CHeck if the logged in user is member of a group in Client script

Lucky1 · ‎03-18-2025

Hello all,

I have created a custom field on change request form, "CAB Approvers".

So, using a business rule when the state moves to Cab review, I am populating the approval groups sys_ids into that custom field.

Now, I want to check if the logged in user is member of one of those groups, in client script.

Can someone please give me script how to achieve this?

Regards,

Lucky

Medi C · ‎03-18-2025

@Lucky1

Please try this:

var arrGroups = current.CUSTOM_FIELD.toString().split(","); //Replace CUSTOM_FIELD with your custom field name
for (var i = 0; i < arrGroups.length; i++) {
    var group = arrGroups[i].trim();
    if (gs.getUser().isMemberOf(group)) {
        g_scratchpad.memberofcab = "true";
        return;
    }
}

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Medi C · ‎03-18-2025

Hi @Lucky1,

You can have a display business rule and set scratchpad object in there which you can access on your client script. (You don’t need a custom field for that)

if(gs.getUser().isMemberOf(YOUR_GROUP_NAME)){

g_scratchpad.memberofcab = “true”

}

then on you Client Script:

you can access your scratchpad object

var isMemberOfCab = g_scratchpad.memberofcap;

if(isMemberOfCab){

//Your logic

}

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Shivalika · ‎03-18-2025

Hello @Lucky1

You cannot directly interact with server using the client script. You either need GlideAjax or need to use the g_scratchpad object via Display Business rule to pass whatever value you need.

g_scratchpad.VARIABLE = VALUE

You can access this in client script in the same way.

Kindly mark my answer as helpful and accept solution if it helped you in anyway,

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Shivalika

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Lucky1 · ‎03-18-2025

Hello Shivalika and Medi,

Thanks for your reply.

In the Display BR, I am getting the value of my custom field value.

It is displaying 4 sys_ids of 4 different groups with comma separated.

Now in the scratchpad variable, I need to store the value after checking if the user is member of any of those 4 groups. How can I do that in script?

can you please help me?

Regards,

Lucky

jcmings · ‎03-18-2025

If you want to communicate back-and-forth with the form, you'll need to use GlideAjax.

Alternatively, if you knew the groups to check prior to the form loading, you could use the display BR to look up the user in the sys_user_grmember table against each group.