Limit Select Box variable based on group

Cirrus · ‎05-19-2022

Hi,

We have a select box variable in a catalog item which has 3 choices, A,B,C. If the logged in user is a member of Group X, then they can see all 3 choices, but if they are a member of any other group, they should only see A and B.

I tested the principle using the following role based on load Client Script, which works exactly as we need it:

function onLoad() {
var isAdmin = g_user.hasRole('admin');
if (!isAdmin){
//alert('Current user is not an admin');
g_form.removeOption('variable','C');
}
}

My question is how to turn this into a group based condition. I tried the following, but the gs object should not be used in client scripts

function onLoad() {
var currentUser = gs.getUser();
if (currentUser.isMemberOf('X')){
g_form.addOption('variable','C');

Any help gratefully received.

Hitoshi Ozawa · ‎05-19-2022

Hi Cirrus,

Create a Script Include and call it from Client Script.

Variable choices defined as below.

Script Include

var UserInfoClient = Class.create();
UserInfoClient.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
    isUserInGroup: function() {
        return gs.getUser().isMemberOf('<name of group>').toString();
    },
    type: 'UserInfoClient'
});

Client Script

function onLoad() {
	var ajax = new GlideAjax('UserInfoClient');
    ajax.addParam('sysparm_name', 'isUserInGroup');
	ajax.getXMLAnswer(function(answer) {
        if (answer.length > 0 && answer == 'true') {
            g_form.addOption('variable', 'C', 'C');
        }
    });
}

Execution result

case 1:when user is a member of a group

case 2: when user is not a member of a group

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Cirrus · ‎05-20-2022

Thanks Nick, changed the client script Name as you suggested and all is working fine

Nick Parsons · ‎05-20-2022

No worries, consider marking Hitoshi's answer at the top of this thread as the accepted "answer" instead of mine, you can mark the other comments as helpful if they helped you instead 🙂

Cirrus · ‎05-20-2022

Thanks everyone for your input on this. We got there in the end 🙂

Like I said, much appreciated