Reusing Client Scripts without Global UI Scripts

[Makosko]

Hello Gurus,

is there a way to embed a UI script into a local client script ? could be on a form or as part of wizard or even catalog item... I do NOT want to use a global UI script, which would be loaded on every single page...

Cheers

Maros

[ghaing]

Hi,

here some best practices. It could help you:

http://jylertones.com/blog/2013/05/the-right-way-to-use-jquery-with-servicenow/

Regards,

[chandan_nagbans · Accepted solution]

Hi Maros,

For doing that, you have to follow below steps:

1. Create a UI Macro like below:

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>  

        <j:jelly trim="false" xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:g="glide" xmlns:j2="null" xmlns:g2="null">  

              <g2:evaluate var="jvar_stamp">  

            var gr = new GlideRecord('sys_ui_script');  

            gr.orderByDesc('sys_updated_on');  

            gr.query();  

            gr.next();  

            gr.getValue('sys_updated_on');  

              </g2:evaluate>  

              <g:requires name="<UI SCRIPT NAME>.jsdbx" params="cache=$[jvar_stamp]" />  

        </j:jelly>

2. Create a formatter specific to your form & include that in your form view.

You are ready to go now.

Source: UI Scripts - ServiceNow Wiki

[Makosko]

I suppose this approach will work with Catalog Items if i create a new variable of Macro type? I`ll try it out tmrw and let you know.. thanks a lot for your tip !