GlideUser - Scoped

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title: GlideUser - Scoped
description: The GlideUser API provides methods to access information about the current user and current user roles.Returns the current user's company sys\_id.Returns the current user's display name.Returns the user's email address.Returns the user's first name.Gets the sys\_id of the current user.Returns the user's last name.Returns the user ID, or login name, of the current user.Gets the specified user preference value for the current user.Returns a list of roles that includes explicitly granted roles, inherited roles, and roles acquired by group membership.Returns the current user's time zone label in the current user's preferred language.Returns the current user's time zone label in the specified language.Returns the list of roles explicitly granted to the user.Determines if the current user has the specified role.Determines if the current user is a member of the specified group.Saves a user preference value to the database.
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# 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.

**Parent Topic:**[Server API reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/api-reference/server-api-reference/api-server.md)

## Scoped GlideUser - getCompanyID\(\)

Returns the current user's company sys\_id.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| | |

|Type|Description|
|----|-----------|
|String|Company sys\_id.|

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

## Scoped GlideUser - getDisplayName\(\)

Returns the current user's display name.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| | |

|Type|Description|
|----|-----------|
|String|User's display name|

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

## Scoped GlideUser - getEmail\(\)

Returns the user's email address.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| | |

|Type|Description|
|----|-----------|
|String|User's email address.|

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

## Scoped GlideUser - getFirstName\(\)

Returns the user's first name.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| | |

|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.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| | |

|Type|Description|
|----|-----------|
|String|User's sys\_id.|

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

## Scoped GlideUser - getLastName\(\)

Returns the user's last name.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| | |

|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.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| | |

|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.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|name|String|Name of the preference.|

|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.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| | |

|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](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/r_UserSpecificLanguage.md).

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| | |

|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.

<table id="table_hlp_hw2_bdc" class="parameters"><thead><tr><th>

Name

</th><th>

Type

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

language

</td><td>

String

</td><td>

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.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>|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.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| | |

|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.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|role|String|Role to check.|

<table id="table_ik4_5k4_1r" class="returns"><thead><tr><th>

Type

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Boolean

</td><td>

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.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>```
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.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|group|String|Sys\_id or name of the group to check.|

<table id="table_ock_gl4_1r" class="returns"><thead><tr><th>

Type

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Boolean

</td><td>

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.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>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.

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

|Type|Description|
|----|-----------|
|None| |

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