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03-15-2016 05:10 PM
My goal is to be able to come up with an incident report for each user where I can see incidents that they have modified in the last 48 hours. Problem is with the current incident fields this doesn't seem possible. You can search on an updated last 48 hours filter, however the updated by will always be the latest user to update an incident so if a different user touched the incident before that there doesn't seem to be a way to accomplish this in an incident report. I was thinking of doing a report on the audit table, or even just running a script that pulls the data, but trying to query sys_audit in any fashion seems to be a horrible idea and I have to cancel the transaction before it just endlessly runs.
Does anyone know of a way to grab the data I am looking for here? Is sys_audit my only option?
Best regards,
Brian
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03-16-2016 06:13 AM
Definitely reporting on sys_audit is almost impossible, but you can use Metrics to get your answers. There is a little setup involved, but it works nice.
Step 1: create new Metric, on Incident table, with Type Script Calculation but leave Script area blank. Field doesn't matter but note sys_id of new Metric.
Step 2: create a before business rule on Incident table like below
Step 3: add the following script in the advanced section of your BR. Update the 2 sys_ids of var MetricSysID to match your Metric from Step 1
{
//sys id of the metric definition
var metricSysID = '3c9eb5770f4a9600c2498f8ce1050ea5';
var mi= new GlideRecord('metric_instance');
mi.addQuery('id',current.sys_id);
mi.addQuery('definition',metricSysID);
mi.query();
//if mi.next will insert another if exists.
//if !mi.next, will insert new entry
if(!mi.next()){
insertMetrics();
}
// since !mi.next inserts new, this will insert updates.
else if(current.active == true && current.operation() == 'update'){
insertMetrics();
}
}
function insertMetrics() {
var mi= new GlideRecord('metric_instance');
//sys id of the metric definition
var metricSysID = '3c9eb5770f4a9600c2498f8ce1050ea5';
mi.initialize();
mi.definition = metricSysID;
mi.start = previous.sys_updated_on;
mi.end = gs.nowDateTime();
mi.duration = gs.dateDiff(mi.start, mi.end);
mi.id = current.sys_id;
mi.value = gs.getUser().name;
mi.calculation_complete = true;
mi.insert();
}
gs.log('Metric trigger');
Step 4: (last one) Build a report of the newly captured data. (Doesn't not work on existing data, just new data after this is implemented
It might seem like a lot but screen shots are better than a bunch of words!
I use this all the time.
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08-24-2020 08:12 AM
Hello
I am trying to use this solution for HR case management. Can I use it there?

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01-26-2022 09:51 PM
The way we do this is using the time_worked table.
Add the Time worked field (is a timer that ticks while the ticket is open) and it adds an entry in the Time Worked table everytime someone clicks "Save" on the ticket.
NOTE: timer fields are not currently supported iin Agent Workspace but we hacked the save button action to add a second every time they click save for in there.
https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/rome-platform-administration/page/administer/time/concept/c_TimeWorked.html
And that is how we can answer those "Who has updated this ticket" or "How many tickets has my team updated" type questions for reports