GlideUser - Scoped

The GlideUser API provides methods to access information about the current user and current user roles.

Using the GlideUser API avoids the need to use the slower GlideRecord queries to get user information.

Scoped GlideUser - getCompanyID()

Returns the current user's company sys_id.

표 1. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

표 2. Returns

Type	Description
String	Company sys_id.

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.getCompanyID());

Scoped GlideUser - getDisplayName()

Returns the current user's display name.

표 3. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

표 4. Returns

Type	Description
String	User's display name

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.getDisplayName());

Scoped GlideUser - getEmail()

Returns the user's email address.

표 5. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

표 6. Returns

Type	Description
String	User's email address.

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.getEmail());

Scoped GlideUser - getFirstName()

Returns the user's first name.

표 7. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

표 8. Returns

Type	Description
String	User's first name.

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.getFirstName());

Scoped GlideUser - getID()

Gets the sys_id of the current user.

표 9. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

표 10. Returns

Type	Description
String	User's sys_id.

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.getID());

Scoped GlideUser - getLastName()

Returns the user's last name.

표 11. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

표 12. Returns

Type	Description
String	User's last name.

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.getLastName());

Scoped GlideUser - getName()

Returns the user ID, or login name, of the current user.

표 13. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

표 14. Returns

Type	Description
String	User ID or login name.

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.getName());

Scoped GlideUser - getPreference(String name)

Gets the specified user preference value for the current user.

표 15. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	String	Name of the preference.

표 16. Returns

Type	Description
String	Preference value.

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
currentUser.savePreference(­'myPref','red'); 
gs.info(currentUser.getPreference(­'myPref'));

Scoped GlideUser - getRoles()

Returns a list of roles that includes explicitly granted roles, inherited roles, and roles acquired by group membership.

표 17. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

표 18. Returns

Type	Description
Array	List of all roles available to the user

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.getRoles());

Scoped GlideUser - getTimeZoneLabel()

Returns the current user's time zone label in the current user's preferred language.

For more information about setting a user's preferred language, see User specific language.

표 19. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

표 20. Returns

Type	Description
String	The current user's time zone label.

This example shows how to return the current user's time zone label in their preferred language.

gs.info(gs.getUser().getTimeZoneLabel());

Output:

Europe/Dublin

Scoped GlideUser - getTimeZoneLabelLang(String language)

Returns the current user's time zone label in the specified language.

표 21. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
language	String	Language to use for the time zone label. Located in the ID column of the Language [sys_language] table. If a valid language isn't provided, the time zone label is returned in English.

표 22. Returns

Type	Description
String	The current user's time zone label.

This example shows how to return the current user's time zone label in a specified language.

gs.info(gs.getUser().getTimeZoneLabelLang("es")); //Spanish
gs.info(gs.getUser().getTimeZoneLabelLang("ja")); //Japanese
gs.info(gs.getUser().getTimeZoneLabelLang("jksjsjks")); //invalid

Output:

Europa/Dublín
ヨーロッパ/ダブリン
Europe/Dublin

Scoped GlideUser - getUserRoles()

Returns the list of roles explicitly granted to the user.

Unlike the getRoles() method, this method does not return roles the user inherits or roles acquired from group membership.

표 23. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

표 24. Returns

Type	Description
Array	List of roles explicitly assigned to the user.

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.getUserRoles());

Scoped GlideUser - hasRole(String role)

Determines if the current user has the specified role.

표 25. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
role	String	Role to check.

표 26. Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Flag that indicates whether the user has the specified role. Possible values: true: User has the specified role. false: User doesn't have the specified role.

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.hasRole('admin'));

Scoped GlideUser - isMemberOf(String group)

Determines if the current user is a member of the specified group.

표 27. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
group	String	Sys_id or name of the group to check.

표 28. Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Flag that indicates whether the user is a member of the specified group. Possible values: true: User is a member of the group. false: User isn't a member of the group.

The following example checks if the current user is a member of the Capacity Mgmt group.

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
gs.info(currentUser.isMemberOf('Capacity Mgmt'));

Output:

false

Scoped GlideUser - savePreference(String name, String value)

Saves a user preference value to the database.

표 29. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	String	Preference to save.
value	String	Preference value.

표 30. Returns

Type	Description
None

var currentUser = gs.getUser(); 
currentUser.savePreference('myPref','red'); 
gs.info(currentUser.getPreference('myPref'));