GlideUser (g_user)

The GlideUser class is available to client scripts as the g_user object, which is initialized to the current user that's signed in.

The GlideUser client-side API gives you easy access to determining certain details about the user, including the user's name, roles, sys_id, and a method for getting access to client data set via the putClientData() API on the server.

The GlideUser (g_user) API is particularly useful because it eliminates the need to execute client-side GlideRecord queries, which are costly in terms of performance or slow in terms of execution time.

Getting user details

A fair amount of the user's profile details can be gleaned from the GlideUser (g_user) API, as they are cached when the page is loaded.

There is a method to access the user's full name: getFullName(). This method accepts no arguments, but returns a string containing the current user's full name.

The user's first and last name are available via properties. Properties can be access directly without...