How to get action name in a Business Rule (Server Side script)

[harinalamalapu]

I know 'g_form.getActionName()' can be used in client-side script to identify the action name, what is the equivalent command on a server-side script ? I will need to identify the action that triggered the business rule to add a condition (on the business rule condition field or the script) based on that.

[Pradeep Sharma]

Got it. Please refer the below thread here.

http://www.servicenowguru.com/scripting/client-scripts-scripting/identifying-ui-action-clicked-submi...

[harinalamalapu]

Hi Pradeep, Looks like the link you shared to identify the action name is for Client Scripts. But I will need something like that on a Business Rule. Please take a look at the context below to better understand my requirement :

I am implementing a Business Rule as in the question - Point Create New to Record Producer. I am trying to add some logic in the business rule such that 'Copy Change' doesn't get redirected to Record Producer. So I am basically trying to identify the button/link behind the trigger.

[Pradeep Sharma]

In the thread I referred, did you get a chance to look the section

Identifying the action name in a business rule

[harinalamalapu]

Yes Pradeep, I referred to that and noticed 'action.getActionName()' used to be an option in Business Rule but it has been removed by Service Now. Am I missing something that helps my problem from the article ?

[icerge]

Unless, there is a better option, you can achieve it by treating "current" GlideRecord object as a javascript object. Set a temporary (i.e. runtime) attribute of "current" object and read it in a business rule.

UI Action:

...

current.t_source_ui_action = "copy_change";

current.update();

...

Business rule run condition:

current.t_source_ui_action == "copy_change";