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

    function String() {
      "[native code for String.String, arity=1]"
    }

• SNRegExp

    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