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 use a script action on login to add some data to the current session data. If you're looking to get at the data from a client script, that's a pretty good bet.

Session Client Data - ServiceNow Wiki

[josh_tessaro]

Brad,

Is there no better way for me to set the default value of this field to the value of the current users u_data field on sys_user?

It seems like I should be able to access the u_data field if I can get the current user (gs.getUser()).

[Gurpreet07]

You need to create a client callable script include in which you could glide record user table and return u_data then call the script include in default value as follow

javascript:script_include

[josh_tessaro]

Gupreet,

Using a script include makes sense. Do you have any advise on how to determine the current user within the script include, or is there a way to pass gs.getUser() to the script include?

Thanks!