How to detect keywords from email and set category and subcat in inbound email action in Incident?

[The Matrix]

Hi All,

I am working on a POC and need some guidance.

Is it possible to detect specific keywords in the email body and automatically set the Category and Subcategory of an Incident through an inbound email action? What would be the best approach to achieve this?

[pavani_paluri]

Hi @The Matrix ,

We can achieve this usning Inbound action. You can refere Solved: I want to set the category to the incident form fr... - ServiceNow Community

Also see below code for reference:

if (email.body_text.includes("database error")) {
current.category = "Applications";
current.subcategory = "Database";
}
else if (email.body_text.includes("network issue")) {
current.category = "Infrastructure";
current.subcategory = "Network";
}

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Kind Regards,

Pavani P

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@The Matrix 

yes why not

You can use RegEx or indexOf() to search that particular keyword and then set your category and subcategory

where are you stuck?

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[vaishali231]

hey @The Matrix 

Approach

Read the email subject and body.

Convert the content to lowercase to make keyword detection case-insensitive.

Check for specific keywords.

Set category and subcategory before the record is inserted.

This works well for a POC and keeps the logic simple.

Sample Inbound Email Action Script

(function runAction(/*GlideRecord*/ current,
/*GlideRecord*/ event,
/*EmailWrapper*/ email,
/*ScopedEmailLogger*/ logger,
/*EmailClassifier*/ classifier) {

// Combine subject and body for better matching
var body = (email.body_text || "").toLowerCase();
var subject = (email.subject || "").toLowerCase();
var content = body + " " + subject;

// Keyword-based categorization
if (content.indexOf("vpn") > -1) {
current.category = "network";
current.subcategory = "vpn";
}
else if (content.indexOf("outlook") > -1 || content.indexOf("email issue") > -1) {
current.category = "software";
current.subcategory = "email";
}
else if (content.indexOf("laptop") > -1) {
current.category = "hardware";
current.subcategory = "laptop";
}

})(current, event, email, logger, classifier);

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[vaishali231]

hey @The Matrix 

Hope you are doing well.

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