I was in the middle of restoring my PC and thought "I wonder if I can

view all the globally accessible things?"

Turns out, you can.

Object.keys(this).forEach(function(thing){
try {
  var type_of_thing = eval('typeof ' + thing);
  if(type_of_thing === 'object'){
    for(var prop in thing){
      gs.info('-: ' + prop);
    }
  }
  gs.info(thing + ': ' + eval('typeof ' + thing));
} catch(e) {
  gs.info('error',JSON.stringify(e));
}
});

In an out of box instance I get a big output. Alot of these are old

"Global Business Rules" but some are weird.

Globally available

• SNString
  javascript function String() { "[native code for String.String, arity=1]" }
• SNRegExp
  javascript function RegExp() { "[native code, arity=0]" }
• GlideArrayRecord
  
  • Seems to work just like GlideRecord.
• sys_meta
  
  • This is super interseting. sys_meta has a property for every
    table. sys_meta.sys_user has a property for every field.
    sys_meta.sys_user.date_format has then a property for the
    sys_dictionary record. The type is
    com.glide.script.FieldGlideDescriptor
• system
  
  • This is super interesting. This might be what UI Actions have
    available to them with the action variable. system has one
    JavaObject called action. system.action has many things.
    
  • canPop
    
  • canRunAction
    
  • enforceMandatoryOnUpdate
    
  • equals
    
  • get
    
  • getActionName
    
  • getActionSysId
    
  • getBody
    
  • getCategory
    
  • getClass
    
  • getCondition
    
  • getFromType
    
  • getGRList
    
  • getGlideURI
    
  • getGotoURL
    
  • getLabel
    
  • getName
    
  • getOnClick
    
  • getOnClickEscaped
    
  • getRedirectURL
    
  • getRef
    
  • getReturnURL
    
  • getRunAt
    
  • getTableName
    
  • getTarget
    
  • getType
    
  • getUniqueFieldValue
    
  • getValues
    
  • hashCode
    
  • isInsert
    
  • isNextRecord
    
  • isPreviousRecord
    
  • isRedirect
    
  • notify
    
  • notifyAll
    
  • openGlideRecord
    
  • process
    
  • setCategory
    
  • setFromType
    
  • setGRList
    
  • setGotoURL
    
  • setNoPop
    
  • setRedirectURL
    
  • setRequest
    
  • setReturnURL
    
  • setTarget
    
  • setType
    
  • setUniqueField
    
  • toString
    
  • wait()| Function | |
    
  • class| JavaObject | |
    
  • glideURI| JavaObject | "snd_xplore.do?" |
    
  • values| JavaObject | "{}" |
    
  • noPop| undefined | undefined |
    
  • request| undefined | undefined |
    
  • uniqueField| undefined | undefined |
    
  • actionSysId| null | null |
    
  • category| null | null |
    
  • redirectURL| null | null |
    
  • returnURL| null | null |
    
  • GRList
    
  • actionName
    
  • body
    
  • condition
    
  • fromType
    
  • gotoURL
    
  • insert
    
  • label
    
  • name
    
  • nextRecord
    
  • onClick
    
  • onClickEscaped
    
  • previousRecord
    
  • redirect
    
  • ref
    
  • runAt
    
  • tableName
    
  • target
    
  • type
    
  • uniqueFieldValue
• gs
  
  • gs seems to be a copy of the above
    (system.action)[#system]
• global SPECIAL
• GlideDBObjectManager SPECIAL
• GlideNumberManager SPECIAL
• getUsersForRoleDelegation
• getRoleDelegatorGroupOptions
• getRoleDelegatorOptions
• getMyRoleDelegationGroups
• getDelegatableRoles
• cmn_notif_device_listGetViewName
• cmn_notif_deviceGetViewName
• cxs_table_config_srch_as_fldGetChoices
• getBaseFilter
• getUserHomepages
• getRefColumnDictionary
• getMyRequestIDs
• closeChange
• closeProblem
• closeIncident
• closeRelatedTasks
• getStatsOptions
• dmn_demand_stageGetChoices
• getNextObjNumber
• saListCis
• getAllMembersOfMyGroups
• getGroupMembersGivenGroupID
• getGroupMembersGivenGroupName
• hasAccessToDocument
• global_simple_events
• global_events
• GetIDValue
• emailsToUsers
• getUserDashboards
• lastWeek
• nowDateTime
• now
• isAdvancedUI
• getWeekStart
• notifDeviceRefQual
• getGroupsInHierarchy
• getRelatedGroup
• getRelatedCI
• getRelatedRecords
• workflowTaskTemplateReferenceQualifier
• GetGroupFilter
• getDefaultDeliveryPlan
• getDisplayValueOf
• limitFieldLength
• v_field_editor_lengthGetChoices
• v_ws_field_editor_lengthGetChoices
• restrictCatItemsForGuides
• trim
• addChoiceType
• limitFieldType
• v_field_editor_typeGetChoices
• sys_userGetEmailAddress
• incidentGetCaller
• incident_listGetViewName
• incidentGetViewName
• padObjNumber
• getNextObjNumberPadded
• cmdbCIChildren
• getDefaultContentType
• sys_dictionary_elementCanWrite
• sys_dictionary_nameCanWrite
• getDictionaryEntry
• doesEntryFloat
• cmdb_rel_type_suggest_relationshipGetChoices
• rm_release_phase_ProcessFlowList
• idea_stageGetChoices
• rm_release_ProcessFlowList
• ProposedChangesExist
• sc_req_item_stage_DeliveryPlanChoices
• sc_req_item_stageGetChoices
• getKBMandatoryFields
• dmn_demand_ProcessFlowList
• GetReasonForChange
• cxs_table_field_config_fieldGetChoices
• getRoleListIds
• getRoledUsers
• addWFVariables
• addDefaultVariables
• addVariables
• addVariableSets
• wf_variables
• getPrimaryCompany
• getBannerSrc
• recurseImageParents
• getBannerText
• recurseParents
• getMyGroups
• deleteAllRecords
• getCurrencyFilter
• populatedFilterRefQual
• getLDAPSources
• isMandatoryNotification
• dynamicUserCreation
• sys_sg_master_item_tableGetChoices
• checkAllApprovers
• isApprovalMine
• getMyAssignments
• getMyApprovals
• getApplicableTemplates
• getMobileLayoutCatalogs
• sys_trigger_system_idGetChoices
• getDefaultKB
• checkForUnscheduled
• createProblem
• globalListen
• getGroupQualifier
• getDateFilterOptions
• historyRecordPresent
• recordHasUpdateXML
• areAllPreviewProblemsIgnored
• updateSetPreviewInstalled
• kbGetText
• kbWriteComment
• homeGetViewName
• sc_cat_itemGetViewName
• sc_req_itemGetViewName
• NumberManager

Available in Script Includes

If you define these in a script include it may cause an issue.

• CALLABLE_PREFIX
• gc
• getChars
• getDocument
• getName
• getParameter
• getRootElement
• getType
• getValue
• initialize
• newItem
• process
• request
• responseXML
• setAnswer
• setError
• type