Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › What is the use of ISNEW() in validation rules in Salesforce? Salesforce® Discussions What is the use of ISNEW() in validation rules in Salesforce? Posted by Pooja on February 4, 2020 at 2:02 PM What is the use of ISNEW() in validation rules in Salesforce? Mansi Tyagi replied 5 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply 1 Reply Mansi Tyagi Member March 2, 2021 at 2:40 PM Checks if the formula is running during the creation of a new record and returns TRUE if it is. If an existing record is being updated, this function returns FALSE. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me