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Check if User is System User (internalid: -4)

edited Dec 2, 2019 3:37PM in SuiteCloud / Customization 1 comment

I'm trying to avoid setting a field on a record with the current user if that current user is the system user. I have a scheduled transition from one state to another and if that field set action is triggered when scheduled, the user is the system user and thus invalid. I can't figure out a way to use conditions to stop this. I am able to set a state field with the user id, that is how I initially discovered the System user internal id is -4 (and this was confirmed on a question in SuiteAnswers). However I can't

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