Make catalog variables editable for a particular group memebers

[roomawakar]

Hi All,

I have a requirement to make the RITM variables editable for a particular group members once the RITM is in 1st stage of approval.

for example: 1st stage of approval goes to 'Business Solution' group, so the members of that group should have access to edit the variables on the RITM form.

I have written a client callable script include to check the group membership. If it return true, variables should be editable over RITM form but the variables are not editable. 

Script Include:

var canEditRITMVariables = Class.create();

canEditRITMVariables.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {

    // Client-callable function

    canEditRITMVariables: function() {

        var userSysId = this.getParameter('sysparm_user');

        var groupSysId = this.getParameter('sysparm_group');

        if (this.isUserInGroup(userSysId, groupSysId)) {

            return 'true'; // user can edit

        }

        return 'false'; // restrict editing

    },

    // Helper: check group membership

    isUserInGroup: function(userSysId, groupSysId) {

        var grMember = new GlideRecord('sys_user_grmember');

        grMember.addQuery('user', userSysId);

        grMember.addQuery('group', groupSysId);

        grMember.query();

        return grMember.hasNext();

    },

    type: 'canEditRITMVariables'

});

Client Script:

function onLoad() {

    //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below

    if (g_form.getValue("cat_item") == "d025b6ff870ce950fa770d47cebb3566") {

        var ga = new GlideAjax('canEditRITMVariables');

        ga.addParam('sysparm_name', 'canEditRITMVariables');

        ga.addParam('sysparm_user', g_user.userID);

        ga.addParam('sysparm_group', '56f1f8240f9d82004fb50f8ce1050e2f'); // replace with group sys_id 56f1f8240f9d82004fb50f8ce1050e2f

        ga.getXMLAnswer(function(response) {

            var canEdit = response === 'true';

            if (!canEdit) {

                g_form.setVariablesReadOnly(false);

            }

        });

    }

}

Can someone plz help on this why this code is not working. I have ran the code in the scripts-background and the result is coming as true still the variables are non-editable for the users.

Thansk,

[GlideFather]

Hi @roomawakar,

just on the very first sight, you can try to remove the quotes in Script include returns:

return true; //not 'true'
return false; //not 'false'

And let me know if that helped 

[GlideFather]

@roomawakar 

you can do it using display BR and scratchpad:

https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-forum/allow-a-group-to-edit-a-variable-in-variable-ed...

or:

https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-forum/how-to-make-catalog-variable-editable-on-ritm/m...

[roomawakar]

Hi,

Solution didn't work.

Thanks,

Rooma

[RaghavSh]

g_form.getValue("cat_item") == "d025b6ff870ce950fa770d47cebb3566" , you have used this, does this mean you have written the client script on RITM table? or it is a catalog client script?

In case this is a client script on RITM table, use the below to make variables readonly true and false:

g_form.setReadOnly('variables.<variableName>', true);