Application scopped dashboard widget fail to present data from UI pages. - Support and Troubleshooting

Application scopped dashboard widget fail to present data from UI pages. Issue  Symptoms Dashboard widget is unable to render UI page in application scope.

Cause The following function is not available in the application scope. getPreferences().get("uiPageName")

Resolution Use the following -- getPreference('uiPageName') like in the below snippet .

function sections() { return { 'widget_name': { 'uiPageName': 'UI_page_name' }, 'widget_name2': { 'uiPageName': 'UI_page_name' } }; }

function render() { var uiPageName = renderer.getPreference('uiPageName'); return renderer.getRenderedPage(uiPageName); }

function getEditLink() { var uiPageName = renderer.getPreference('uiPageName'); return 'sys_ui_page.do?sysparm_query=' + encodeURIComponent('name=' + uiPageName); }