported by: @yuwenmemon Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C05DWUDHVK7/p1702928915733459

Action Performed:

Break down in numbered steps

1. In the OldDot policy editor, navigate to Workspace -> Expenses -> Distance
2. Set a Default Distance Category:

1(a). Alternatively, if you done have access to your Workspace in OldDot, set a default category for the distance unit via JS on OldDot:

const p = Policy.getByID('<workspace ID>');
p.policy.customUnits[0].defaultCategory = 'Advertising'; // check the index though
p.save();

1. As a submitter, Navigate to the Workspace Chat in NewDot
2. Create a new distance request without an explicit category. Follow the steps all the way until the confirmation step:

Expected Result:

The distance request should have the default category filled in by default

Actual Result:

The category field is blank

Workaround:

The default category will be set in the back end via https://github.com/Expensify/Auth/pull/9488, but we should still have this set for users in the front-end so the setting does not come as a suprise.

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

https://github.com/Expensify/App/assets/4741899/5b6ee5c7-bc6d-46b6-8ac4-2387765ccb95

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