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ā03-25-2025 06:43 AM
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to create a Business Rule in ServiceNow that prevents users without the itil_admin role from changing the state of an incident to "Resolved". I've written the following script, but I'm encountering the error message "Invalid update" and can't figure out what's wrong.
Here is the code I'm using:
(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {
// Debug logs to check the current state and user roles
gs.log('Current state: ' + current.state);
gs.log('User roles: ' + gs.getUser().getRoles());
if (!gs.hasRole('itil_admin') && current.state.changesTo(4)) {
gs.addErrorMessage('You do not have the correct role to set the state to Resolved.');
current.setAbortAction(true); // Block the update action
}
})(current, previous);
My goal is to display an error message when a user without the itil_admin role attempts to set the incident state to "Resolved" and block the update action. However, the user is still able to update the incident to "Resolved", and the requested error message appears along with another message saying "Invalid update".
Does anyone have suggestions on what might be causing the "Invalid update" error or how to improve this script?
Thanks in advance for your help
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ā03-26-2025 08:34 AM - edited ā03-26-2025 08:35 AM
Hello @AlfonsoP, can you please change your if condition as follows and then try?
if (!gs.hasRole('itil_admin') && current.state.changesTo(6)) {
gs.addErrorMessage('You do not have the correct role to set the state to Resolved.');
current.setAbortAction(true); // Block the update action
}
a few points to consider:
- it should be before business rule
- invalid update message is outcome of setAbortAction(true); its alright if you get this message on screen
- since OOB Resolve UI action marks State filed to Resolved as soon as its pressed, user's will notice the value of State filed as Resolved on the screen even though Incident is failed to update successfully. users will have to refresh the page manually to see original/older value
- The page can't be refreshed automatically, if required, using BR now as setRedirect doesn't work with setAbortAction š
- If its really require to refresh then you may have to write Client Script additionally
I hope the above will help you write the script...
Regards,
Nishant
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ā03-27-2025 08:16 PM
your business rule should be before update to abort and it will always show that Invalid update message
yes whatever message is shown using gs.addErrorMessage() will show along with Invalid update
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ā04-01-2025 12:41 AM
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ā04-01-2025 07:31 AM
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