Background scripts (#1091)

* Bulk Update Function - Use the code/function to bulk change some fields in any tables in your background script and in any other serverside scripts.

* Bulk Delete Function - Use the code/function to bulk-deletes records from multiple tables based on provided encoded queries.

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Co-authored-by: Templeton Tsai <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Carlos Camacho Junior <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

Background Scripts/Bulk Delete Records in Multiple Tables with Conditions/BulkDeleteRecordsMultipleTablesWithConditions.js

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+/**
+ * Deletes records from multiple tables based on provided encoded queries.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} target - An object where each key is the name of a table and each value is an encoded query string.
+ *                          The function will delete all records matching the encoded query for each specified table.
+ *
+ * Example usage:
+ * bulkDelete({
+ *     'incident': 'priority=1^state=2',
+ *     'change_request': 'state=3^risk=high'
+ * });
+ * 
+ * This deletes all records in the 'incident' table where the priority is 1 and the state is 2,
+ * and all records in the 'change_request' table where the state is 3 and risk is 'high'.
+ */
+function bulkDelete(target) {
+
+    for (var table in target) {
+        if (target.hasOwnProperty(table)) {
+            var getRecord = new GlideRecord(table);
+            getRecord.addEncodedQuery(target[table]);
+            getRecord.query();
+            while (getRecord.next()) {
+                
+                getRecord.deleteRecord();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+

Background Scripts/Bulk Delete Records in Multiple Tables with Conditions/Readme.md

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+# Bulk Delete Function Documentation - Use the code/function to bulk-deletes records from multiple tables based on provided encoded queries.
+
+# Function: `bulkDelete(target)`
+
+Deletes records from multiple tables based on provided encoded queries.
+
+## Parameters
+
+- **`target`** (`Object`): An object where each key is the name of a table, and each value is an encoded query string. 
+  - The function will delete all records matching the encoded query for each specified table.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```javascript
+bulkDelete({
+    'incident': 'priority=1^state=2',
+    'change_request': 'state=3^risk=high'
+});
+```
+