server script to retrieve Country information

[Frank70]

In order to get user information to be displayed in the header of a portal, you can use the glidesystem user object:

eg. gs.getUser().getFirstName;

This works fine if the field contains a value.  However if the field is a reference, then the gs doesn't return a value :

eg. gs.getUser().getLocation;  doesn't return the value of the location of the logged on user.

Is there a way to get the value from a reference field ?

[Harish KM]

you can use this

javascript:gs.getUser().getRecord().getDisplayValue("location");

[Frank70]

Thanks Harish,  this indeed works.

Do you also know how to get the country value ? (from the reference location => Country)

[Harish KM]

The variable is referenced to location table or country table?

if country you can do this

javascript:gs.getUser().getRecord().getDisplayValue("country");

[Frank70]

the country value is located in the location table, which is referenced in the user table.

Your suggestion doesn't work.

So it is dot walking a level deeper.