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BiswaRanjanRout
Tera Contributor

For high-performance processing, which is preferred: Business Rules or Script Includes?

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KanteS
Tera Contributor

Hi @BiswaRanjanRout ,

 

Based on my understanding, for high-performance processing in ServiceNow, Script Includes are generally preferred for implementing reusable and complex logic, as they execute only when explicitly called and can be reused across multiple components.

Business Rules, on the other hand, are best used as trigger points for specific database events (insert, update, delete) and should remain lightweight, typically delegating heavy processing to Script Includes.

This approach helps improve performance, maintainability, and scalability.

Hope this helps.

AndersBGS
Tera Patron
Tera Patron

Hi @BiswaRanjanRout 

 

It really depends on which business logic that you need to run and how comprehensive your script are. Both script include and business rules run server side, so from a processing standpoint it would be the same.

 

 

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