diff --git a/Background Scripts/UpdatePriorityBasedOnImpact.js b/Background Scripts/UpdatePriorityBasedOnImpact.js
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+
+var gr = new GlideRecord('incident');
+gr.addQuery('active', true);
+gr.addQuery('impact', '2'); 
+gr.query();
+while (gr.next()) {
+  
+  if (gr.impact == '2') {
+    gr.priority = '1'; 
+  } else {
+    gr.priority = '2'; 
+  }
+  gr.update();
+}
+