Another Example

• Script Includes Script

  var IdentifyTwoUsers = Class.create();
  identifyTwoUsers.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
  
      userNames: function() {
          var id1 = this.getParameter('syspart_user_id1');
          var id2 = this.getParameter('syspart_user_id2');
          var u1 = newGlideRecord('sys_user');
          var u2 = newGlideRecord('sys_user');
  
          if (!u1.get('employee_number', id1))
              return '';
          if (!u2.get('employee_number', id2))
              return '';
  return u1.name + ":" + u2.name;
      }
  })
  

In this example, the Script Include extends the AbstractAjaxProcessor Class.

The IdentifyTwoUsers object has a function called userName which is passed two values:|

• sysparm_user_id1
• sysparm_user_id2

The Script Include retrieves the records from the database for both sysparm_user_id1 and sysparm_user_id2.

If the records both have a value in the employee_number field, the Script Include concatenes the two employee numbers with a: (colon) and returns the string to the calling script.

• Client-side Script

  var twoUsers = new GlideAjax('IdentifyTwoUsers');
  twoUsers.addParam('sysparm_name', 'userNames');
  twoUsers.addParam('sysparm_user_id1', g_form.source_id);
  twoUsers.addParam('sysparm_user_id2', g_form.target_id);
  twoUsers.getXML('userParse');
  
  function userParse(response) {
  var answerFromXML = response.responseXML.
  documentElement.getAttribute("answer");
  var user = answerFromXML.split(':');
  var congMerge = confirm('Merge ' + user[0] + ' --> ' + user[1] + '\nAre you sure?');
  
  if(confMerge) {
  <additional script logic would go here...>
  }
  }
  

The cliend-side code shown here would be wrapped in a function (onLoad(), onSubmit(), or onChange()) depending on the type of client-side script.

In this example, the answerFromXML variable from the response contains multiple pieces of information separated by a colon. The statement var user=answerFromXML.split(':') breaks the answer variable into an array called user with each element being whatever is between each set of colons. In this case, user[0] contains the value from the beginning of the answer string until the first colon, and user[1] contains the value from the colon to the end of string. Assume answer = Matt:Miranda. In this case user[0] = "Matt" and user[1] = "Miranda".