— title: Example 3: Insert a record in an external source description: In this example, we create a script to insert an incident record into the external source. locale: en-US canonical_url: www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/remote-tables/remote-table-script-def-example3.html release: australia product: Remote Tables classification: remote-tables topic_type: reference last_updated: “2026-03-12” reading_time_minutes: 1

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Example 3: Insert a record in an external source

In this example, we create a script to insert an incident record into the external source.

For Remote Table API information, refer to:

• v_query – Scoped, Global

• v_record - Scoped, Global

• v_table – Scoped, Global

(function executeInsert(v_record) {
	var gr = new GlideRecord("incident");
	gr.setNewGuidValue(v_record.sys_id);

	delete v_record["sys_id"];
	gr.number = v_record.u_number;
	gr.short_description = v_record.u_short_description;
	if (!gr.insert()) {
		v_record.setLastErrorMessage("Error on insert: " + gr.getLastErrorMessage());
	}
})(v_record);

Parent Topic:Create script definitions for a remote table