Can you update a gliderecord and ignore/override data policies?

[howard8]

Hi,

I would like to update a GlideRecord with a business rule but a data policy is intercepting the update because I am not populating a mandatory field.   The logic of the update is correct through, my question is: Can you update a glide record and ignore/override data policies? I have tried setWorkflow, autoSysFields and setForceUpdate (in the example below) but they don't override a data policy.

//Force an update to all User records without changing field values
var gr = new GlideRecord('sys_user');
gr.query();
while (gr.next()) {
     gr.setWorkflow(false); //Do not run business rules
     gr.autoSysFields(false); //Do not update system fields
     gr.setForceUpdate(true); //Force the update
     gr.update();
}

The instance I am working on had all of it's UI policies converted data policies but they were only designed with what the user can do, in mind. They are now preventing backend scripts from doing their job.   I know I could go and modify each other them as an option, but from a technical stand point, I'd really like to know if they can just be ignored somehow.

Anyone done this before?

[Anurag Tripathi]

Hi Howard,

I don't think it is possible

gr.setForceUpdate //has a different meaning, it wont help you to ignore data policies

[roy_dreijling]

setUseEngines does not(no longer)   disable data policies.

gr.setUseEngines(false)

[Nithin21]

As setUseEngines is no longer helpful for data policies, Is there an alternative ?

[Meenal Gharat]

Hi Nithin,

Did you found the alterative for setUseEngines function ?

looking for the alternative

Thanks and regards,

Meenal