How to refresh list view using refresh method

[johannes5]

Hi ServiceNow Community Developers

I am trying to refresh a list view on a homepage using a UI action that has the refresh method however it's not working, instead it throws the following error on the browser console:

Error running context menu 'Perform Technical Assessment Task': TypeError: Cannot read property 'refresh' of undefined

Here is the code I have in my UI action:

function performTechAssessment() {

      nowRefresh(g_list.getTableName());

}

function nowRefresh(id) {

alert ("inside refresh method " + id);

      GlideList2.get(id).refresh();

}

Would you please advise as to what it is that I am doing wrong here.

Thanks

Johannes

[purbalipc]

You can try doing redirect instead of refresh method

http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=UI_Actions#Using_a_UI_Action_to_Redirect_to_a_URL

[johannes5 · Accepted solution]

Hi Guys,

A colleague of mine helped me to figure this out

here is the correct code that worked and refreshed my list view as expected:

function nowRefreshTheList() {

var w = top.gsft_main || top; //support for both having frame(navigator) and no frames

w.location.reload();

}

[Vikram3]

Can you help me with the below thread. It is similar to this one.

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=b43a7912dbc7c014d82ffb243996...

[Marco Moro]

If someone is looking for a solution on how to retrieve the current table name on a list view without using DOM:

function refreshList() {
	GlideList2.get(Object.keys(GlideLists2)[0]).refresh(); 
}