How to retrieve URL parameters in a scoped app in an onLoad client script

[Sheryl Lyke2]

Within a scoped app, I have a UI action on a custom table form with the following code:

 var nameCI = current.name;
 var comp = current.invoice_parent.company;
 var url = 'cmdb_ci.do?sys_id=-1&sysparm_view=contract_management&sysparm_view_forced=true?sysparm_CIname=' + nameCI + '?sysparm_Comp=' + comp;

 action.setRedirectURL(url);
 action.setReturnURL(current);

This works. Then I have an onLoad client script where I want to take the parameter values being sent in the url to populate fields. I've seen similar code working so I don't know if it's because I'm in a scoped app but it's not working. It doesn't populate. Even the addinfoMessage or setMandatory pieces don't work. I had an addInfoMessage at the start and that did work so I know the script is triggering. Any idea why I can't use the getParameterValue function here? Or does someone have another way to send values from a UI action to a client script in a scoped app? I've tried setting isolate script to true and this also does not have any effect. Thanks!

function onLoad() {
	g_form.setMandatory('model_id', true);
        var nm = getParameterValue('sysparm_CIname');
   
    if (nm) {
        g_form.setValue('name', nm);
    } else {
        g_form.addInfoMessage('no name');
    }
    var comp = getParameterValue('sysparm_Comp');
    if (comp) {
        g_form.setValue('company', comp);
    }
}

function getParameterValue(name) {
    var url = document.URL.parseQuery();
    if (url[name]) {
        return decodeURI(url[name]);
    } else {
        return;
    }
}

[Sheryl Lyke2]

I was so hopeful for this to work! I tried both but it's still not pulling in the parameters.

function onLoad() {
    g_form.setMandatory('model_id', true);

    var glideURL = new GlideURL();
    glideURL.setFromCurrent();
    var comp = glideURL.getParam("sysparm_Comp");
    var CI = glideURL.getParam("sysparm_CIname");

    if (comp) {
        g_form.setValue('company', comp);
    } else {
        g_form.addInfoMessage('test' + CI );
    }

    var url = top.location.href;
    var comp2 = new URLSearchParams(url).get("sysparm_Comp");

    if (comp2) {
        g_form.setValue('company', comp2);
    } else {
		g_form.addInfoMessage('msg2 ' + comp2);
    }


}

nav_to.do?uri=%2Fcmdb_ci.do%3Fsys_id%3D-1%26sysparm_view%3Dcontract_management%26sysparm_view_forced%3Dtrue%3Fsysparm_CIname%3DNETAPP%2520PARTNERCHOICE%25204HR%2520PARTS%2520REPL%2520AND%3Fsysparm_Comp%3Dec251e202b3bb0002918764317da157b

I'm attaching the info messages which show no value is getting picked up. You can see in the url that sysparm_CIname adn sysparm_Comp are being sent

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi Sheryl,

Can you try to run the code as below; I believe either of that should work

I am doing alert for the url as well; check whether it is coming properly or not

function onLoad() {
    g_form.setMandatory('model_id', true);

    var glideURL = new GlideURL();
    glideURL.setFromCurrent();
    var comp = glideURL.getParam("sysparm_Comp");
    var CI = glideURL.getParam("sysparm_CIname");

    alert('Comp is: ' + comp);
    alert('CI is: ' + CI);


    var url = top.location.href;

    alert('URL is: ' + url);

    var comp2 = new URLSearchParams(url).get("sysparm_Comp");
    var CI2 = new URLSearchParams(url).get("sysparm_CIname");
    alert('Comp2 is: ' + comp2);
    alert('CI2 is: ' + CI2);

}
    

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Thanks
Ankur

[Sheryl Lyke2]

Same results unfortunately 

[vkachineni]

Sheryl,

The URL does not have the parameters you are expecting

Hence they are undefined & null.

//try adding these lines as parameter 'sysparm_record_target' is in the url
var target = glideURL.getParam("sysparm_record_target");
alert('target : ' + target);

[Sheryl Lyke2]

Thanks for sticking with me!! I see... it's picking up the url before it goes to the new record. Why would that be? The client script is onLoad for the cmdb_ci table? 

Here's the result for the target alert