Glide System

 What is Glide System?

·       Glide System API running from server side

·       This API will provides different methods to get information about the system, the current Logged in user, etc.

·       The Glide System global object is gs

·       Many of the Glide System methods facilitate the easy inclusion of dates in query ranges

·       Often used in filters and reporting.

Glide System Methods

Glide System
addInfoMessage()	endOfLastMonth()
addErrorMessage()	endOfLastWeek()
getUser()	endOfLastYear()
getUserName()	endOfNextMonth()
getUserID()	endOfNextWeek()
getUserDisplayName()	endOfNexYear()
hasRole()	endOfThisYear()
error()	endOfThisQuarter()
eventQueue()	endOfThisMonth
eventQueueScheduled()	hoursAgo()
generateGUID()	hoursAgoEnd()
getErrorMessage()	hoursAgoStart()
getSession()	minutesAgoEnd()
getSessionID()	minutesAgoStart()
include()	monthsAgo()
Info()	monthsAgoStart()
isDebugging()	nil()
isInteractive()	yearsAgo()
isLoggedIn()	yesterday()
isMobile()	Warn()
setProperty()	tableExists()
setRedirect()	getAvatar()
Practically Work with these all methods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glide System Exercises

1.     Navigate to System Definition

2.     Open Scripts – Background Application

3.     Write code into given space

1. Working with addInfoMessage () method

     This method is used to add an info message for the current session.

    This method is not supported for asynchronous business rules.

 

gs.addInfoMessage ('Start date should be always before end Date');

Example: 2

2. Working with addErrorMessage () method

This method is used to add an error message for the current session.

gs.addErrorMessage (‘please provide valid info');

3. Working with getUser () method

Returns a reference to the user object for the current user.

var currentUser = gs.getUser();

gs.print(currentUser.getEmail());

4. Working with getUserDisplayName () method

Return current user display name

gs.print (gs.getUserDisplayName ());

5. Working with getUserID () method

      Return current user sys_id

      gs.print (gs.getUserID ());

6. Working with getUserName () method

Display current user user name

gs.print (gs.getUserName ());

7. Working with getUserNameByUserID () method

Returns the username based on a user ID.

gs.print (gs.getUserNameByUserID ('admin'));

8. Working with hasRole () method

Define if the current user has at least one of the role assigned to current user

gs.print (gs.hasRole ());

 

9. Working with hasRoleInGroup () method

Define if the current user has the specified role within a specified group.

 

var group = new GlideRecord ('sys_user_group');

group.addQuery ('name', 'software');

group.setLimit (1);

group.query ();

if (group.next ()) {

   if (gs.hasRoleInGroup ('itil', group)) {

      gs.print('User has role in group'); 

   } else {

      gs.print ('User does NOT have role in group');

   } 

}

10. Working with isInteractive () method

It will checks if the current session is interactive or not

1.     Interactive session is when a user logs in using the service now log-in screen

2.     Non-interactive session is using a SOAP request to retrieve data from servicenw platform.

gs.print (gs.isInteractive ());

Example: 2

11. Working with getAvatar () method

Displays the file path to the current user's avatar.

var userPhoto = gs.getUser ().getAvatar ();       

gs.addInfoMessage ('User avatar ID: ' + userPhoto);

 

12. Working with flushMessags () method

This method will clears all session messages saved using addErrorMessage () or addInfoMessage ().

Session messages are shown at the top of the form. In client side scripts, use g_form.clearMessages () to remove session messages.

gs.flushMessages ();

12. Working with beginningOfLastMonth () method

This method will get the date and time for the beginning of last month in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfLastMonth ());

13. Working with beginningOfLastWeek () method

Returns the date and time for the beginning of last week in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfLastWeek ());

14. Working with beginningOfNextMonth () method

Returns the date and time for the beginning of next month in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfNextWeek ());

15. Working with beginningOfNextWeek () method

Gets the date and time for the beginning of next week in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfNextWeek ());

16. Working with beginningOfNextYear () method

Returns the date and time for the beginning of next year in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfNextYear ());

17. Working with beginningOfThisMonth () method

Get the date and time for the beginning of this month in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfThisMonth ());

18. Working with beginningOfThisQuarter () method

Returns the date and time for the beginning of this quarter in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfThisQuarter ());

19. Working with beginningOfThisWeek () method

Returns the date and time for the beginning of this week in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfThisWeek());

20. Working with beginningOfThisYear () method

Returns the date and time for the beginning of this year in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfThisYear());

21. Working with beginningOfToday () method

Retrieves the date and time for the beginning of today in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfToday());

22. Working with beginningOfTomorrow () method

Retrieves the (UTC) beginning of tomorrow adjusted for the timezone of the current session

gs.print (gs.beginningOfTomorrow());

23. Working with beginningOfYesterday () method

Retrieves the date and time for the beginning of yesterday in GMT.

gs.print (gs.beginningOfYesterday ());

24. Working with daysAgo () method

Returns a date and time for a certain number of days ago.

var gdt = new GlideDateTime()

gs.print (gs.daysAgo(4));

 

25. Working with daysAgoEnd () method

Returns a date and time for the end of the day a specified number of days ago.

var gdt = new GlideDateTime()

gs.print (gs.daysAgoEnd (10));

26. Working with daysAgoStart () method

         Returns a date and time for the beginning of the day a specified number of days ago.

var gdt = new GlideDateTime ()

gs.print (gs.daysAgoStart (4));

27. Working with endOfLastMonth () method

Returns the date and time for the end of last month in GMT.

gs.print(gs.endOfLastMonth());

28. Working with endOfLastWeek () method

 

Returns the date and time for the end of last week in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfLastWeek());

28. Working with endOfLastYear () method

Returns the date and time for the end of last year in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfLastYear ());

29. Working with endOfNextMonth() method

Returns the date and time for the end of next month in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfNextMonth ());

30. Working with endOfNextWeek () method

Gets the date and time for the end of next week in GMT.

      gs.print (gs.endOfNextWeek ());

31. Working with endOfNextYear () method

Returns the date and time for the end of next year in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfNextYear ());

32. Working with endOfThisMonth () method

Returns the date and time for the end of this month in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfThisMonth());

33. Working with endOfThisQuarter () method

Returns the date and time for the end of this quarter in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfThisQuarter ());

34. Working with endOfThisWeek () method

Returns the date and time for the end of this week in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfThisWeek ());

35. Working with endOfThisYear () method

Returns the date and time for the end of this year in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfThisYear ());

36. Working with endOfToday () method

Retrieves the date and time for the end of today in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfToday ());

37. Working with endOfTomorrow () method
Retrieves the date and time for the end of tomorrow in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfTomorrow ());

 

38. Working with endOfYesterday () method

Retrieves the date and time for the end of yesterday in GMT.

gs.print (gs.endOfYesterday ());

39. Working with getDisplayColumn () method

Retrieves the display column for the table.

gs.print (gs.getDisplayColumn ('incident'));

 

40. Working with getErrorMessage () method

This mesthod will get returns the list of error messages for the perticular session that were added by addErrorMessage ().

var errorMsg = gs.addErrorMessage ('Please fill mandatory fields');

gs.print (gs.getErrorMessages (errorMsg));

 

41. Working with getInfoMessage () method

Retrieves the list of info messages for the session that were added by addInfoMessage ().

var infoMsg = gs.addInfoMessage ('Info Message');

gs.print (gs.getInfoMessage (infoMsg));

42. Working with getInitials () method

It will return the user’s initials

var userInitials = gs.getUser ().getInitials();       

gs.addInfoMessage ('User initials: ' + userInitials);

 

43. Working with getMessage () method

Retrieves translated messages to display in the User Interface.

If the specified string exists in the database for the current language, then the translated message is returned. If the specified string does not exist for the current language, then the English version of the string is returned. If the string does not exist at all in the database, then the ID itself is returned.

If the UI message has a tick ('), there may be issues with the message in the script; to escape the ticks ('), use getMessageS (String, Object).

var myMsg = gs.getMessage ('This is my own message');

gs.print (myMsg);

44. Working with getSession () method

        Returns a GlideSession object.

         gs.print (gs.getSession ());

45. Working with getSessionID () method

Returns the GlideSession Session ID.

gs.print (gs. getSessionID ());

46. Working with hoursAgo() method

Returns a date and time for a certain number of hours ago.

gs.print (gs.hoursAgo (7));

47. Working with hoursAgoStart () method

Returns a date and time for the start of the hour a certain number of hours ago.

gs.print (gs.hoursAgoStart (2));

48. Working with isFirstDayOfMonth () method

This method will checks whether the date is the first day of the month.

gs.print (gs.IsFirstDayOfMonth (2020-01-25));

49. Working with isFirstDayOfWeek () method

Checks whether the date is the first day of the week. This uses the ISO standard of Monday being the first day of the week.

gs.print (gs.isFirstDayOfWeek (2020-04-12));

50. Working with isFirstDayOfYear () method

Checks whether the date is the first day of the year.

gs.print (gs.isFirstDayOfYear(2020-04-12));

51. Working with isLastDayofMonth () method

Checks whether the date is the last day of the month.

gs.print (gs.isLastDayOfMonth(2020-04-19));

52. Working with isLastDayofWeek () method

Checks whether the date is the last day of the week.

gs.print (gs.isLastDayOfWeek (2020-04-19)); 

 

53. Working with isLastDayofYear () method

Checks whether the date is the last day of the year.

gs.print (gs.isLastDayOfWeek (2020-04-19));

54. Working with lastWeek () method

Returns the date and time one week ago in GMT.

gs.print (gs.lastWeek ());

55. Working with now () method

Returns the current date in UTC.

gs.print (gs.now ());

56. Working with nowDateTime () method

Gets the current date and time in the user-defined format.

gs.print (gs.nowDateTime ());

57. Working with nowDateTime () method

Returns the current date and time in UTC format.

gs.print (gs.nowNoTZ ());

58. Working with setProperty () method

Sets the specified key to the specified value.

gs.setProperty("glide.foo","bar","foo");

gs.info (gs.getProperty("glide.foo"));

 

59. Working with setRedirect () method

Sets the redirect URI for this transaction, which then determines the next page the user will see.

gs.setRedirect("com.glideapp.servicecatalog_cat_item_view.do?sysparm_id=d41ce5bac611227a0167f4bf8109bf70&sysparm_user=" + current.sys_id + "&sysparm_email=" + current.email);