Auto-populate fields based on user picked

[Matthew13]

What I want to do is to populate the manager/supervisor, location, phone number, and e-mail fields once a user is chosen.

I have been trying to grab fields, but I am coming up with an error when I am trying to figure out the manager field.

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'hiring_manager_supervisor_name')

function onLoad() {
    var user = g_form.getReference('name');
    jslog("********This message is from jslog().********");
    jslog("Manager value = " + g_form.getValue('hiring_manager_supervisor_name', user.hiring_manager_supervisor_name));
    jslog("This is the user." + g_user.getFullName());
    jslog("********This message is from jslog().********");
}

I am using the onLoad function to see if I am able to grab values via debugging. I do know it should be an onChange function, but when I was trying to debug with JSlog, it would not populate the console. Is there a better way to test?

Any ideas on how I can get the values of the user's information? I feel as though I am calling on the wrong variable at the moment.

[Community Alums · Accepted solution]

Hi Matthew,

You can use this Article for your requirement by Mark:

Catalog Data Lookup Definition on any table, eliminating Catalog Client Scripting

Mark my answer correct & Helpful, if Applicable.

Thanks,

Sandeep

[Matthew13]

The link seems to just redirect to the community page. Is the author of the article Mark Roethof?

[SumanthDosapati]

That should be from Mark Roethef probably.

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_article&sys_id=49deac8ddb92a010ab0202d5ca961...

Regards,
Sumanth

[Matthew13]

Thank you! 

This definitely helped me out, was an easier way to do what I needed for sure.