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ServiceNow GlideRecord Mark Read-Only | ServiceNow GlideRecord Tips and Tricks

Amit Gujarathi — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:09:23 GMT

ServiceNow GlideRecord Mark Read-Only | ServiceNow GlideRecord Tips and Tricks

Re: ServiceNow GlideRecord Mark Read-Only | ServiceNow GlideRecord Tips and Tricks

Manal AQUIL — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:13:56 GMT

This is interesting, thanks for sharing @Amit Gujarathi

I have mostly used GlideRecord objects to update the value in the record . If possible can you share a business case where just we don't want to update record and just want the record value..

Moreover, thanks again.

Happy to learn something new !

Re: ServiceNow GlideRecord Mark Read-Only | ServiceNow GlideRecord Tips and Tricks

Amit Gujarathi — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:02:35 GMT

Hi Manal,

There are couple of use case which I can think of wherever we want to restrict it the Glide Record object.

Lets consider a simple scenario where I have custom table which holds the configurations and script which is required in order to drive certain logic in my scripted rest API.

So I have created a function which will expose the Glide record for configuration which then can be used to drive further logic based on the Glide Record information.

Now this Glide Record is vulnerable to the updates if any one updates the configuration by mistake.

So I will make the Glide Record read only so that they can access the information to drive the process but cannot update the base configuration which makes it error prone.

Hope it answers your question.

Regards,

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