Video: NOWCommunity Live Stream - API Adventures - TableUtils

[Chuck Tomasi]

Join Chuck as he covers another commonly used script include with some very useful APIs. TableUtils can tell you a lot about your table structure, and there are some esoteric concepts you won't want to miss.

Note: Due to user error, I forgot to unmute the mic so this video will start at 1m 50s.

Episode topics include:

• Extended tables
• Script includes
• Constructor TableUtils()
• tableExists() method
• drop() method() method
• dropAndClean() method
• dropTableAndExtensions()
• getAbsoluteBase() method
• getAllExtensions() method
• getHierarchy() method
• getTableExtensions() method
• getTables() method
• hasExtensions() method
• isBaseClass() method
• tableExists() method

Code snippets can be found in the GitHub repository.

References:

• Learn JavaScript on the Now Platform
• ServiceNow Developer Site
• ServiceNow Developer meetups
• Book: No-Code Apps For Dummies
• Docs: TableUtils - Global

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