Hiding modules from non-managers

[treycarroll]

I got a request to hide a couple of modules from non-managers.   Here is how I did it:

var GMF_ClientUserUtil = Class.create();
GMF_ClientUserUtil.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {

 //Given a user sys_id get the manager
   isManager: function(userId) {

   var returnVal;

   try{
       //if the param is null, use the current user's ID
       if(JSUtil.nil(userId)){
             userId = gs.getUserID();
       }

       var util = new GMF_UserUtil();
       returnVal = util.isManager(userId);
       }catch(e){
           gs.logError(e.message,'SI:GMF_ClientUserUtil->isManager()');
       }

       return returnVal;
   }

});

var GMF_UserUtil = Class.create();
GMF_UserUtil.prototype = {

   initialize: function () {
   },

   //Check to see if the user is anyone's manager (only looks at active users)
   isManager: function(userId){
             var gr = new GlideAggregate('sys_user');
             gr.addActiveQuery();
             gr.addQuery('manager', userId);
             gr.addAggregate('COUNT');
             gr.query();
             gr.next();

             if( gr.getAggregate('COUNT') > 0 ){ 
                       return true;
             }

             return false;
   },

   type: 'GMF_UserUtil'
}

I created a global UI Script:   (The syntax highlighter gave me > 10 minutes worth of grief when trying to format this so I gave up.)

document.observe("dom:loaded", function() {
var ga = new GlideAjax('GMF_ClientUserUtil');
ga.addParam('sysparm_name', 'isManager');
ga.getXML(isManagerCallback);

});

function isManagerCallback(response){

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

    //Hide the "Incident - Manager" module

  if (answer == 'false' && parent.frames[0].document.getElementById('module.b2ca14786f319500b8d923fc5d3ee4c7')) {

parent.frames[0].document.getElementById('module.b2ca14786f319500b8d923fc5d3ee4c7').style.display = 'none';

    }

    //Hide the "Request Items - Manager" module

    if (answer == 'false' && parent.frames[0].document.getElementById('module.d335eefd6f1f5900aaaa23fc5d3ee403')) {

parent.frames[0].document.getElementById('module.d335eefd6f1f5900aaaa23fc5d3ee403').style.display = 'none';

    }

}