Data Helpers
Fluent provides global helper functions for creating typed values in Record() data fields.
Now.include
Now.include() populates a record field with the contents of a file at build time. It reads the file and inlines its text into the XML output, keeping source files separate for IDE support (syntax highlighting, IntelliSense, linting).
Now.attach
Now.attach() attaches an image file to a record at build time. It reads the file, compresses it, and creates the corresponding sysattachment and sysattachment_doc records in the XML output.
Now.ref
Now.ref() creates a reference to a record in another table. Use it when a field needs to point to a record that isn't defined in the current file — for example, referencing a role, a flow, or any record identified by its sys_id or coalesce keys.
Now.ID
Now.ID['key-name'] gives a Fluent record a stable, human-readable identity. Use it to assign the $id property on any API that accepts one — the build system maps the key to a real sys_id and keeps it stable across builds.
Now.del
Marks a record for deletion. When the application is deployed, records marked with Now.del() will be removed from the target instance.
$override
$override is an escape hatch on Fluent API constructors. Use it to set fields that the typed API does not expose — typically customer-added columns (x/u prefixed), fields added by another application, or out-of-the-box columns that simply aren't in the API surface yet.