Client script gliderecord getEncodedQuery being ignored when using query('x','y')

[SC10]

I noticed that while the following onchange client script is working, my getEncodedQuery is being ignored (no errors!) when using a normal query('x','y').

Code is as follows:

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading, isTemplate) {
   if (isLoading || newValue === '') { //Return out of this script when the form is initially loading (isLoading) or the new field value from "Field name" above is blank
   return;
}
   g_form.setValue('u_ci_list', ""); //Start with blanking out the asset list
   populate_ci_list();
   function populate_ci_list(){
   var gr = new GlideRecord('cmdb_ci'); //Call the cmdb_ci table
   var caller = g_form.getValue('caller_id'); //Grab the caller_id value
         var encodedquerystring = "asset.u_computer_type=Personal PC^NQsys_class_name=cmdb_ci_peripheral";
         gr.addQuery('assigned_to', caller); //Add a query of the 'assigned_to' field to the gr call
   gr.getEncodedQuery(encodedquerystring);
         gr.query(); //Do the query to the gr call
   while(gr.next()) //Loop through the alm_asset table, which includes the query from above
   {
   g_form.setValue('u_ci_list', gr.sys_id); //When finding a matching item in the table with the query, set the 'u_assets' field to the data returned from the query
   }
   }
}

Any ideas?

[SC10]

Can an encoded query string not contain any spaces within a variable? My string that I'm looking for in the encoded query string does have a space in it, so removing it would not return the right results.

[SC10]

Just getting back to this today... does anyone have any ideas?

[danilo21]

Hi,

I think you meant (add)

gr.addEncodedQuery(encodedquerystring);

instead of (get)

gr.getEncodedQuery(encodedquerystring);

Let us know.

[SC10]

Because this is a client script, I'm limited to gr.getEncodedQuery. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[LaurentChicoine]

Hi Shane, getEncodedQuery will actualy get you a query string, you can't pass any parameter to it. In GlideRecord client side you should simply use addQuery(querystring), see https://developer.servicenow.com/app.do#!/api_doc?v=istanbul&id=r_GRCS-addQuery_S . However this is no longer supported with GlideRecordV3 (not sure in which version it started to be V3).

As it is not supported in latest release, I think you have no choice to do it with a GlideAjax call.