How to get current scope in script

Christian Walli · ‎04-20-2018

Hi there,

the ServiceNow user interface has a picker in the top bar where the active scope can be selected.

Is there any way to get that current active scope in a script (server or client side)? It doesn't matter if I get the name or the sys_id of the scope, either one would be ok for me.

stannard95 · ‎12-06-2018

I may have found a better solution than the accepted one.

gs.getCurrentApplicationId();

This returns the 'sys_id' of the current the application the user is in.

Use this sys_id to GlideRecord into 'sys_apps' and you'll get the name of the app.

var currentApp = gs.getCurrentApplicationId();

var gr = new GlideRecord('sys_app');

gr.get(currentApp);

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Community Alums · ‎04-30-2023

/* Gets the currently Open Update Set */
UpdateSetUtil.prototype._getCurrentUpdateSet = function() {
var functionName = "_getCurrentUpdateSet";
var sid = new GlideUpdateSet().get();
this.gsLog.logDebug(functionName + ": sid = " + sid);
var currentUpdateSet = new GlideRecord("sys_update_set");
currentUpdateSet.get(sid);
return currentUpdateSet;
};

/* Gets the name of the currently Open Scope */
UpdateSetUtil.prototype._getApplicationName = function() {
var functionName = "_getApplicationName";
var currentUpdateSet = this._getCurrentUpdateSet();
var app = currentUpdateSet.getDisplayValue(application);
return app;
};