Script to show last month

Community Alums · ‎08-08-2018

I am not a Service now developer so please forgive my lack of understanding.

I'm looking to update a scheduled report subject with - javascript:"This report is for " +month_year_call()

The script for this to work is below,

Where do I put this script in Service Now for this to function right?

function month_year_call() {

var monthNames = ',December,January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November'.split(',');

var gdt = new GlideDateTime();

var month=(monthNames[new GlideDate().getMonthLocalTime()]+":"+gdt.getYear());

return month;

}

Mark Stanger · ‎08-08-2018

Andrew,

I just responded to your other question with a solution for this. I'll paste the solution here as well. Take a look and let me know how it works. If it solves your question, please mark the correct answer in both posts.

There's not a simple shortcut unfortunately (the method SN has just gives you a month number), but it can be done with your own script include function to produce the month name. Here are the steps...

1) Navigate to 'System Definition -> Script Includes' and create a new record with the following settings...

Name: u_dateUtils

Client callable: True

Script:

var u_dateUtils = Class.create();
u_dateUtils.prototype = {
	initialize: function() {

	},
	
	getMonthYearName :function(){
		var gdt = new GlideDateTime();
		var year = gdt.getYearLocalTime();
		var month = gdt.getMonthLocalTime();
		var monthName = '';
		if (month == 0)
			monthName = 'December';
		else if (month == 1)
			monthName = 'January';
		else if (month == 2)
			monthName = 'February';
		else if (month == 3)
			monthName = 'March';
		else if (month == 4)
			monthName = 'April';
		else if (month == 5)
			monthName = 'May';
		else if (month == 6)
			monthName = 'June';
		else if (month == 7)
			monthName = 'July';
		else if (month == 8)
			monthName = 'August';
		else if (month == 9)
			monthName = 'September';
		else if (month == 10)
			monthName = 'October';
		else if (month == 11)
			monthName = 'November';
		
		return monthName + ' ' + year;		
	},
	
	type: 'u_dateUtils'
};

2) Set the 'Subject' field of your scheduled report with the following line. It will call your custom function and return the Month/Year text you're looking for. Adjust as needed.

javascript: 'Report created: ' + new u_dateUtils().getMonthYearName();

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Community Alums · ‎08-08-2018

You, Mark Stranger are a hero.

Thank you.

yamunapriya · ‎09-17-2020

@Mark Stanger hi Mark, can we create a mail script for the same instead of a script include.