GlideSystem User Object

The GlideSystem (gs) user object is designed to be used in any server-side JavaScript (Business rules, UI Actions, System security, etc.). The following table shows how to use this object and its corresponding functions and methods.

 

Function/Method Return Value
gs.getUser() Returns a reference to the user object for the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var userObject = gs.getUser();
gs.getUserByID() Returns a reference to the user object for the user ID (or sys_id) provided.

Example:

var userObject = gs.getUser().getUserByID(’employee’);
gs.getUserName() Returns the User ID (user_name) for the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var user_name = gs.getUserName();
gs.getUserDisplayName() Returns the display value for the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var userDisplay = gs.getUserDisplayName();
gs.getUserID() Returns the sys_id string value for the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var userID = gs.getUserID();
getFirstName() Returns the first name of the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var firstName = gs.getUser().getFirstName();
getLastName() Returns the last name of the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var lastName = gs.getUser().getLastName();
getEmail() Returns the email address of the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var email = gs.getUser().getEmail();
getDepartmentID() Returns the department sys_id of the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var deptID = gs.getUser().getDepartmentID();
getCompanyID() Returns the company sys_id of the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var companyID = gs.getUser().getCompanyID();
getCompanyRecord() Returns the company GlideRecord of the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var company = gs.getUser().getCompanyRecord();
getLanguage() Returns the language of the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var language = gs.getUser().getLanguage();
getLocation() Returns the location of the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var location = gs.getUser().getLocation();
getDomainID() Returns the domain sys_id of the currently logged-in user (only used for instances using domain separation).

Example:

var domainID = gs.getUser().getDomainID();
getDomainDisplayValue() Returns the domain display value of the currently logged-in user (only used for instances using domain separation).

Example:

var domainName = gs.getUser().getDomainDisplayValue();
getManagerID() Returns the manager sys_id of the currently logged-in user.

Example:

var managerID = gs.getUser().getManagerID();
getMyGroups() Returns a list of all groups that the currently logged-in user is a member of.

Example:

var groups = gs.getUser().getMyGroups();
isMemberOf() Returns true if the user is a member of the given group, false otherwise.

Example:

Takes either a group sys_id or a group name as an argument.

if(gs.getUser().isMemberOf(current.assignment_group)){
//Do something…
}

var isMember = gs.getUser().isMemberOf(‘Hardware’);

To do this for a user that isn’t the currently logged-in user…

var user = ‘admin’;
var group = “Hardware”;
if (gs.getUser().getUserByID(user).isMemberOf(group)){
gs.log( gr.user_name + ” is a member of ” + group);
}

else{
gs.log( gr.user_name + ” is NOT a member of ” + group);
}
gs.hasRole() Returns true if the user has the given role, false otherwise.

Example:

if(gs.hasRole(‘itil’)){ //Do something… }
gs.hasRole() Returns true if the user has one of the given roles, false otherwise.

Example:

if(gs.hasRole(‘itil,admin’)){
//If user has ‘itil’ OR ‘admin’ role then Do something…
}
hasRoles() Returns true if the user has any roles at all, false if the user has no role (i.e. an ess user).

Example:

if(!gs.getUser().hasRoles()){
//User is an ess user…
}

g_user User Object

The g_user object can be used only in UI policies and Client scripts. Contrary to its naming, it is not truly a user object. g_user is actually just a handful of cached user properties that are accessible to client-side JavaScript. This eliminates the need for most GlideRecord queries from the client to get user information (which can incur a fairly significant performance hit if not used judiciously).

 

g_user Property or Method Return value
g_user.userName User name of the current user e.g. employee
g_user.firstName First name of the current user e.g. Joe
g_user.lastName Last name of the current user e.g. Employee
g_user.userID sys_id of the current user e.g. 681ccaf9c0a8016400b98a06818d57c7
g_user.hasRole() True if the current user has the role specified, false otherwise. ALWAYS returns true if the user has the ‘admin’ role.

Usage: g_user.hasRole(‘itil’)
g_user.hasRoleExactly() True if the current user has the exact role specified, false otherwise, regardless of ‘admin’ role.

Usage: g_user.hasRoleExactly(‘itil’)
g_user.hasRoles() True if the current user has at least one role specified, false otherwise.

Usage: g_user.hasRoles(‘itil’,’admin’)