ATF - Run server side script not able to get the previous step Sys ID of the record

[kmsl]

I have only 3 steps.  1)Impersonate(ITIL user)  2) log  and 3) Run server side script.

There are only 1 parameters(parametrized test)  1) Group name: Change Management  (referenced)

I am using 'log' as a step to pass on group Syd ID. (step sys-id and group sys-id) are fine and working alright.

Somehow the below in my script is not working. I tried all the list options.

This line is not working:  grp_sysid = steps(last_step_sysid).record_id;

(function(outputs, steps, stepResult, assertEqual) {
    var last_step_sysid = 'b048fd8c074788105e7efc289c1ed05c';
    grp_sysid = steps(last_step_sysid).record_id;
    //grp_sysid = 'a715cd759f2002002920bde8132e7018';
    var gr = new GlideRecord('sys_user_group');
    gr.get('sys_id', grp_sysid);
    var theIDiwant = '';
    theIDiwant = gr.name;
    outputs.record_id = theIDiwant;
    gs.log('***** Group name *******: ' + outputs.record_id);
    gs.addInfoMessage(gr.name);
})(outputs, steps, stepResult, assertEqual);

I am seeing group name empty.

You may please try through a dev instance.

I appreciate any help. Thanks

[Nia McCash]

You can add log for gr.getRowCount() to see if you actually found any matching records BUT...

The Log test step has no output to pass on to other test steps from what I can tell so I don't think line this works:

grp_sysid = steps(last_step_sysid).record_id;

[wpatrickhames]

@kmsl 
Suresh,

Did you ever find out the answer to this?  I'm having the same issue.  I put in a hard-coded sys_id and then use the steps function but nothing is returned.  See below excerpt.

What version are you using?  We're in Orlando.
========== excerpt ==========

gs.sleep(30000); // Wait for tasks to get created

var requestSysId = 'f87c5252dbd0141065353533f396199b'; // output is request
var requestNumber = steps(requestSysId).record_id;

gs.info("request Sys ID: " + requestSysId);
gs.info("request number: " + requestNumber + '');

var gr = new GlideRecord('sc_task');
gr.addQuery('request', requestNumber);
gr.query();

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[kmsl]

@wpatrickhames

I replaced 'record_id' with 'first_record' and it worked. I made sure the first step is a 'record query' that fetches at least one record to pass it on to Step:2

Step:1  Record Query to get a request record

Step:2

gs.sleep(30000); // Wait for tasks to get created
var gr = new GlideRecord("sc_task");
var requestSysId = 'ca709666075850105e7efc289c1ed0fe'; // output is request
var requestNumber = steps(requestSysId).first_record;

gs.info("request Sys ID: " + requestSysId);
gs.info("request number: " + requestNumber + '');

outputs.record_id = gr.get('request', requestNumber);

assertEqual({
name: "task gr exists",
shouldbe: true,
value: gr.isValidRecord()
});

Step:3   Log  record to check 'true'

Please see the test results attached.

Hope it helps.

[wpatrickhames]

Thanks for the reply @kmsl!  So I realized that I screwed up.  I am working with the Service Catalog steps when I should have been using the Service Catalog (SP) steps, which made everything work as it should have.  But I really do appreciate you coming back a few months later to say what you did to get it to work.