Fix script to change group names

mariasilva
Tera Contributor

‎04-17-2025 01:28 PM

Hello everyone, I need to remove the word SQUAD or squad, from the beginning of the name of 41 groups in the ServiceNow production environment. I need to run it through a fix script to register the change, but I have never used a fix script. Could someone help me, please?

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Sandeep Rajput
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‎04-17-2025 05:41 PM

@mariasilva Here is the script which looks for the keyword Squad at the beginning of the group name and updates it.

 

var gr = new GlideRecord('sys_user_group');
gr.addEncodedQuery('nameSTARTSWITHSQUAD^ORnameSTARTSWITHsquad'); // Case-insensitive check
gr.query();

while (gr.next()) {
    var originalName = gr.name.toString();
    var newName = originalName.replace(/^squad\s+/i, ''); // Removes "squad " or "SQUAD " from the start

    if (newName !== originalName) {
        gs.info('Renaming group: ' + originalName + ' -> ' + newName);
        gr.name = newName;
        gr.update();
    }
}

Caution: Although I tested this script and it works as intended but I recommend you to run this script in a sandbox instance first to verify the changes.

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