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From: franks883 <frankee.lee@flyform.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:33:11 +0100
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+# Safe Bulk Update Runner (auto-throttled)
+
+## Use case
+Run large backfills/hygiene tasks without timeouts or instance impact. Instead of one risky long transaction, process records in chunks and automatically schedule the next slice.
+
+## Where to use it
+- Script Include invoked from Background Script, on-demand Scheduled Job, or Flow Action wrapper.
+
+## How it works
+- Queries a time-boxed chunk (e.g., 40 seconds, 500 rows).
+- Executes a caller-supplied per-record function.
+- Saves a checkpoint (`sys_id`) in a system property.
+- Uses `ScheduleOnce` to queue the next slice (no `gs.sleep`).
+
+## Configuration
+- Target table, encoded query, orderBy field (default `sys_id`)
+- Chunk size, max execution seconds
+- Property name for checkpoint

From 5b505f6114900bfba55ac9a690d02be529f883e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: franks883 <frankee.lee@flyform.com>
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+
+var SafeBulkUpdateRunner = Class.create();
+SafeBulkUpdateRunner.prototype = (function () {
+	var DEFAULTS = {
+		property_name: 'x_util.safe_bulk.last_id',
+		table: 'incident',
+		query: 'active=true',
+		order_by: 'sys_id',
+		chunk_size: 500,
+		max_seconds: 40 // keep under typical script timeout
+	};
+
+	function _propGet(name, fallback) { var v = gs.getProperty(name, ''); return v || fallback || ''; }
+	function _propSet(name, value) { gs.setProperty(name, value || ''); }
+	function _gt(field, sysId) { return sysId ? field + '>' + sysId : ''; }
+	function _now() { return new Date().getTime(); }
+	function _scheduleNext(scriptIncludeName, methodName, args) {
+		var so = new ScheduleOnce();
+		so.schedule(scriptIncludeName, methodName, JSON.stringify(args || {}));
+		gs.info('[SafeBulk] Scheduled next slice for ' + scriptIncludeName + '.' + methodName);
+	}
+
+	return {
+		initialize: function () {},
+
+		/**
+		 * Run one slice then schedule the next.
+		 * @param {Object} cfg
+		 * @param {Function} perRecordFn function(gr) -> void
+		 */
+		runSlice: function (cfg, perRecordFn) {
+			var c = Object.assign({}, DEFAULTS, cfg || {});
+			if (typeof perRecordFn !== 'function') throw new Error('perRecordFn is required.');
+
+			var start = _now();
+			var lastId = _propGet(c.property_name, '');
+
+			var gr = new GlideRecord(c.table);
+			gr.addEncodedQuery(c.query);
+			if (lastId) gr.addEncodedQuery(_gt(c.order_by, lastId));
+			gr.orderBy(c.order_by);
+			gr.setLimit(c.chunk_size);
+			gr.query();
+
+			var processed = 0;
+			while (gr.next()) {
+				perRecordFn(gr);
+				lastId = String(gr.getUniqueValue());
+				processed++;
+
+				if ((_now() - start) / 1000 >= c.max_seconds) {
+					gs.info('[SafeBulk] Timebox reached after ' + processed + ' records.');
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (lastId) _propSet(c.property_name, lastId);
+
+			if (processed === c.chunk_size || gr.hasNext()) {
+				_scheduleNext('SafeBulkUpdateRunner', 'runSliceScheduled', { cfg: c });
+			} else {
+				gs.info('[SafeBulk] All done. Clearing checkpoint.');
+				_propSet(c.property_name, '');
+			}
+		},
+
+		/**
+		 * Entry point for ScheduleOnce (stringified args).
+		 */
+		runSliceScheduled: function (jsonArgs) {
+			var args = (typeof jsonArgs === 'string') ? JSON.parse(jsonArgs) : (jsonArgs || {});
+			var cfg = args.cfg || {};
+			// Example logic; replace with your own:
+			this.runSlice(cfg, function (gr) {
+				gr.setValue('u_backfilled', true);
+				gr.update();
+			});
+		}
+	};
+})();