From 37ae92b0a609b025983339570aa65ad162956f69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: niamccash <39105458+niamccash@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 15:16:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Create run-scheduled-job.js

Adding the code
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 .../Run a Scheduled Job/run-scheduled-job.js           | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/run-scheduled-job.js

diff --git a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/run-scheduled-job.js b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/run-scheduled-job.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..214e57e1fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/run-scheduled-job.js	
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+ // Generic/parent scheduled job table = sysauto
+ var grScheduledJob = new GlideRecord("sysauto");
+ if (grScheduledJob.get(sys_id)) {
+	// In order to run the job successfully, we need the more specific
+	// child table name of the scheduled job (eg. sysauto_script)
+     var classname = grScheduledJob.getValue('sys_class_name');
+     var scheduledJob = new GlideRecord(classname);
+     if (scheduledJob.get(sys_id))
+         gs.executeNow(scheduledJob);
+ }

From 9cb2bf3086e6046535d9cd95338b9ffdcbea8409 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: niamccash <39105458+niamccash@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 15:20:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Create README.md

Added readme file
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 .../Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/README.md             | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/README.md

diff --git a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/README.md b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28da44f8d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/README.md	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+A script to run an existing Scheduled Job programmatically. Can be used as Background script, in a Script Include or anywhere a server side script is available.

From 069989a7cfd663378f78fe60296994be5ca77b5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: niamccash <39105458+niamccash@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 15:25:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update README.md

Added instructions to readme
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 .../Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/README.md             | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/README.md b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/README.md
index 28da44f8d8..df35aab23b 100644
--- a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/README.md	
+++ b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Run a Scheduled Job/README.md	
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 A script to run an existing Scheduled Job programmatically. Can be used as Background script, in a Script Include or anywhere a server side script is available.
+Replace `sys_id` with the Sys ID of the Scheduled Job to be run.