gs.getUser().getPreference() it returns me an object, but the data is a string

[Fabrizio Joaqui]

i made this function to take user preference in script server:


it returns me an object, why?

The value is a string.

[Aman Kumar S]

Also, if you have added user preference in this session, try login out and then login back to verify.

And if you are using client script just use:

getPreference("DESIRED_PREFERENCE_NAME");

[Jaspal Singh]

Hi Fabrizio,

If it is a property then you can use

data.mainReportPrefrence=gs.getProperty('custom_report_admin');

to get the value.

[Hitoshi Ozawa · Accepted solution]

Hi Fabrizio,

According to the documentation, getPreference() returns a "String". Note the uppercase "S". This denotes that the returned type is an Object of type String. This is different from primitive type "string".

https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_typeof.asp

https://www.tutorialsteacher.com/articles/how-to-get-type-of-object-in-javascript

Try the following using "new String()". This will return an object of type "String" and not a primitive "string".

prefReport = new String('test');
gs.info(typeof(prefReport));

Result:

*** Script: object

If it's necessary to get type as a string, use "String()" without the "new" to create a primitive "string".

var prefReport = String(gs.getUser().getPreference('alm_asset.db.order'));
gs.info(typeof(prefReport));

Result

*** Script: string

[Hitoshi Ozawa]

Hi again,

To check the type of object, use instanceof instead of typeof.

e.g.

var prefReport = gs.getUser().getPreference('alm_asset.db.order');
gs.info(prefReport instanceof String);

Result

*** Script: true