Redirect users after login using SPEntry Script includes

Alon Grod
Tera Expert

Hi,

How can I redirect:
1) users without role after login to the portal.

2) users with 'business_stakeholder' role to incident list in native UI

3) users with 'itil' role to now/sow/home

Do I need to add or disable specific properties?

/** 
 *
 *  Service Portal sample script include to indicate 
 *  1. which login page should be used
 *  2. the starting page after the user is authenticated 
 * 
 *  Script is configured using system properties
 
 *  PROPERTY                        VALUE
 *  glide.entry.page.script         new SPEntryPage().getLoginURL(); 
 *  glide.entry.first.page.script   new SPEntryPage().getFirstPageURL();
 * 
 * functions can return a path or null if no overrides are necessary
 * 
 **/
var SPEntryPage = Class.create();

SPEntryPage.prototype = {

    initialize: function() {
        this.logVariables = false; // for debugging 
        this.portal = this.getDefaultPortal(); // The URL suffix for default portal
		

    },

    /***
     *
     * Fetch the default portal suffix
     *
     **/
    getDefaultPortal: function() {
        var gr = new GlideRecord("sp_portal");
        gr.addQuery("default", true);
        gr.query();
        if (gr.next())
            return "/" + gr.getValue("url_suffix") + "/";

        return "/esc/";
    },
    /***
     *
     * Referred to by property: glide.entry.page.script
     * 
     **/
    getLoginURL: function() {
        // When requesting a page directly (eg: /problem_list.do)
        // The platform session_timeout.do sets the login page to welcome.do
        // Since we are handling the login, clear that value
        var session = gs.getSession();
        var nt = session.getProperty("nav_to");
        var sPage = session.getProperty("starting_page");
        if (nt == "welcome.do")
            session.clearProperty("nav_to");

        if (!sPage && !nt)
            session.putProperty("starting_page", gs.getProperty("glide.login.home"));

        // Send the user to the portal's login page
        var portalGR = new GlideRecord("sp_portal");
        portalGR.addQuery("url_suffix", this.portal.replace(/\//g, ""));
        portalGR.addNotNullQuery("login_page");
        portalGR.query();
        if (portalGR.next())
            return this.portal + "?id=" + portalGR.login_page.id;

        // Send to the a default login page
        return this.portal + "?id=login";
    },

    /***
     *
     * Referred to by property: glide.entry.first.page.script
     * 
     **/
    getFirstPageURL: function() {
        var session = gs.getSession();
        this.logProperties('before', session);

        // has roles and is not a Service Portal page - go to UI16
        var nt = session.getProperty("nav_to");
        var isServicePortalURL = new GlideSPScriptable().isServicePortalURL(nt);
        var redirectURL = session.getProperty("login_redirect");

        if (user.hasRoles() && !redirectURL && !isServicePortalURL)
            return;

        // user may have logged in from a frame, the /login_redirect.do page will bust out of it
        if (!redirectURL) {
            // redirectURL is nav_to 
            // if nav_to == "welcome.do" then use starting_page
            var sPage = session.getProperty("starting_page");
            if (sPage && nt == "welcome.do")
                nt = sPage;

            // Avoid a redirect loop to the home page
            var ep = gs.getProperty("glide.login.home");
            if (nt) {
                if (ep == nt)
                    nt = null;
            }
            // PRB726860: if page is still welcome.do, go to glide.login.home preserving frameset
            if (nt == "welcome.do") {
                session.putProperty("nav_to", ep);
                return;
            }

            session.putProperty("login_redirect", nt || "true");
            return "/login_redirect.do?sysparm_stack=no";
        }

        session.clearProperty("login_redirect");
        session.clearProperty("nav_to");
        var returnUrl = this.portal;
        if (redirectURL && redirectURL != "true") {
            var spUrl = new GlideSPScriptable().mapUrlToSPUrl(redirectURL);
            returnUrl = spUrl ? this.portal + "?" + spUrl : redirectURL;
        }

        this.logProperties('after', session);
        if (!this.logVariables) {
            gs.log('redirectURL: ' + redirectURL);
            gs.log('User: ' + user.getName());
            gs.log('is internal: ' + (!user.hasRoles()));
            gs.log('returnUrl: ' + returnUrl);
        }

        return returnUrl;
    },

    logProperties: function(beforeOrAfter, session) {
        if (!this.logVariables)
            return;

        gs.log('SPEntryPage: Redirect ------------------------------- ' + beforeOrAfter);
        gs.log('session.starting_page: ' + session.getProperty("starting_page"));
        gs.log('session.nav_to: ' + session.getProperty("nav_to"));
        gs.log('session.login_redirect: ' + session.getProperty("login_redirect"));
        gs.log('gs.fURI: ' + session.getURI());
    },

    type: 'SPEntryPage'
};
3 REPLIES 3

Tushar
Kilo Sage
Kilo Sage

@Alon Grod made some changes in script, please refer

var SPEntryPage = Class.create();

SPEntryPage.prototype = {
    initialize: function() {
        this.logVariables = false; // for debugging 
        this.portal = this.getDefaultPortal(); // The URL suffix for default portal
    },

    /***
     * Fetching the default portal suffix
     ***/
    getDefaultPortal: function() {
        var gr = new GlideRecord("sp_portal");
        gr.addQuery("default", true);
        gr.query();
        if (gr.next())
            return "/" + gr.getValue("url_suffix") + "/";
        
        return "/esc/"; // Default to /esc/ if no default portal is found
    },

    /***
     * Referring to by property: glide.entry.first.page.script
     ***/
    getFirstPageURL: function() {
        var session = gs.getSession();
        this.logProperties('before', session);

        // Check if user has roles and determine where to redirect
        var redirectURL = session.getProperty("login_redirect");

        if (!redirectURL) {
            if (user.hasRole('business_stakeholder')) {
                // Redirect to incident list in native UI for business_stakeholder role
                return "/incident_list.do";
            } else if (user.hasRole('itil')) {
                // Redirect to /now/sow/home for itil role
                return "/now/sow/home";
            } else if (!user.hasRoles()) {
                // Redirect to Service Portal for users without any roles
                return this.portal + "home";  // Redirect to the default Service Portal home page
            } else {
                // Default fallback (if no specific roles are matched)
                return gs.getProperty("glide.login.home");
            }
        }

        session.clearProperty("login_redirect");
        session.clearProperty("nav_to");

        var returnUrl = this.portal;
        if (redirectURL && redirectURL != "true") {
            var spUrl = new GlideSPScriptable().mapUrlToSPUrl(redirectURL);
            returnUrl = spUrl ? this.portal + "?" + spUrl : redirectURL;
        }

        this.logProperties('after', session);

        return returnUrl;
    },

    logProperties: function(beforeOrAfter, session) {
        if (!this.logVariables)
            return;

        gs.log('SPEntryPage: Redirect ------------------------------- ' + beforeOrAfter);
        gs.log('session.starting_page: ' + session.getProperty("starting_page"));
        gs.log('session.nav_to: ' + session.getProperty("nav_to"));
        gs.log('session.login_redirect: ' + session.getProperty("login_redirect"));
        gs.log('gs.fURI: ' + session.getURI());
    },

    type: 'SPEntryPage'
};

 

Thanks.

@Tushar  still not working, I impresionanted Abel Tuter which only has 'business_stakeholder' role, but for some reason it refres him to now/sow/home. Maybe I need to disable or activate a property? I dont know what to do

DREX
Tera Contributor

Hi @Tushar

The script works fine but when the link in email "Approval" notification is clicked by itil user it redirects to /now/sow/home , it should redirect to the approval record.

Please do reply if you know how can we fix this?