Create a business rule for your service

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read ur-create-busrule-service.md

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Create a business rule on the service table to attach the newly created department ticket with a universal request.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

About this task

You can create a business rule for your service for any of the following reasons.

Provide a unified and simplified ticketing experience for your requester by configuring UR creation from all channels.
Enable agents to transfer the primary ticket to other departments if the original request was initially sent to the wrong department by the requester.
Facilitate cross-departmental reporting on the overall SLA if the ticket is transferred between departments.

Procedure

Navigate to All > System Definition > Business Rules.
Click New.
In the Name field, enter your business rule name.
Select your service table from the Table list.
Select Advanced.
On the When to run tab, in the When condition select after and select the insert check box.

This action specifies that the business rules should run after the insert or update.
On the Advanced tab, add your condition.

For example, add the below condition in the Condition field.

!current.universal_request.nil() && current.universal_request.primary_task.nil()
Enter the script in the Script field that you want to run when the defined condition is true.

For example, add the below script to attach the service ticket as a primary ticket for UR.

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) { var urUtilsApi = new sn_uni_req.UniversalRequestUtils(); urUtilsApi.attachPrimaryTicket(current.universal_request, current.getUniqueValue(),null,true); })(current, previous);
Click Update.

For more information on other fields of this form, see Create a business rule.

Parent Topic:Configure service to use Universal Request

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---
title: Create a business rule for your service
description: Create a business rule on the service table to attach the newly created department ticket with a universal request.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/universal-request-for-hr-service-delivery/ur-create-busrule-service.html
release: australia
product: Universal Request for HR Service Delivery
classification: universal-request-for-hr-service-delivery
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Configure service to use Universal Request, Setting up and configuring Universal Request, Universal Request, Employee Service Management]
---

# Create a business rule for your service

Create a business rule on the service table to attach the newly created department ticket with a universal request.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

You can create a business rule for your service for any of the following reasons.

- Provide a unified and simplified ticketing experience for your requester by configuring UR creation from all channels.
- Enable agents to transfer the primary ticket to other departments if the original request was initially sent to the wrong department by the requester.
- Facilitate cross-departmental reporting on the overall SLA if the ticket is transferred between departments.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to **All** &gt; **System Definition** &gt; **Business Rules**.

2. Click **New**.

3. In the **Name** field, enter your business rule name.

4. Select your service table from the **Table** list.

5. Select **Advanced**.

6. On the **When to run** tab, in the **When** condition select `after` and select the **insert** check box.

This action specifies that the business rules should run after the insert or update.

7. On the **Advanced** tab, add your condition.

For example, add the below condition in the **Condition** field.

`!current.universal_request.nil() && current.universal_request.primary_task.nil()`

8. Enter the script in the **Script** field that you want to run when the defined condition is true.

For example, add the below script to attach the service ticket as a primary ticket for UR.

`(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) { var urUtilsApi = new sn_uni_req.UniversalRequestUtils(); urUtilsApi.attachPrimaryTicket(current.universal_request, current.getUniqueValue(),null,true); })(current, previous);`

9. Click **Update**.

For more information on other fields of this form, see [Create a business rule](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/build-workflows/c_BusinessRules.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Configure service to use Universal Request](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/universal-request-for-hr-service-delivery/config-service-for-ur.md)