Autopopulate logged in user's manager in catalog creation using script

[sabaanjum]

Hi Mary,

We can achieve this via writing Script Include and calling it into Catalog client script

Script include

var LoggedInManager = Class.create();

LoggedInManager.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {

    userManager: function(){

var gr = new GlideRecord('sys_user');

gr.addQuery('sys_id',gs.getUserID());

gr.query();

while(gr.next()){

    var a = gr.manager.getDisplayValue();

}

return a;

    },

    type: 'LoggedInManager'

});

Catalog client script

var ga = new GlideAjax('LoggedInManager');

   ga.addParam('sysparm_name','userManager');

   ga.getXML(callBack);

   function callBack(response){

       var answer= response.responseXML.documentElement.getAttribute('answer');

       g_form.setValue('user',answer);//user is a variable name in catalog item 

   }

Thanks

Saba Anjum

[Mark Roethof]

Hi there,

Have you also considered doing this without script? Just checking since you are explicitly mentioning "script".

Kind regards,
Mark

[sabaanjum]

Hi there,

i tried doing it via putting value in default value of variable.

javascript:gs.getUserID().getRecord().getValue('manager');

but it didnt worked

Please let me know if we can ahieve this in different and easiest way.

Thanks

Saba

[Jaspal Singh]

Hi,

Is Manager field a reference field? If so, try below

javascript:gs.getUser().getManagerID()