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title: Script methods
description: ServiceNow provides four methods for creating the audit script.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\)
classification: configuration-management-database-cmdb
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Scripted audits, CMDB Compliance, Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\), Configuration Management, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
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# Script methods

ServiceNow provides four methods for creating the audit script.

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Name

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Description

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Parameters

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getFilterRecords

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public GlideRecord getFilterRecords\(String filterId\)

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filterID: The sys\_id of the filter to use.

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logAuditResultPass

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public void logAuditResultPass\(String auditId, String auditedRecordId, boolean isCI, String domainToUse\)

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auditId: Sys\_id of audit record executed

 auditedRecordId: Sys\_id of the record audited.

 isCI: True, if the audited record is a CI, false if otherwise.

 domainToUse: Sys\_domain of the cert\_audit record.

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logAuditResultFail

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public void logAuditResultFail\(String auditId, String auditedRecordId, String followOnTask, String columnDisplayName, String operatorLabel, String desiredValue, String discrepancyValue, boolean isCI, String domainToUse\)

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auditId: Sys\_id of audit record executed.

 auditedRecordId: Sys\_id of the record audited.

 followOnTask: Sys\_id of the follow-on task associated with the audited record and can be an empty string.

 columnDisplayName: Label of the column audited. For example, Disk space \(GB\).

 operatorLabel: Label of the operator used to audit the column. For example, is not empty or greater than can be the label.

 desiredValue: Desired value of the column.

 discrepancyValue: Discrepancy value.

 isCI: True, if the audited record is a CI, false if otherwise.

 domainToUse: Sys\_domain of the cert\_audit record.

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createFollowOnTask\(\)

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public String createFollowOnTask\(String auditId, String ciId, String assignedTo, String assignmentGroup, String shortDescr\)

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auditId: Sys\_id of the audit record executed.

 ciId: Sys\_id of the configuration item. This string is empty when the table is not extended from the cmdb\_ci table.

 assignedTo: Sys\_id of the assigned user of the task. This string can be empty.

 assignmentGroup: Sys\_id of the group the task is assigned to. This string can be empty.

 shortDescr: The text to use for the short description of the follow-on task.

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