Automate an annual ticket on the incident table for the 1st of April every year with an attachment

[Abu5]

Hi, I have a requirement whereby I need to create an annual record on the incident with an attachment for a particular day for example the 1st of April. What is the best way to achieve, any examples would really help too.

Thank you in advance

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

HI @Abu5 

You can do this via Flow Designer. or via schedule job as well. But i will recommend for Flow, as it is low code.

[Abu5]

Hi @Dr Atul G- LNG 

Thank you for your prompt reply. I have attempted this using a flow however I cannot set a date. I need a start date of 1st of April then every 1st of April after that. I believe the trigger "repeat" uses todays date. 

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

Hi @Abu5 

Yes, there is no way to fix that, either you can put day 365 and then it work or every year change or use the run once and with fix date. 

[adittyaavar]

Hello Abu

Follow below process to accomplish your requirement:

- Create a subflow and publish it
- Create a scheduled job which runs 'Monthly' and Day '1'.
- To ensure it only runs on 1st April use this for the Condition:

var answer = false;

var now = new GlideDateTime();

if(now.getMonth == 4){

answer = true;

}

answer;

- Use this script:

var inputs = {};
var contextId = sn_fd.FlowAPI.startSubflow('global.subflow_name', inputs);

**If this resolves your issue please don't forget to make this reply correct and helpful**

Thanks,

Adittyaa