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var sQuery="active=truestarted<javascript:gs.beginningOfLast12Months()"; var grWF=new GlideRecord('wf_context'); grWF.addQuery(sQuery); grWF.query(); gs.print(grWF.getRowCount()); while (grWF.next()){ var grTask=new GlideRecord('task'); grTask.addInactiveQuery(); grTask.addQuery('sys_id', grWF.id); grTask.query(); if (grTask.next()){ gs.print('ticket ' + grTask.number); grWF.state='cancelled'; grWF.active=false; var cancel_sysid=grWF.update(); gs.print(cancel_sysid + ': cancelled workflow context'); //break; }

}