Create ExtractValuefromJSON.js

Author: SachinNarayanasamy

Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Extract Value from JSON/ExtractValuefromJSON.js

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+/**
+ * Script Name: Extract User Roles from JSON
+ * Description: 
+ * This ServiceNow background script parses a JSON of user names and their titles (roles),
+ * groups multiple titles under each unique user, and logs the result in System Logs.
+ 
+ * Requirements:
+ * - Run this script in 'Scripts - Background' in ServiceNow.
+ * - Avoids duplicate roles for the same user.
+ * - Shows unique users and their corresponding roles.
+ 
+ * Author: Sachin Narayanasamy
+ **/
+
+(function() {
+    // JSON containing usernames and titles
+    var userData = {
+        "userDetails": [
+            { "user_name": "dennis.millar", "title": "Account Exec Northeast" },
+            { "user_name": "ashley.parker", "title": "Director" },
+            { "user_name": "steve.schorr", "title": "Investigations Generalist" },
+            { "user_name": "tammie.schwartzwalde", "title": "Senior Auditor" },
+            { "user_name": "tammie.schwartzwalde", "title": "Payroll Generalist" },
+            { "user_name": "tommy.tom", "title": "Tester" }
+        ]
+    };
+
+    // Object to hold unique users and their roles
+    var userRoles = {};
+
+    // Iterate and group titles
+    for (var i = 0; i < userData.userDetails.length; i++) {
+        var user = userData.userDetails[i];
+        var userName = user.user_name;
+        var title = user.title ? user.title.trim() : "No Title";
+
+        if (!userRoles[userName]) {
+            userRoles[userName] = [];
+        }
+
+        if (userRoles[userName].indexOf(title) === -1) {
+            userRoles[userName].push(title);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Log results
+    for (var userName in userRoles) {
+        gs.info("User: " + userName + " having Role(s): " + userRoles[userName].join(", "));
+    }
+
+    gs.info("Total unique users: " + Object.keys(userRoles).length);
+})();