{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":39660,"path":"platform-administration/system-events/r_GlobalEvents.md","title":"Global events","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Global events\n\nYour instance has a global function called global\\_events\\(\\) that triggers from a business rule when certain conditions occur.\n\nThis function triggers when your instance is:\n\n-   Inserting new records\n-   Updating existing records\n-   Adding comments to an existing record\n-   Assigning a record to a user\n-   Exceeding a record's inactive timer\n\nFor example, if you add the script global.events\\(current\\) to a business rule on the `change_request` table, the instance automatically configures the following events:\n\n-   change\\_request.inserted\n-   change\\_request.updated\n-   change\\_request.commented\n-   change\\_ request.assigned\n-   change\\_ request.inactive\n\n**Parent Topic:**[System events reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/system-events/system-events-reference.md)\n\n"}}