---
title: IsNew
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/isnew
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:35.229Z
---

Identify whether the current record is being created and has not been saved yet. Use this when creating a new record to set default values or trigger actions.

## Syntax

`IsNew()`

## Enabled For

For a description of the business object categories, see [Notes on "Enabled For"](docId\:u26v9feCFs6iLwA0-PVJd).

| Business Object Category                                                                    | Yes/No |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| Business Rules: Before-Save Rules                                                           | Yes    |
| Business Rules: Calculation Rules (After Save, with or without Also Recalculate on Load)    | Yes    |
| Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, without Also Recalculate On Load) | Yes    |
| Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, with Recalculate On Load)         | Yes    |
| Business Rules: Editing Rules                                                               | Yes    |
| Business Rules: Initialization Rules                                                        | Yes    |
| Business Rules: Read Only Rules                                                             | No     |
| Business Rules: Required Rules                                                              | Yes    |
| Business Rules: Validation Rules                                                            | Yes    |
| Client Expressions                                                                          | No     |
| Object Permissions                                                                          | No     |
| Services                                                                                    | Yes    |
| LDAP                                                                                        | Yes    |
| Mobile                                                                                      | Yes    |
| Quick Actions (except UI Quick Actions)                                                     | Yes    |
| UI Quick Actions                                                                            | No     |
| Reports                                                                                     | Yes    |
| Search/Dashboard without field references                                                   | Yes    |
| Search/Dashboard with field references                                                      | Yes    |

## Parameters

None.

## Return Value

Boolean

- *True* if the record is new (being created and not yet saved).
- *False* if the record already exists in the system.

## Example

The following example shows how to use the *IsNew()* to set a default priority when creating a new Incident.

`$(If(IsNew(), "Priority = 'Medium'", ""))`

If the application returns *True* when a new Incident is being created, so the **Priority** is set to **Medium**.

If the application returns *False* the Incident already exists and the field value remains unchanged.