How to get current catalog item's category name or id?

[poornima2]

Is there a way to get the current catalog item's category using catalog client script?.   Thanks in advance.

[Pradeep Sharma]

Hi Poornima,

You can get the catalog item sys_id with the below line of code.

var a = g_form.getParameter("sysparm_id");

Then you can do the GlideAjax and query the category and return from the server.

I hope this helps

[Pradeep Sharma · Accepted solution]

Hi Poornima,

Here is the script.

You have to create a client script.

var sys = g_form.getParameter("sysparm_id");

var ga = new GlideAjax('x_13241_smart_city.HelloWorld');//Replace the parameter with the API name of the script include you will create in the next step.

ga.addParam('sysparm_name','helloWorld');

ga.addParam('sysparm_item_id',sys);

ga.getXML(HelloWorldParse);



function HelloWorldParse(response) {

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

     alert(answer);

}

Create a script include

Name : HelloWorld

Client callable ; Checked

API Name : x_13241_smart_city.HelloWorld // Make sure you replace the API name with exactly as yours in the client script in the 2 nd line of code.

Script :

var HelloWorld = Class.create();

HelloWorld.prototype = Object.extendsObject(global.AbstractAjaxProcessor, {

   helloWorld: function() {

   var sysId = this.getParameter('sysparm_item_id')

   var gr = new GlideRecord('sc_cat_item');

   gr.addQuery('sys_id', sysId);

   gr.query();

   while(gr.next())

   {

   return gr.name;

   }

   },



   _privateFunction: function() { // this function is not client callable



}





});

});

I hope this helps

[poornima2]

Awesome. It worked. Thanks Pradeep

[Pradeep Sharma]

Perfect..

I am Glad I can be helpful

dan.bruhn...Can you please help to close this thread.