what is getAttribute('something') used for? (easy points!!)

[juan casas]

Hello,

This is probably the easiet question Il post here!!

I have the following script::

    function hasEmailClient() {
        var gr = new GlideRecord(data.table);
   
        if (gr.get(data.sys_id)) {
            return gr.getAttribute('taco_chiken') ? gr.getAttribute('taco_chiken') : false;
        }
        return false;
    }

so this works for some tables and not others, I though this was checking a field on the table called 'taco_chiken', but its not.

I understand that you can check attributes on fields, but is this checking a attribute on the gliderecord obj itself?

the data that comes back from the getAttribute('...') I either 'True' or 'null'

How do I set/change the getAttribute per table?

[Hitoshi Ozawa · Accepted solution]

Hi Juan,

There's a api document.

Returns the dictionary attributes on the specified field.

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/api/sandiego/server_legacy/c_GlideRecordAPI#r_Gl...

[Hitoshi Ozawa]

Hi again,

To be more precises, it's returning the value of "attributes" field in sys_dictionary table. The "fieldName" that is passed is the name of the attribute.