GlideUser

GlideUser sample scripts

The GlideUser is a Glide API class utilized in ServiceNow for retrieving information about users within the system, including their name, email, user ID, department, and more. 

Refer the below operations for more details.

1. Get User

Returns a reference to the user object for the currently logged-in user.

var userObject = gs.getUser();

2. Get User By ID

Returns a reference to the user object for the user ID (or sys_id) provided.

var userObject = gs.getUser().getUserByID('john_smith');

3. Get User ID

Returns the sys_id string value for the currently logged-in user.

var userID = gs.getUserID();

4. Get User Name

Returns the User ID (user_name) for the currently logged-in user.

var userObject = gs.getUserName();‍

5. Get User Display Name

Returns the display value for the currently logged-in user. i.e. 'John Smith'

var userObject = gs.getUserDisplayName();

6. Get First Name

Returns the first name of the currently logged-in user.

var firstName = gs.getUser().getFirstName();

7. Get Last Name

Returns the last name of the currently logged-in user.

var lastName = gs.getUser().getLastName();

8. Get Email

Returns the email address of the currently logged-in user.

var email = gs.getUser().getEmail();

9. Get Department ID

Returns the department sys_id of the currently logged-in user.

var deptID = gs.getUser().getDepartmentID();

10. Get Language

Returns the language of the currently logged-in user.

var language = gs.getUser().getLanguage();

11. Get Location

Returns the location of the currently logged-in user.

var location = gs.getUser().getLocation();

12. Get Manager ID

Returns the manager sys_id of the currently logged-in user.

var managerID = gs.getUser().getManagerID();

13. Get My Groups

Returns a list of all groups that the currently logged-in user is a member of.

var groups = gs.getUser().getMyGroups();

14. isMemberOf

Returns true if the user is a member of the given group, false otherwise.

var isMember = gs.getUser().isMemberOf();

15. hasRole

Returns true if the user has the given role, false otherwise.

if (gs.hasRole('snc_internal')) {

            // do something

     }

(OR)

Returns true if the user has one of the given roles, false otherwise.

if (gs.hasRole('hr', 'itil')) {

            // do something

 }

16. hasRoles

Returns true if the user has any roles at all, false if the user has no role (i.e. an ess user).

if (gs.getUser.hasRoles() {

     //  do something

}