Update Prevent_unnecessary_notifications_from_being_sent_out.js

updated to updateMultiple()

Author: koratalas

Background Scripts/Prevent unnecessary notifications from being sent out/Prevent_unnecessary_notifications_from_being_sent_out.js

@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-// Create a GlideRecord object for the 'sys_email' table
 var emailGR = new GlideRecord('sys_email');
 
-// Query for the emails you want to ignore (adjust the query as needed)
-emailGR.addQuery('state', 'ready'); // only those mails which are ready to send
-emailGR.addEncodedQuery("sys_created_onONToday@javascript:gs.beginningOfToday()@javascript:gs.endOfToday()"); // Optional query to set timeline if not required we can comment this.
-emailGR.query();
+// Query for the emails you want to ignore
+emailGR.addQuery('state', 'ready'); // Only emails that are ready to send
+emailGR.addEncodedQuery("sys_created_onONToday@javascript:gs.beginningOfToday()@javascript:gs.endOfToday()"); // Optional timeline filter
 
-// Loop through the results and mark them as 'Ignored'
-while (emailGR.next()) {
-    emailGR.state = "ignored"; //setting state to "ignored"
-    emailGR.type = 'send-ignored'; // Set the type to 'ignored'
-    emailGR.updateMultiple(); // Save the changes
-}
+// Set the fields to ignore and update all matching records at once
+emailGR.setValue('state', 'ignored'); // Set state to "ignored"
+emailGR.setValue('type', 'send-ignored'); // Set type to 'send-ignored'
+emailGR.updateMultiple(); // Bulk update all matching records
 
 gs.info('All relevant emails have been marked as ignored.');