business rules is not working without current.update

[krishnaredd]

insert and update business rule not working without current.update syntax in servicenow

[Anurag Tripathi]

WHy cant you do the same in a Before BR?

[krishnaredd]

We tried this method also, but we are getting below error while we are performing update set scan activity on this BR.

Error: remove current.update line from BR

We tried the things as per ServiceNow suggested KB article also, but functionality is not working as expected.

https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0715782

[Anurag Tripathi]

You don't need current.update when you use before BR, you can just comment that one line and leave rest as is, it will work.

[armanoj]

Hi @krishnaredd ,

No need to use current.update(); in Business Rule for before -Insert/update the current record.

so, to update the current record field then

first check the condition then,

current.field_name=' update the value'; // backend value to the variable or create a sys_properties hardcode value there and call ,  and assign to the current field.

[yuvarajkate]

Instead of using current.update(), you can directly use current.setValue() to modify fields in the current record. 

javascript

current.setValue('field_name', 'value');

This avoids the need for current.update() and achieves the required result while preventing potential recursion or performance issues.