From 072e48191ef94d8179d36173d1b91c25ab196b5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naveen Kumar <103413520+naveensnow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:39:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Create script.js

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 .../script.js                                 | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/script.js

diff --git a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/script.js b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/script.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4b86ddc49
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+++ b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/script.js	
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/**
+ * 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;
+    }
+}

From 2dd9b6c25c84f9a1c3d057a763a32072e83e0c5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naveen Kumar <103413520+naveensnow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:49:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Create README.md

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 .../README.md                                 | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/README.md

diff --git a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/README.md b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/README.md
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index 0000000000..1366452861
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+
+Script Usage :
+
+The function tables the parameters such as source table, source record sys_id, target table, fields that needs to be copied to target table.
+
+As a validation check, the fields from source table should be similar to target else abort inserting the record.
+
+
+Same Code to invoke the function: 
+copyFieldsValidated(
+    'dmn_demand',
+    '8c10306edbc00810f777526adc961976',
+    'pm_project',
+    ['name', 'short_description']   //will throw error since name field not common in both tables
+);
+
+
+copyFieldsValidated(
+    'dmn_demand',
+    '8c10306edbc00810f777526adc961976',
+    'pm_project',
+    ['short_description']   //Insert the record since short_description is common in both tables
+);

From 0044770745266807893a4183280d7e968bf26da0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naveen Kumar <103413520+naveensnow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:59:24 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update README.md

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 .../Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/README.md     | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/README.md b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/README.md
index 1366452861..030cebb637 100644
--- a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/README.md	
+++ b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Copy Field Values and Insert in Target Record/README.md	
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 Script Usage :
 
-The function tables the parameters such as source table, source record sys_id, target table, fields that needs to be copied to target table.
+This function takes the parameters such as source table, source record sys_id, target table, fields that needs to be copied to target table.
 
 As a validation check, the fields from source table should be similar to target else abort inserting the record.