Business rule current.field not working

[Bob Bobberson]

For a business rule why does current.field = "any string" not actually update the field to that string even if a condition is met.

Here is my script, I have debugged it and it reaches current.u_empty = "false"; but it does not actually set the value to "false" it just leaves it at undefined.

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {
	
	var gr = new GlideRecord("cmdb_ci_business_app");
	
	gr.query();
	
	while(gr.next()) {
		
		var fields = gr.getFields();
		
		for(var i = 0; i < fields.size(); i++) {
			
			var ge = fields.get(i);
			
			if(ge.nil()) {

				current.u_empty = "true";
				break;

			} else {

				current.u_empty = "false";
			
			}
		}
	}
})(current, previous);

[Bob Bobberson]

I changed var descriptor = gr.getED() to var descriptor = ge.getED() and it works it skips all the sys_ fields, but current.setValue("u_new", false); is not changing the value to false. I tried debugging again to see what the issue was but all the fields it iterated through were filled and there was nothing undefined.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi,

If it was already false then it won't have any impact

Regards
Ankur

[Bob Bobberson]

The record was first true because there were empty fields but then when I fill out the fields it does not change back to false.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi,

if you fill out the fields with values it won't go inside the if since it is checking for nil

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {

    var gr = new GlideRecord("cmdb_ci_business_app");
    //no need for any specific filters here.
    gr.query();
    while(gr.next()) {

        var fields = gr.getFields();
        for(var i = 0; i < fields.size() - 1; i++) {
            var ge = fields.get(i);
            var descriptor = gr.getED();
            var fieldName = descriptor.getName();

            var fieldValue = gr[fieldName].getDisplayValue();
            if(!fieldName.startsWith('sys')){
                if(fieldValue.nil()) {
                    current.setValue('u_new', true);
                    break;
                } else {
                    current.setValue('u_new', false);
                }
            }
        }
    }

})(current, previous);

Regards
Ankur

[Bob Bobberson]

wouldnt it go to the else statement if the fields are not null? Once I fill out all the fields it goes to the else statement but it does not set the value to false it keeps it at true.