Sys Id not being picked up in isMemberOf function

[SN Rookie]

Hi,

My below script is no getting executed when I put in the sys id of an assignment group. It works fine when I use the gropu name.

g_scratchpad.grp = gs.getUser().isMemberOf('Incident-Management_INCPRBCAT');

[Ankur Bawiskar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The isMemberOf() function takes group name and not sys_id. check the link below

https://developer.servicenow.com/app.do#!/api_doc?v=kingston&id=GUser-isMemberOf_S

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Ankur

[SN Rookie]

How can we use the sys ID instead because group names can change in future thus breaking the functionality?

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi,

As of now that won't be possible using isMemberOf() unless ServiceNow changes the function definition.

you need to query sys_user_grmember table with that user id and group sys_id, that is the only way as of now

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Ankur

[GeoffreyOptumOp]

Good news.  In ROME, you can pass in a Group Name OR a Sys_Id, and it will work either way.

Make sure that the GROUP you are searching for is ACTIVE, otherwise the function will return false even though the user actually IS a member.  This is very confusing.

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=b43fe555db56e410a08a1ea66896192f