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+Consider a case where users who had created reports are no longer part of the organization i.e. are Active=False, however the reports needs to be edited to make it useful further. How about getting this worked by updating the ownership of report from backend.
+Use script attached as background script to update the ownership of reports.
diff --git a/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Report Ownerships/script.js b/Server-Side Components/Background Scripts/Report Ownerships/script.js
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+var grReport = new GlideRecord('sys_report_users_groups');
+grReport.getEncodedQuery('user_id.nameLIKEJaspal');//replace the query correctly for the reports that requires ownership change
+grReport.query();
+while (grReport.next()) {
+    grReport.user_id = "20db787ec374bd58265fdf3c05011234"; //replace sys_id with relevant sys_id of the user who will have the ownership updated to
+    grReport.autoSysFields(false);
+    grReport.update();
+}