How do I get the sys_id of the impersonating user name?

chucksimonds · ‎12-02-2015

I want/need to get the sys_id of the person impersonating, like getUserID(), but the ID of the person doing the impersonating.

Was hoping there was something like: getImpersonatingUserID(); but doesn't exist.

I tried this... var u = gs.getImpersonatingUserName().gs.getUserID();

but it did not work. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

fschuster · ‎12-02-2015

Hi Chuck,

got it.

You can basically do a simple get with the UserID of the impersonating user - that query is pretty lightweight and shouldn't affect performance too much.

Then you can simply add the sys_id of that person to your query.

You might want to verify if the impersonatingUserSysID is set/filled - if not don't even include it in the answer line (so having two answer lines - one for the case that you have the id and for the case that you don't).

var impersonatingUserName = gs.getImpersonatingUserName();

var impersonatingUserSysID = "";

var grUser = new GlideRecord("sys_user");

if(grUser.get("user_name", impersonatingUserName)) {

impersonatingUserSysID = grUser.getValue("sys_id");

}

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Mike Allen · ‎12-02-2015

Impersonations are kept in the logs. Is there a specific reason you need it?

chucksimonds · ‎12-02-2015

Yes, I need to use it in a ACL script.

bernyalvarado · ‎12-02-2015

Hi Chuck,

gs.getUserId() should work.

He goes an example impersonating through script and proving that it works:

gs.print('This is my UserID:' + gs.getUserID());


var imp = new GlideImpersonate();

// Enter below the ID of the user you will like to impersonate

var previousUserId = imp.impersonate('014457ec4f678a0026afb1828110c7fa');


gs.print('This is the other person UserID:' + gs.getUserID());


if (previousUserId) imp.impersonate(previousUserId);

gs.print('This is my UserID:' + gs.getUserID());

Thanks,

Berny

bernyalvarado · ‎12-02-2015

You can run this script from a background script using elevated privileges.

The output will be something like the following:

*** Script: This is my UserID:xxxx083c4fc0920026afb1828110xxxx

*** Script: This is the other person UserID:014457ec4f678a0026afb1828110c7fa

*** Script: This is my UserID:xxxx083c4fc0920026afb1828110xxxx

Thanks,

Berny