Use current.update() ?

[JK1]

Hey experts!

I know that you should never ever use current.update() on a business rule as it does a really nasty recursion. But is that so for the rest of the stuff? I've seen on UI action current.update() . Is that okay or its a bad practice ?

Cheers,

Joro

[dvp]

You must use current.update() in ui action to update the fields

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi Georgi,

current.update() in UI actions is fine since you want the record to be updated with some new values in columns.

For business rule it should be avoided since business rule directly work on table and are designed to trigger and update the columns accordingly.

if you use current.update() in business rule then it may cause loop.

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Thanks

Ankur

[Patrick Schult2]

Current.update() is perfectly safe to use in any business rule that is not set to run Before - that is where the recursion will occur. Recursion is not a concern in UI actions or really other places besides a business rule.

If you are wanting to update the current record with a business rule, that's totally fine - you just need to run a Before Business Rule and not use current.update().

Read more about business rules and the order of operations here: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/istanbul-servicenow-platform/page/script/business-rules/reference...