How do I get the application version number?

[peterburkitt]

I want to display the scoped application version number on a Programmatic Content Block so I need a way to get it using jelly scripting (if possible).

To be clear I mean the version of our scoped application which is installed on their SN instance, not the version of ServiceNow or anything like that.

[Chuck Tomasi]

Hi Peter,

The application version number is store in the sys_app table in the version field.

[peterburkitt]

Great, that works, but it would be nice not to have to find the record that refers to the current app. Is there a scoped sys property for the current app's sys id or something?

Here's what I have now:

<g2:evaluate var="jvar_version">
        var grSysApp = new GlideRecord('sys_app');
        grSysApp.addQuery('name', 'STARTSWITH', 'Sync Services');
        grSysApp.addQuery('scope', 'x_suel_asset_meta');
        grSysApp.query();
             
              var version = '';
             
              if (grSysApp.next()) {
                  version = 'Version ' + grSysApp.version;
        }
         
              version;
</g2:evaluate>
<p class="version">$[jvar_version]</p>

[Chuck Tomasi]

If you wanted to use a property for your custom app, you would need to make it a standard part of your app and manage it separately from the Version field. Sounds a bit like a duplicate effort. Adding your code to a script include and just calling a method like "getVersion()" might make it easier to manage in your Jelly code (as well as other places.) Just a thought.

[peterburkitt]

Sadly that solution fails once the app is installed somewhere as sys_app is empty on the target instance