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+# ServiceNow Background Script — Outstanding Incidents Before Current Month (JSON Output)
+
+This background script retrieves all "active" incidents created before the start of the current month, and outputs the results in JSON format.
+
+It is useful for reporting involving aging incident records.
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+var result = [];
+    var gr = new GlideRecord('incident');
+    gr.addQuery('active', true);
+    var startOfMonth = new GlideDateTime();
+    startOfMonth.setDisplayValue(gs.beginningOfThisMonth());
+    gr.addQuery('sys_created_on', '<', startOfMonth);
+
+    gr.query();
+
+    while (gr.next()) {
+        result.push({
+            number: gr.getValue('number'),
+            short_description: gr.getValue('short_description'),
+            assigned_to: gr.getDisplayValue('assigned_to'),
+            sys_created_on: gr.getDisplayValue('sys_created_on'),
+            state: gr.getDisplayValue('state')
+        });
+    }
+
+    var output = {
+        total_count: result.length,
+        generated_on: gs.nowDateTime(),
+        outstanding_incidents: result
+    };
+
+    gs.print(JSON.stringify(output,null,2));