get user role in UI Page

[davilu]

Hi, I'm trying to create a UI page that has certain fields readonly based on role.   I have the following code in my client script, but I'm getting errors in my console saying gs is not defined and   $(...).ready is not a function.   Can someone help me debug this?   Am I even on the right track?

var roles = [];

var gr = new GlideRecord('sys_user_has_role');  

gr.addQuery('user', gs.getUserID()) ;  

gr.query();  

while(gr.next()) {  

roles.push({

role : gr.getDisplayValue('role') //Will give the sys_id of the roles  

});

}

if (roles.indexOf('admin')) {

document.getElementById('signature').readonly = true;

document.getElementById('signature').style.backgroundColor   = '#ddd';

}

[Pradeep Sharma]

Hello David,

Replace gs.getUserID() with g_user.userID for client side operation.

GlideUser (g user) - ServiceNow Wiki

[Pradeep Sharma]

Also getDisplayValue() only works on server side. To get the display value, you need to do this via client script + GlideAjax approach. More info here.

http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=GlideAjax#gsc.tab=0

[fredflintstone]

This is helpful but doesn't address the bad practice of using GlideRecord in a client side script.

[Pradeep Sharma]

Thanks Fred for the update. I missed that point.

@David, please refer section 3 for more info related to best practice for doing a server side query from the client side.

Client Script Best Practices - ServiceNow Wiki