Sample scripts from the change events business rule

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Several scripts are found in the baseline change events business rule.

This business rule defines events that fire after a change request is inserted or updated.

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if (current.operation() == 'insert') { gs.eventQueue("change.inserted", current, gs.getUserID(), gs.getUserName());} if (current.operation() == 'update') { gs.eventQueue("change.updated", current, gs.getUserID(), gs.getUserName());} if (!current.assigned_to.nil() && current.assigned_to.changes()) {  gs.eventQueue("change.assigned", current, current.assigned_to.getDisplayValue() , previous.assigned_to.getDisplayValue());} if (current.priority.changes() && current.priority == 1) {  gs.eventQueue("change.priority.1", current, current.priority, previous.priority);} if (current.risk.changes() && current.risk== 1) {  gs.eventQueue("change.risk.1", current, current.risk, previous.risk); } if (current.start_date.changes() || current.end_date.changes() || current.assigned_to.changes()) {    if (!current.start_date.nil() && !current.end_date.nil() && !current.assigned_to.nil()) {    gs.eventQueue("change.calendar.notify", current, current.assigned_to, previous.assigned_to);  }   // Remove from previous assigned to, due to assigned_to changing  if (!previous.assigned_to.nil()) {      if (!current.assigned_to.nil() && current.assigned_to.changes() &&          (!previous.start_date.nil() && !previous.end_date.nil())) {              gs.eventQueue("change.calendar.notify.remove", current, current.assigned_to, previous.assigned_to);      }   }  // Remove old calendar from current assigned to, due to date changing  else if (!current.assigned_to.nil()) {     if ((current.start_date.changes() && !previous.start_date.nil()) ||          (current.end_date.changes() && !previous.end_date.nil())) {       gs.eventQueue("change.calendar.notify.remove", current, current.assigned_to, current.assigned_to);     }   }}

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