Not getting sys id of the attachment when using g_form.getValue

[EKTA2]

Hi. I need to grab the sys id of the submitted Attachment variable so that I can push the same image ( submitted by the user) to sc_cat item table. 

I am not getting the sys_id of the attachment variable. It is coming blank when I am using getValue method. pls suggest. 

[Vamsi Sreenivas]

HI, Attachments get stored in sys_attachment table. You need to gliderecord to that table and get that sys_id. You cannot access it using g_form.

Can you share the script and the scenario that you need the sys_id of attachment.

Regards,

Vamsi S

[EKTA2]

Hi Vamsi, 

The Scenario is that when a user submits an Icon and a Picture ( I am using attachment variable for both) to be updated for a catalog item, I need to automatically update that icon and picture in the respective catalog Item. 

So what I wanted to do was:

1. to grab the sys_ id of the icon variable 

2. to grab the sys_id of picture variable

3. To Gliderecord sys_attachment for exact sys_ids against table_id 

4. And then push both of these to icon and picture in the sc_cat_item. I need to be able to identify icon and picture separately so that icon can be pushed to icon and picture to picture.

Setup is something like below. 

[Vamsi Sreenivas]

@EKTA , Try the MODIFIED below script:  place this script in server side

var catIcon = '';
var catPicture = '';

var grAttachment = new GlideRecord('sys_attachment');
grAttachment.addEncodedQuery("sys_id="+YOUR_ICON_VARIABLE_VALUE); // Value of ICON variable of the record user submits
grAttachment.query();
if(grAttachment.next()) {
    var grNew = new GlideRecord('sys_attachment');
    grNew.initialize();
    grNew.file_name = grAttachment.file_name;
    grNew.table_name = 'ZZ_YY' + 'sc_cat_item'; // Replace sc_cat_item with sc_cat_item_producer if your catalog item is sc_cat_item_producer
    grNew.table_sys_id = SYS_ID_OF_CATALOG_ITEM_USER_SELECTED;
    grNew.content_type = grAttachment.content_type;
   catIcon = grNew.insert();
}

grAttachment = new GlideRecord('sys_attachment');
grAttachment.addEncodedQuery("sys_id="+YOUR_PICTURE_VARIABLE_VALUE); // Value of ICON variable of the record user submits
grAttachment.query();
if(grAttachment.next()) {
    grNew = new GlideRecord('sys_attachment');
    grNew.initialize();
    grNew.file_name = grAttachment.file_name;
    grNew.table_name = 'ZZ_YY' + 'sc_cat_item'; // Replace sc_cat_item with sc_cat_item_producer if your catalog item is sc_cat_item_producer
    grNew.table_sys_id = SYS_ID_OF_CATALOG_ITEM_USER_SELECTED;
    grNew.content_type = grAttachment.content_type;
   catPicture = grNew.insert();
}

var grCat = new GlideRecord('sc_cat_item');
grCat.get("SYS_ID_OF_CAT_ITEM");
grCat.icon = catIcon;
grCat.picture = catPicture;
grCat.update();

Let me know if you have any questions on above script.

Mark my answer as HELPFUL / CORRECT if this help resolve your issue.

Regards,

Vamsi S

[EKTA2]

Hi Vamsi, 

Why are we gliderecording twice ?? Also I am not getting sys_id of picture /icon variable for some reason? It is coming blank when I do get Value. All I have is display Value

grAttachment = new GlideRecord('sys_attachment');
grAttachment.addEncodedQuery("sys_id="+YOUR_PICTURE_VARIABLE_VALUE); // Value of ICON variable of the record user submits
grAttachment.query();
if(grAttachment.next()) {
    grNew = new GlideRecord('sys_attachment');
    grNew.initialize();

Cant we skip 2nd gliderecord and just initialize directly?