Use existing request number with cart.placeOrder()

[David247]

Greetings,

I need to be able to add a new request item to an existing request using cart.placeOrder().

My below code creates a new requested item, I just need to know how not to create a new request but use an old request number.

Thanks

var aryReqItems = ["RITM0231245", "RITM0231246"];
aryReqItems.forEach(function(item, index) {
    var grReqItem = new GlideRecord("sc_req_item");
    if (grReqItem.get("number", item)){
		var cartId = GlideGuid.generate(null);
		var cart = new Cart(cartId);
		var itemVar = cart.addItem("c26049d7db7fd740768834cc7c961918");
				
		for (var varName in grReqItem.variables) { // Get and set all variable values from the old req item for the new one.
			if (grReqItem.variables.hasOwnProperty(varName) ){
				var varValue = grReqItem.variables[varName];
				//gs.info(varName + ':' + variable);
				cart.setVariable(itemVar, varName, varValue);
			}
		}
		
		var rc = cart.placeOrder();
		
	}
});

[David247]

What about deleting the old flow context and running something like this to create a new workflow for the original requested item? I tried this after deleting the old flow context and feeding that RITM info and a new flow was not created.

I tried both of these, the first one runs without error but no flow is created. The 2nd one has an error.

var grScReq = new GlideRecord('sc_req_item'); 
if(grScReq.get('number', 'RITM0231141')){
	try {
		var inputs = {};
		inputs['table_name'] = 'sc_req_item';
		inputs['request_item'] = grScReq; // GlideRecord of table: sc_req_item

		var result = sn_fd.FlowAPI.getRunner().flow('hardware_request').inBackground().withInputs(inputs).run();
		var outputs = result.getOutputs();

	} catch (ex) {
		var message = ex.getMessage();
		gs.error(message);
	}
}

var grScReq = new GlideRecord('sc_req_item'); 
if(grScReq.get('number', 'RITM0231141')){
	try { 
          var inputs = {}; 
          inputs['current'] = grScReq; // GlideRecord of table: 
          inputs['table_name'] = 'sc_req_item'; 

          // Starts the flow asynchronously.
          var contextId = sn_fd.FlowAPI.startFlow('global.hardware_request', inputs); 

    } catch (ex) { 
          var message = ex.getMessage(); 
          gs.error(message); 
    }
}	

The second query throws this error:

** Script: The inputs provided to the flow: Hardware Request within application scope: global are incorrect, please refer to the definition: no thrown error