Get name of catalog item in catalog client script

[pat222]

Hello,

I need to get the name of the catalog item where the catalog client script is execuded.

Is there any way to do this without g_form.getParameter("sysparm_id") and than querying the name with the sysId?

Thanks,

Patrick

[Michael Jones - · Accepted solution]

There isn't a "simple" way to do this, no, at least not that I've found. Depending on your requirements there are a couple of ways you could do it.

As a heads up, g_form.getParameter() doesn't work in the ServicePortal. If you need this to work in the ServicePortal, you would need to use g_form.getUniqueValue(), which will return the sys_id of the item. 

Once you have the sys_id you would need to use GlideAjax to make the call server-side to return the name of the item. If you tried a straight GlideRecord it might work for an admin, but wouldn't work for a user. 

If you need to do this dynamically across a lot of catalog items your best bet is probably to use the client script / GlideAjax approach.

If you only need this for a specific item or two, you could add a variable to the form (single line text), hide the variable, and then for the default value use: 

javascript:current.cat_item

Then, when you needed the name of the item, you could call the value of your hidden variable. 

Hope this helps!

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