Create script.js

Author: naveensnow

Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/script.js

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+/**
+ * Copies specified fields from a source record to a newly created target record,
+ * validating all fields before performing the insert operation.
+ *
+ * @param {string} sourceTable - The name of the source table.
+ * @param {string} sourceId - The sys_id of the source record.
+ * @param {string} targetTable - The name of the target table.
+ * @param {string[]} fields - An array of field names to copy.
+ * @returns {string|null} The sys_id of the newly created target record, or null on failure.
+ */
+function copyFieldsValidated(sourceTable, sourceId, targetTable, fields) {
+    var src = new GlideRecord(sourceTable);
+    if (!src.get(sourceId)) {
+        gs.error("Source record not found in " + sourceTable + " with sys_id: " + sourceId);
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    var tgt = new GlideRecord(targetTable);
+    tgt.initialize();
+    var allFieldsAreValid = true;
+    // First, validate all fields before doing any work
+    fields.forEach(function(f) {
+        if (!src.isValidField(f) || !tgt.isValidField(f)) {
+            gs.warn("Field [" + f + "] is not valid in both " + sourceTable + " and " + targetTable + ". Aborting insert.");
+            allFieldsAreValid = false;
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Proceed with copying and inserting only if all fields are valid
+    if (allFieldsAreValid) {
+        fields.forEach(function(f) {
+            tgt.setValue(f, src.getValue(f));
+        });
+        var newId = tgt.insert();
+        if (newId) {
+            gs.info("Record copied from " + sourceTable + " → " + targetTable + ". New sys_id: " + newId);
+            return newId;
+        } else {
+            gs.error("Failed to insert new record into " + targetTable);
+            return null;
+        }
+    } else {
+        gs.error("Aborting record insert due to invalid fields.");
+        return null;
+    }
+}