I need a way to apply a template to change record in background with template sys_id rather than template Name

[sanju41]

Example :   var ga= new GlideRecord("change_request");

                                  ga.applyTemplate("Name of template") ;

                                  ga.insert();

            I need a way to apply template with sys_id of template rather than template name

[Michael Ritchie · Accepted solution]

It's undocumented, but I have seen this code in Event Managemt business rule where you can apply a template via SysId using the following syntax:

GlideTemplate.get(template.sys_id).apply(GlideRecord)

Set the Sys_ID in the first parameter and the record you want to apply it to in the apply function. This has saved me a headache or two in the recent past.

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