How to access previous value of "state" field in workflow

[Roshani]

Hi All,

I have a workflow running on HR payroll table . I want to set the "state" field to its previous value . How can I write in workflow . Below code i am using now, its seems not working 

current.state = workflow.scratchpad.state;
current.update();

[Shivani Singh1]

Hi Roshani,

Simply use previous.state directly whenever you want to set it.

Please mark helpful & accept the solution if it solves the purpose.

[Roshani]

Hi Shivani ,

Please see below this is not working 

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Roshani 

you cannot access previous object in workflow

it only works in business rules

1) store the value before you update in workflow scratchpad and then use it

Regards
Ankur

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Roshani 

another option to get the previous value is using sys_audit table which stores the information

script help check below link

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=06d2e119db7323c0fece0b55ca96...

Regards
Ankur