Get sys_id of a string field on an Incident

[Steven Parker]

I am working on a UI action and I need to get the SYS_ID of the category/subcategory selected on an Incident.   Those fields are string fields, so how can I obtain the sys_id of the choices in each drop down?   So if the Incident category is "Software" and the value is "software"....how can I obtain the sys_id of "software"?   I tried some various things, but since it isn't a reference field on the Incident I am struggling to get the answer here. I have Client checked in the UI Action (because I am using a confirmation box before executing the UI Action), but functions, callbacks, dot walking...nothing seems to work.

I need to use that SYS_ID in another reference field for something we are doing.

[Allen Andreas]

You should be able to navigate to that exact choice and then in the gray header, right click and choose copy sys_id like so:

So essentially the dictionary entry for it and right click and there ya go

[Steven Parker]

I know how to obtain it by right clicking in the header.   I hard coded it in my UI Action script to know it works with the sys_id in there, but I need to obtain it programmatically.   The fact that it is a string field is what is throwing me off.

[Community Alums]

Here is how you could do it wish a nested glide record if you need it scripted:

var grIncident = new GlideRecord('incident');
grIncident.addQuery('sys_id','enter SYS_ID of incident here');
grIncident.query();
while (grIncident.next()) {
       gs.print('Value of category on incident: ' + grIncident.category);

       var grChoice = new GlideRecord('sys_choice');
       grChoice.addQuery('name','incident');
       grChoice.addQuery('element','category');
       grChoice.addQuery('value',grIncident.category);
       grChoice.query();
       while (grChoice.next()) {
               gs.print('Category Label: ' + grChoice.label);
               gs.print('Category SysID: ' + grChoice.sys_id);
       }

}

[Community Alums]

you could find it from sys_choice table

var myObj = new GlideRecord('sys_choice');

myObj.addQuery('value','software');

myObj.query();

while(myObj.next()){

gs.log("SW SYS_ID"+myObj.sys_id);

}