Create Business Rule

Triggers an event for a notification when someone is added to a list and parses their first name.

Author: TechnologistTim

Business Rules/Business Rule

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+A business rule to trigger an event on a notification when someone is added to a list. It also parses a user's first name.
+
+(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {
+
+    // Assuming you are getting the list of added users from the watchlist
+    var addedUsers = current.<list field name>.split(',');
+
+    // Loop through the added users to trigger the event for each
+    addedUsers.forEach(function(userID) {
+        // Get the user record to retrieve first name
+        var userGr = new GlideRecord('sys_user');
+        if (userGr.get(userID)) {
+                  
+            // Fire an event for each user with their first name
+            gs.eventQueue('<event name>’, current, userID, userGr.first_name);
+        }
+    });
+
+})(current, previous);