How to get employee number of logged in user in UI Action script

now_dev · ‎08-10-2016

Hi All,

I wanted to fetch employee number of logged in user using UI Action script. Can please anyone suggest !

Jim Coyne · ‎08-10-2016

Because your UI Action is client-side, you could use Session Client Data as explained in this blog post - Two ways to Reduce Client Side lookups

Or, as kalai mentioned in that blog post, a display Business Rule to add the Employee Number to the scratchpad - Client Script Best Practices - ServiceNow Wiki

Your Business Rule could look like:

Table: whatever table the UI Action is on

Advanced: checked

When: Display

Script:

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {

   //add the Employee Number to the scratchpad

   var gr = new GlideRecord("sys_user");

   if (gr.get(gs.getUserID().toString())){

       g_scratchpad.u_employee_number = gr.getValue("employee_number");

   }


})(current, previous);

And then you should be able to access the value in your UI Action with g_scratchpad.u_employee_number.

NOTE: I modified the Business Rule to ensure compatibility with all versions of the platform.

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