Create removeSpaces.js

Created the js file that contains the logic to clear extra spaces

Author: JohanDC-1999

Specialized Areas/Fix scripts/Remove extra spaces/removeSpaces.js

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+/**
+ * Fix Script: Remove Extra Spaces from a Field
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * This script removes leading/trailing spaces and collapses multiple
+ * consecutive spaces into a single space for a specified field on a specified table.
+ *
+ * INSTRUCTIONS:
+ * 1. Update the tableName and fieldName with the table and field you want to remove spaces from, usually fieldName will be name or short_description
+ * 2. Set 'processRecords' to false for a preview, set to true to do the updates
+ */
+
+(function () {
+    // Set to true to perform the update, false to just preview the changes
+    var processRecords = false;
+
+    var tableName = 'incident'; // Add your table name
+    var fieldName = 'short_description'; // Add the field that might contain leading spaces
+
+    var recordsUpdated = 0;
+
+    if (gs.nil(tableName) || gs.nil(fieldName)) {
+        gs.print('Please set the table and field name');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    gs.info('Starting space removal process for table: [' + tableName + '], field: [' + fieldName + ']');
+    gs.info('Run mode: ' + (processRecords ? 'UPDATE' : 'PREVIEW'));
+
+    try {
+        var gr = new GlideRecord(tableName);
+        // Only query records where the target field is not empty
+        gr.addNotNullQuery(fieldName);
+        gr.query();
+
+        while (gr.next()) {
+            var originalValue = gr.getValue(fieldName);
+
+            // Replace all occurrences of 2 or more spaces with a single space and trim leading/trailing whitespace
+            var cleanedValue = originalValue.replace(/\s\s+/g, ' ').trim();
+
+            // Check if the value has actually changed
+            if (originalValue !== cleanedValue) {
+                gs.print('Record sys_id: ' + gr.getUniqueValue() + ' (Number: ' + gr.getDisplayValue('number') + ')\n' +
+                    '---> Original: "' + originalValue + '"\n' +
+                    '---> Cleaned:  "' + cleanedValue + '"\n'
+                );
+
+                if (processRecords) {
+                    gr.setValue(fieldName, cleanedValue);
+                    gr.setWorkflow(false);
+                    gr.autoSysFields(false);
+                    gr.update();
+                    recordsUpdated++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        gs.print('Space removal process finished.');
+        if (processRecords) {
+            gs.info(recordsUpdated + ' records were updated.');
+        } else {
+            gs.print('This was a PREVIEW run. No records were updated. To apply changes, set the "processRecords" variable to true.');
+        }
+
+    } catch (e) {
+        gs.error('An error occurred during the space removal script: ' + e.message);
+    }
+})();