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Clear values from a target instance

You can pass an empty value through a SOAP parameter to clear the respective value in the target instance.

You can also pass an empty (null) value through the &allow_empty_value=true SOAP query parameter to clear the respective value in the target instance.

For example, https://<instance name>.service-now.com/incident.do?SOAP&allow_empty_value=true lets you pass an empty value to the incident record in an instance.

You can then enter lines like the following in the SOAP request:

<assigned_to>value</assigned_to>
<assignment_group>value</assignment_group>
<category></category>

In the above example,

  • <assigned_to>value</assigned_to> changes the value in the Assigned to field to the value specified in the SOAP request.
  • <assignment_group>value</assignment_group> changes the value in the Assignment group field to the value specified in the SOAP request.
  • <category></category> clears the value in the Category field.

Parent Topic:Direct web services

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