Use of getUniqueValue() function with Glide Record object

[dipesh1]

Usually getUniqueValue is used with g_from but....

If i use   getUniqueValue()   function with Glide Record object like below(assuming the table involved is Users table and the query is for a particular record on some condition)

var x = gr.getUniqueValue();

What value will I get in the variable x?

Ideally it should be the sys_id of that records but when i am updating   a different table with the value of x , I am getting the "display value" corresponding to the sys_id instead of just the sys_id....there is no additional logic written to do the conversion...

[Pradeep Sharma]

Hi Dipesh,

getUniqueValue will return the sys_id. Can you paste your script and steps to reproduce the issue you are facing.

[Mike Allen]

If you are updating a different table and the field on that table is a reference back to the user table, it will show the display value.   getUniqueValue should deliver the sys_id of the record.

There is also the gel syntax:

var sysid_gel = gel('sys_uniqueValue');

var sysid = sysid_gel.value;

[Anurag Tripathi]

Hi Dipesh,

getUniqueValue   when used with g_form on a client side gives you the sys_id of the record.

If you tell what you exactly are trying to do then we might help you to achieve it.

[Venkatesh5]

Hi Dipesh,

The field which you are referring on the other table might be a reference field of same table from your getting the sys_id.

If this not the case, do let me know from which table you are retrieving the sys_id and to which table it setting as display field value.

Thanks,

Venkatesham P