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IsNew Function

IsNew () as Boolean

Category: Logical
Description: This function is typically used in workflow rules, custom actions, and validation rules in the "Set Evaluation Criteria" section to determine if an object was just created or existed before the business rule ran.
Example #1

For a validation rule to allow only the Assigned To user to edit existing cases, the validation rule would look as follows: 

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Example 1:

IsNew()

Example 2:

IsNew($SYSID)

Supported Context: BusinessRules
Returned value as Boolean