Working with background scripts

A background script is a place where you can test your server-side scripts, which is same as free text box. To access the background script, you should have a security_admin role with elevated privileges.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you should have an active Service-Now instance, valid credentials, and a security admin role.

How to do it...

1. Open any standard web browser and type the instance address.
2. On the left-hand side, type background in the search box and Service-Now will search the module for you.
3. Click on the Scripts-Background module under System Definition application, as shown here:

Background script module

4. Now you will be able to see the following screen, where you can place your code and click on the Run script button:

Run script

 

5. Service-Now has an inbuilt gs.print() function, which is used to view the output of the script and it also write an entry in a log file, but the gs.log () functions in write an entry in the system log and log file...