g_user.getUserID() alternate options in Service Portal

[Community Alums]

Hi All,

I want to get the logged in user in my client script which I will be running on a catalog item.

This script should support both Service Portal view and Application view

When using g_user.getUserID in client script, it works fine in Application view but in Service Portal it gives me an error -  TypeError: g_user.getUserID is not a function.

Is there an alternate solution for this? Since I am using client script, gs.getUserID() is not accepted.

Thanks and Regards,

Vishnu

[Mark Stanger · Accepted solution]

There should be no problem with this, but I believe you want 'g_user.userID'.

Please mark this response correct if I've answered your question.  Thanks!

[Community Alums]

Hi Mark,

Perhaps today is my lucky day since you were online and saw my question.

Yes g_user.userID fixed the issue. I was using g_user.getUserID which worked fine in application view.

Thanks a lot for the reply.

P.S: Your articles on ServiceNow Guru are amazing too 

[Mark Stanger]

Thanks Vishnu!  I'm glad you've got it working. 🙂

[sawyan1]

Hi @Mark Stanger 

It is not working correctly for impersonated user