How do I determine a user in a script, when the user has no roles?

[Jacob Saaby Ni1]

Hi everyone.

When creating view rules, I'd normally go for hasRole to specify a view for an ITIL user for example.

But, how do I target users who have no roles, in my scripts?

Is it hasRole('NULL'), hasRole($null) or perhaps hasRole('')?

Or is it better to use a fourth way?

[Simon46]

Hello Jacob,

I believe the function you're looking for is "hasRoles()".

hasRoles()

Returns true if the current user has any role.

http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=GlideUser_(g_user)#hasRoles

Kind regards,

Simon Liang

[Jacob Saaby Ni1]

Thanks, but I wanted to opposite. When the user doesn't have ANY roles

[Simon46]

Hello Jacob,

Then you would need to negate your condition:

if (!user.hasRoles()) {
     // do something
}

Kind regards,

Simon Liang

[sergiu_panaite · Accepted solution]

Here:

how to check for null roles using gs.hasRole() function

gs.getUser().getUserRoles().toArray().length==0 //this means current user does not have any roles.