Is the gs.hasRoleExactly() method work in servicenow scripting or do we have any alternate

[tahor]

Is the gs.hasRoleExactly() method work in servicenow scripting or do we have any alternate method for this?

[Twinkle S]

Hi @tahor , yes ServiceNow has this method available in scripting. You can try in background script to try it out!

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[Pooja58]

Hi @tahor ,

Use gs.hasRole() when you are working on the server side (e.g., Business Rules, Script Includes)
Use g_user.hasRoleExactly() when you are working with client-side scripts (e.g., Client Scripts, UI Scripts)

We don't have gs.hasRoleExactly() at server side.

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Pooja

[maheshkhatal]

@tahor Some additional methods and their differences,

Server-Side Methods:
Server-side scripting in ServiceNow is typically done in Business Rules, Script Includes, Scripted REST APIs, etc. Here are the methods you can use to check user roles:
gs.hasRole(roleName),gs.getUser().hasRole(roleName)
Client-Side Methods:
Client-side scripting in ServiceNow is typically done in Client Scripts, UI Policies, UI Actions, etc. Here are the methods you can use to check user roles:
g_user.hasRole(roleName), g_user.hasRoleExactly(roleName),g_user.getRoles()

Just an example use case for your understanding.

g_user.hasRole('itil') True if the current user has the role specified, false otherwise. ALWAYS returns true if the user has the 'admin' role.

So for admin it will return true

hasRoleExactly('itil') True if the current user has the exact role specified, false otherwise, regardless of 'admin' role.

Will return false for admin.

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Thanks,

Mahesh.

[sunil maddheshi]

@tahor 

gs.getUser().hasRoleExactly(role) (Alternative)

• This method is used via the gs.getUser() object to check if the user has the exact role

if (gs.getUser().hasRoleExactly('admin')) {
    gs.info('User has exactly the admin role');
}

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