Create getManagerHierarchy.js

Function to get the complete manager hierarchy

Author: sandeep-rajput-infobeans

Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Get Manager Hierarchy/getManagerHierarchy.js

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+//Recursive function to get the complete manager hierarchy
+//Param 1: managerArray an Array to hold manager hierarchy
+//Param 2: next is representing next person in the manager hierarchy
+function getManagerHierarchy(managerArray, next) {
+	var glideRecord = new GlideRecord('sys_user');
+	if (glideRecord.get(next)) {//Check if there is a user record
+		managerArray.push(glideRecord.manager.name + '');//Add the user detail to the manager array
+		return getManagerHierarchy(managerArray, glideRecord.getValue('manager')); //Recursively call the same method to get the details of manager
+
+	} else {//No more manager found return the array to callling function				
+		return managerArray.toString().split(',').join(" >> ").substring(0, managerArray.toString().split(',').join(" >> ").length-4);
+	}
+}
+
+var managerArray = [];
+gs.info(getManagerHierarchy(managerArray, '22826bf03710200044e0bfc8bcbe5dec')); //Pass the sys_id of person here