Use gs.getUser() to get custom user property?

[josh_tessaro]

We have a custom user attribute, it is a field called u_data containing a string.

I want to set a catalog variable field to default to the value of <current user>.u_data, however it appears that gs.getUser() can only access properties that have functions defined to return them (Getting a User Object - ServiceNow Wiki). Is there a way to define a function that returns this custom property to client scripts?

Thanks!

[Brad Tilton]

You can just use gs.getUser() inside of your script include. You could also grab the gliderecord for the user in the default value like:

javascript: var user = new GlideRecord('sys_user'); user.get(gs.getUserID()); user.u_data;

[Gurpreet07]

1. Create a client callable script include getData having following type of code

function getData(){

        var gr =   new GlideRecord('sys_user');

gr.get(gs.getUserID());

return gr.u_data ;

}

default value:      

javascript:getData()

[ahaz86 · Accepted solution]

have you tried

gs.getUser().getRecord().getValue('u_data');

[Erik Stolberg]

Clean and easy answer. It returns a GlideMemoryRecord which is cached at login so just be aware of that possible limitation if data being retrieved could change during a user's session.

[kamalakannanme]

Have the below code in Default Value of the Variable. This will auto populate with the current user logged in. The Reference should point to the User Table (sys_user)

javascript:gs.getUserID()