Script Include not returning expected result to on change client script?

[KM SN]

I have few reasons where different reasons belongs to different finding so i am taking priority values of each reason and trying to figure out Highest priority (1 is high priority value) based on it i am setting the value of finding choice. 

but info message showing nothing ? need assistance!

[SwarnadeepNandy]

Hello @KM SN,

You can use GlideRecord directly on the client script.

https://docs.servicenow.com/en-US/bundle/utah-api-reference/page/app-store/dev_portal/API_reference/...

This will save you the hassle of using GlideAjax.

Kind Regards,

Swarnadeep Nandy

[KM SN]

In my office using glide record in client script strictly considered as inefficient in using best practices. 

Instead of this if you provide any modifications to provided that could be helpful.  

[SwarnadeepNandy]

yeah. but honestly you gain just few miliseconds(network time) and few kbs of data thats it - System wise.

but with GlideAjax you lose quite a bit of your mental strength, writing so many lines of codes extra just to retrieve a small thing from serverside.

Regarding the above code, you need to unwrap the answer variable in the client script to get the output which you are sending from scriptInclude.

Like how @Sandeep Rajput has mentioned below.

function showDetails(response) {
    var answer = response.responseXML.documentElement.getAttribute("answer");
    alert(answer);
    g_form.setValue('findings', anwer);
}

and I would recommend changing the scriptInclude return variable name from answer  to something else. As it is confusing which answer is what.

kind Regards,

Swarnadeep Nandy

[Sandeep Rajput]

@KM SN in your function showDetails(answer) function can you replace the first line with the following.

answer = answer.responseXML.documentElement.getAttribute("answer");