getUniqueValue how does it work to return users?

[gunishi]

Hi all, 

I have the following code which works as intended, but I don't fully understand why.  The function takes in a user, finds their manager and then returns a list of all the users said manager manages. Why/how does the code in red/bold return the users?

getReportee: function(user){

    var manager;

    var gr = new GlideAggregate('sys_user');

    gr.addQuery('sys_id', user);

    gr.query();

    if (gr.next()){

        manager = grgetValu('manager');

    }

    var grTwo = new GlideRecord('sys_user');

    grTwo.addQuery('manager', manager);

    grTwo.query();

    var user = []

    while (grTwo.next()){

        users.push(grTwo.getUniqueValue());

    }

    return users.toString();

}

Thank you!

G

[sushma9]

Hi Gunishi,

getUniqueValue() :  it will not accept any arguments and It is will  only return the sys id .

Please find the below link to know more about the this.

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/api/utah/client/c_GlideFormAPI#r_GlideFormGetUni...

[Adrian Ubeda · Accepted solution]

Hello gunishi, 

getUniqueValue returns the primary key of the record, in other words the sys_id of the record. Inside your second loop you are iterating over sys_user table, that's why users arrays will show you a list of user's sys_id. 

[gunishi]

Hi Adrian, 

Thank you for this, it was exactly the explanation I was looking for!

G