create a incidents automatically on a specific date

[DavidPrice]

I would like to create a schedule that create a incident on a specific date.

from example 

08/07/2025

15/07/2025

08/08/2025

etc

I have created a template to create the incident.

I can get it working on the week/day etc. 

but can not see a why that I can type my own date's in for it to run 

[Sandeep Rajput]

@DavidPrice In this case you need to create a scripted schedule job with the following script.

(function executeScheduledJob() {
    // Define the specific dates (format: yyyy-MM-dd)
    var specificDates = [
        "2025-07-01",
        "2025-07-03",
        "2025-07-04",
        "2025-07-07",
        "2025-07-21"
    ];

    // Get today's date in yyyy-MM-dd format (UTC)
    var today = new GlideDate();
    var todayStr = today.getByFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

    // Check if today matches one of the specific dates
    if (specificDates.indexOf(todayStr) >= 0) {
        gs.info("Script executed on scheduled specific date: " + todayStr);

        // --- YOUR BUSINESS LOGIC GOES HERE ---
        // e.g., create record, trigger flow, clean data, etc.
        
    } else {
        gs.info(" Skipped execution: " + todayStr + " is not in the allowed date list.");
    }

})();

[DavidPrice]

Hi Tera
Thank for your help, I have had a goo at it but it is not working I think I must be missing a part 

// Define the list of allowed execution dates

var specificDates = [

    "2025-07-01",

    "2025-07-03",

    "2025-07-04",

    "2025-07-07",

    "2025-07-11"

];

// Get today's date in yyyy-MM-dd format

var today = new GlideDate();

var todayStr = today.getByFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

// Check if today is in the list

if (specificDates.indexOf(todayStr) >= 0) {

    // --- BUSINESS LOGIC: Create an incident using the "stagenow" template ---

    var gr = new GlideRecord('incident');

    gr.initialize();

    // Apply the 'stagenow' template (from sys_template)

    var template = new GlideTemplate();

    template.setTemplate('incident', 'stagenow'); // table name, template name

    template.apply(gr);

    // Insert the record

    var newSysId = gr.insert();

    // Log the result

    gs.info('✅ Incident created using template "stagenow". Number: ' + gr.number);

} else {

    // Log skipped execution

    gs.info(" Skipped execution: ' + todayStr + ' is not in the allowed date list.");

}

[Masthan Sharif]

Hi @DavidPrice ,

Hope you're doing well!

If you would like the scheduled job to run at specific dates like 08/07/2025 and 15/07/2025, you can use something like below in your scheduled job condition

var answer = false;
// Only run on your specified dates
var today = new GlideDateTime().getDate(); // e.g., "2025-07-07"
var datesToRun = [
  "2025-07-08",
  "2025-07-15",
  "2025-08-08"
  // add more dates here
];

if (datesToRun.indexOf(today) > -1) {
  // Run only on specified dates
  answer = true;
}

Best Regards,

Sharif

[DavidPrice]

I have a good at this script

but I am not getting any results

[AndersBGS]

Hi @DavidPrice ,

 why? why would you create an incident on specific date? what is the business case? An incident is something in PROD that worked yesterday but not today according to ITIL and best practice.