Check if field is a specific value or empty

[Mark Vancil2]

Using this is an IF check on a workflow, and not sure where I'm going wrong. It's not catching when the field is empty.

var gr = new GlideRecord("sys_user");
gr.get(current.variables.request_for.toString());
gs.warn(gr.u_jobfamily);

if (gr.u_jobfamily == 'SB') {
   answer = 'yes';
	
} 
else if (gr.u_jobfamily.nil()) {
	answer = 'yes';
}
else {
	answer = 'no';

}

[Alok Das]

Is there any default value on the field?

[Mark Vancil2]

No. no default value.

[Mark Vancil2]

Would it be better to do it this way?

var gr = new GlideRecord("sys_user");
gr.get(current.variables.request_for.toString());
gs.warn(gr.u_jobfamily);
answer = 'no';

if (gr.u_jobfamily == 'SB') {
   answer = 'yes';
	
} 
if (gr.u_jobfamily.nil()) {
	answer = 'yes';
}

[Alok Das]

what type of field is u_jobfamily? and is the rest of code working as expected?

[Mark Vancil2]

It's a string value, and yes the rest is working.