One very simple way to add some personalization to a CMS site is to include the name of the person visiting it. If you just want to display the current user and/or do a query against a specific name file, this code is great to get you started:
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| <!–Do a look-up and find the First Name of the current user –> | |
| <g:evaluate> | |
| var name = gs.getUser().getFirstName() | |
| if(name == ''){ | |
| <!–If there is no value for First Name, then query the sys_user table and get the user_name value –> | |
| var usr = new GlideRecord('sys_user'); | |
| usr.get(gs.getUserID()); | |
| name = usr.user_name.getDisplayValue() | |
| } | |
| if(name == ''){ | |
| name ="empty"; | |
| } | |
| </g:evaluate> | |
| <!– Wrap the actual value however you choose (i.e. H3 or p tags) –> | |
| <div class="user_name"> | |
| ${name} | |
| </div> |