Business Rule to update the field with current date and time

[Sumedh Gajbhiye]

Hello Guys,

When ever a record gets inserted on incident table a datetime field is populated with current date and time.

I have a field on the incident form which has type date/time.

For that I have created the Before Business rule of insert type. Below is my code:-

// Add your code here
var dateTime = new GlideDateTime();
current.setValue('u_request_received_date',dateTime);
current.update();

Now I don't want to use current.update() method. And if I remove this, it does not work. 

Please help me with this one 😞 

Note: I need to use only Business Rule.

[Sagar Pagar]

Hi,

Try this in your before business rule with-out current.update();

current.u_request_received_date = gs.nowDateTime();

Thanks,

Sagar Pagar

[Sumedh Gajbhiye]

@Sagar Pagar Tried this one... but doesn't work.

[Sagar Pagar]

Hi,

Have you verified by creating a new Record and submit/save it. The script is fine. It should work.

Note - No need to use of current.update(); in before business rule. Its not a best practice, it will goes into recursion.

Thanks,
Sagar Pagar

[Ankur Bawiskar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

If you use before insert business rule which you are already using then no need of current.update();

Regards
Ankur