Managing the ServiceNow Platform

Managing the ServiceNow Platform

Author: Felix Acosta

Publisher: BPB Publications

Published: 2023-11-22

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9355519389

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Everything you need to know about managing the ServiceNow platform, in one place KEY FEATURES ● Master the basics of ServiceNow administration and its features. ● Create and customize ServiceNow to meet the unique needs of your organization. ● Explore integrations and data migration approaches with ServiceNow to streamline workflows. DESCRIPTION The ServiceNow platform is a powerful tool for managing IT services, but it can be complex to manage. This book provides a comprehensive guide to managing the ServiceNow platform effectively, from the core architecture concepts to scripting and integration. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced administrator, this book will help you get the most out of the ServiceNow platform. You'll learn how to manage users and access, manage licensing, move configuration across environments, manage upgrades, and configure forms, workflows, business rules, and more. You'll also learn about foundational data such as locations and groups, how to configure notifications and the mobile app, and how to import and export data. And, of course, no book on managing the ServiceNow platform would be complete without a discussion of scripting and integration. In addition to the core topics, this book also covers some more advanced topics such as managing technical debt in the ServiceNow platform. By the end of the book, you will be able to manage the ServiceNow platform effectively and efficiently. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Learn how to manage users, groups, access, settings, and integrations. ● Create and configure forms, workflows, business rules, and more. ● Integrate ServiceNow with other systems to streamline workflows and automate tasks. ● Learn how to import, export, and protect your ServiceNow data. ● Keep ServiceNow running smoothly by troubleshooting and resolving problems. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is for anyone who wants to learn about ServiceNow, whether you're a beginner or an experienced IT professional. It's a quick and easy way to get started with ServiceNow, and it can help you prepare for a ServiceNow career or simply gain a better understanding of the platform. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Overview of ServiceNow 2. The Platform Building Blocks 3. Managing Users, Foundational Data, and Platform Security 4. Configuring Forms and Lists 5. Configuring Workflows Using Flow Designer 6. Configuring Business Rules 7. Configuring for Mobile 8. Configuring and Creating Portals 9. Configuring and Managing Notifications 10. Importing and Exporting Data 11. Integration Concepts with ServiceNow 12. Scripting Concepts and Examples 13. Managing Releases and Troubleshooting the Platform 14. Additional Training and Resources


ServiceNow IT Operations Management

ServiceNow IT Operations Management

Author: Ajaykumar Guggilla

Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd

Published: 2017-04-27

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1785889818

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Align your business requirements with IT by implementing ServiceNow IT Operations with ease. About This Book Written to the latest specification, it will cover basic to advanced concepts and architecture. Take a service-centric approach to operations management and consolidate all your resource data into a single system IT record. Beat the key challenge of managing multiple business operations (even running globally) over a complex IT infrastructure and see immediate results. Who This Book Is For The book is aimed at System administrators, IT operations and IT managers who plan to implement ServiceNow IT Operations Management for their organization. They have no knowledge of ServiceNow ITOM. What You Will Learn Step by step guide in setting up each features with in ServiceNow ITOM Install and configure the required application or plugin Integrate with other provider services as deemed appropriate Explore Orchestration capabilities and how to analyze the data Learn about the ServiceNow graphical interface Integrate with other applications within ServiceNow Aims to cover the fundamentals concepts to advanced concepts Best practices and advanced features In Detail ServiceNow ITOM enables infrastructure and processes to be managed in a highly automated manner. It contains various segments that ensure its applications and enterprise infrastructures are optimized for high performance and helps in creating a lean and agile organization through service-level visibility and automation. This book will be a comprehensive guide that will be based on Geneva release and will help you discover how IT activities can be connected to your business needs, rather than just focusing on internal IT process. It will take a service-centric approach to operations management and consolidate all your resource data into a single system IT record. You will learn about discovery, orchestration, MID server and cloud management, helping you take full advantage of ServiceNow IT Operations Management to improve the quality of service & increasing the service availability. By the end of the book, you will be able to achieve improved service availability, immediate visibility of vital business services and much more, all from the convenience of your single screen. Style and approach This will be a step by step learning guide helping readers to implement ServiceNow IT Operations Management for their organization.


Learning ServiceNow

Learning ServiceNow

Author: Tim Woodruff

Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd

Published: 2018-06-20

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1788837371

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IT service management automation at your fingertips Key Features Learn to leverage ServiceNow’s capabilities for improved IT automation by following step-by-step, practical instructions Build core administration, development, and maintenance skills with IT service management in ServiceNow Improve your workflow efficiency by designing and creating responsive and automated workflows, business logic, and front-end automation Book Description This book is an updated version of Learning ServiceNow, that will cover the new and updated features of the ServiceNow platform. It will show you how to put important ServiceNow features to work in the real world, while introducing key concepts via examples of managing and automating IT services. It'll help you build a solid foundation of knowledge, and will demonstrate how to effectively implement and configure modules within ServiceNow. We'll show you how to configure and administer your instance, and then move on to building strong user interfaces and creating powerful workflows. We also cover other key elements of ServiceNow, such as notifications, security, reporting, and custom development. You will learn how to improve and automate your business' workflow and processes. By the end of this book, you will be able to successfully configure and manage ServiceNow like a pro. What you will learn Read and write clear, effective code for the ServiceNow platform Identify and avoid common pitfalls and missteps that could seriously impact future progress and upgradeability Use debugging tools to troubleshoot when things go wrong Discover tips and tricks from top ServiceNow developers, architects, and administrators. Find out what the pros wish they knew when they were starting out Who this book is for This book is for IT professionals and administrators who are planning to or are already trying to implement ServiceNow in their organization for Enterprise IT service management tasks. Some familiarity with web technologies (JavaScript) would be helpful. Prior ServiceNow experience is not necessary.


ServiceNow Application Development

ServiceNow Application Development

Author: Sagar Gupta

Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1787129780

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Develop and extend efficient cloud-native applications with ServiceNow About This Book Build and customize your apps and workflows to suit your organization's requirements Perform in-depth application development from designing forms to writing business rules, client-scripts, and workflows Comprehensive guide to the end-to-end implementation of designing and extending apps with ServiceNow Who This Book Is For If you are a ServiceNow administrator and developer and need to build and customize your service management solution (apps and workflows) with ServiceNow, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn Customize the ServiceNow dashboard to meet your business requirements Use Administration and Security Controls to add roles and ensure proper access Manage tables and columns using data dictionaries Learn how application scopes are defined within ServiceNow Configure different types of table to design your application Start using the different types of scripting options available in ServiceNow Design and create workflows for task tables Use debugging techniques available in ServiceNow to easily resolve script-related issues Run scripts at regular time intervals using the Scheduled Script Execution module In Detail ServiceNow provides service management for every department in the enterprise, including IT, Human Resources, Facilities, Field Service, and more. This book focuses on all the steps required to develop apps and workflows for any of your business requirements using ServiceNow. You will start with the first module, which covers the basics of ServiceNow and how applications are structured; how you can customize the dashboard as required; and also how to create users. After you get used to the dashboard, you will move on to the next module, Applications and Tables, where you will learn about working with different tables and how you can create a scope other than the global scope for your application. The next module is Scripting and APIs, where you will learn Scripting in ServiceNow and use powerful APIs to develop applications. The final module, Administration Essentials, covers debugging, advanced database features, and scheduled script creation. By the end of the book you will have mastered creating organized and customer-friendly applications Style and approach A step-by-step tutorial to designing applications and workflows with ServiceNow


Learning ServiceNow

Learning ServiceNow

Author: Tim Woodruff

Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd

Published: 2017-03-30

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 178588753X

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IT Service management at your fingertips About This Book Leverage ServiceNow's capabilities to achieve improved service management and excellent results in your IT operations by following step-by-step, practical instructions Build core administration, management, and maintenance skills with IT service management and IT operations management Improve your workflow efficiency by designing and creating responsive and automated workflows Who This Book Is For This book is for IT professionals and administrators who are planning to or are already trying to implement ServiceNow in their organization for Enterprise IT service management tasks. Some familiarity with web technologies (JavaScript) would be helpful. System administration experience is necessary. What You Will Learn Acquire and configure your own free personal developer instance of ServiceNow Read (and write!) clear, effective requirements for ServiceNow development Avoid common pitfalls and missteps that could seriously impact future progress and upgradeability Know how to troubleshoot when things go wrong using debugging tools Discover developer “tips and tricks” Pick up great tips from top ServiceNow development and administration professionals, and find out what they wish they knew when they were starting out In Detail This book shows you how to put important ServiceNow features to work in the real world. We will introduce key concepts and examples on managing and automating IT services, and help you build a solid foundation towards this new approach. We'll demonstrate how to effectively implement various system configurations within ServiceNow. We'll show you how to configure and administer your instance, and then move on to building strong user interfaces and creating powerful workflows. We also cover other key elements of ServiceNow, such as alerts and notifications, security, reporting, and custom development. You will learn how to improve your business' workflow, processes, and operational efficiency. By the end of this book, you will be able to successfully configure and manage ServiceNow within your organization. Style and approach This book is a step-by-step practical tutorial to help you quickly deploy and configure ServiceNow in your organization.


SAMonNOW

SAMonNOW

Author: Bill Cypert

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06-15

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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This purpose of this book is to provide an effective introduction to and roadmap for Software Asset Management (SAM) implementations leveraging the ServiceNow Orlando version. It would be impossible to address every SAM scenario as these are driven by different factors at each organization.This book should be used as a guideline in terms of procedures in the Software Asset Management space. Your organization can leverage this information as an outline in creating and refining your own SAM process. The bottom line is that your process needs to be owned by you and your organization based on best practices.Wherever possible, I have tried to stay "out of the box" as possible in terms of ServiceNow Platform and the ServiceNow SAM Professional Module. The release of this book is in line with the Orlando release of ServiceNow.


ServiceNow: Building Powerful Workflows

ServiceNow: Building Powerful Workflows

Author: Tim Woodruff

Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd

Published: 2017-08-17

Total Pages: 1330

ISBN-13: 1788626907

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Master the management of IT Service using full potential of ServiceNow. About This Book Leverage ServiceNow's capabilities to achieve improved service management and excellent results in your IT operations by following step-by-step, practical instructions Build core administration, management, and maintenance skills with IT service management and IT operations management Improve your workflow efficiency by designing and creating responsive and automated workflows Who This Book Is For This course is for IT professionals, ServiceNow administrators, and developers who would like to gain greater control of ServiceNow and its architecture to design and create automated workflows. You should be familiar with JavaScript and basic computing technologies, but you can be new to ServiceNow. What You Will Learn Acquire and configure your own free personal developer instance of ServiceNow Read (and write!) clear, effective requirements for ServiceNow development Avoid common pitfalls and missteps that could seriously impact future progress and upgradeability Use the ServiceNow plugins to manage development Build and publish custom applications for service management Write efficient and effective client-side JavaScript Find out how to authenticate and secure Web Services Integrate and exchange data with people and systems Create and secure your systems with proper access control In Detail ServiceNow is a SaaS application that provides workflow form-based applications. It is an ideal platform for creating enterprise-level applications, giving requesters and fulfillers improved visibility and access to a process. ServiceNow-based applications often replace email by providing a better way to get work done. This course will show you how to put important ServiceNow features to work in the real world. We will introduce key concepts and examples on managing and automating IT services, and help you build a solid foundation towards this new approach. You will then learn more about the power of tasks, events, and notifications. We'll then focus on using web services and other mechanisms to integrate ServiceNow with other systems. Further on, you'll learn how to secure applications and data, and understand how ServiceNow performs logging and error reporting. At the end of this course, you will acquire immediately applicable skills to rectify everyday problems encountered on the ServiceNow platform. The course provides you with highly practical content explaining ServiceNow from the following Packt books: Learning ServiceNow ServiceNow Cookbook Mastering ServiceNow, Second Edition Style and approach This pragmatic guide follows problem-solution based approach to help you configure the ServiceNow and eliminate the challenges faced when implementing and using ServiceNow. It enables you to configure and manage ServiceNow, and learn the fundamentals of the ServiceNow platform.


Mastering ServiceNow Scripting

Mastering ServiceNow Scripting

Author: Andrew Kindred

Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd

Published: 2018-02-27

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1788624203

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Understand the ServiceNow scripting and build an efficient customized ServiceNow instance Key Features Customize your ServiceNow instance according to your organization’s needs Learn to work with inbuilt JavaScript APIs in ServiceNow Take your ServiceNow experience to the next level by learning to script Book Description Industry giants like RedHat and NetApp have adopted ServiceNow for their operational needs, and it is evolving as the number one platform choice for IT Service management. ServiceNow provides their clients with an add-on when it comes to baseline instances, where scripting can be used to customize and improve the performance of instances. It also provides inbuilt JavaScript API for scripting and improving your JavaScript instance. This book will initially cover the basics of ServiceNow scripting and the appropriate time to script in a ServiceNow environment. Then, we dig deeper into client-side and server-side scripting using JavaScipt API. We will also cover advance concepts like on-demand functions, script actions, and best practices. Mastering ServiceNow Scripting acts as an end-to-end guide for writing, testing, and debugging scripts of ServiceNow. We cover update sets for moving customizations between ServiceNow instances, jelly scripts for making custom pages, and best practices for all types of script in ServiceNow. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience in scripting ServiceNow using inbuilt JavaScript API. What you will learn Customize your ServiceNow instance according to your organization's needs Explore the ServiceNow-exposed JavaScript APIs and libraries Discover the method for using ServiceNow scripting functions Take your ServiceNow experience to the next level by understanding advanced scripting Learn to build, test, and debug custom applications Use your customized instance efficiently with the help of best practices Who this book is for This book is targeted toward ServiceNow administrators or anyone willing to learn inbuilt JavaScript APIs used to script and customize ServiceNow instances. Prior experience with ServiceNow is required.


Mastering ServiceNow

Mastering ServiceNow

Author: Martin Wood

Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd

Published: 2016-10-27

Total Pages: 647

ISBN-13: 1786467429

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Unleash the full potential of ServiceNow from foundations to advanced functions, with this hands-on expert guide fully revised for the Helsinki version About This Book Give your ServiceNow Helsinki implementation a powerful kick-start by understanding the deep capabilities of the platform, Learn by doing with an extended, comprehensive example, creating a feature-rich, secure and automated application from the ground up Interact with your whole organization by integrating with REST web services and build a custom Service Portal interface Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at advanced ServiceNow System Administrators and developers who would like to gain greater control of ServiceNow and its architecture. The book expects you to be new to ServiceNow, but have a good grounding in internet and computing technologies, like HTML, JSON, REST and database systems. Readers should be especially familiar with JavaScript, and be keen to extend and alter the platform. With this book, they will be able to develop a new application for their company. What You Will Learn Build custom scoped applications that access the full ServiceNow API Build a modern, responsive self-service interface with Service Portal Design feature-rich, responsive, automated workflow systems Design powerful data-driven applications Control information flow and apply business logic with Business Rules Write efficient and effective client-side JavaScript Learn how to authenticate and secure Web Services Integrate and exchange data with people and systems Create and secure your systems with proper access control In Detail ServiceNow is a SaaS application that provides workflow form-based applications. It is an ideal platform for creating enterprise-level applications giving requesters and fulfillers improved visibility and access to a process. ServiceNow-based applications often replace email by providing a better way to get work done. The book steps through the main aspects of the ServiceNow platform, from the ground up. It starts by exploring the core architecture of ServiceNow, including building the right data structure. To add business logic and control data, and interactivity to user interaction, you will be shown how to code on both server and the client. You will then learn more about the power of tasks, events and notifications. The book will then focus on using web services and other mechanisms to integrate ServiceNow with other systems. Furthermore, you will learn how to secure applications and data, and understand how ServiceNow performs logging and error reporting. You will then be shown how to package your applications and changes, so they can be installed elsewhere and ways to maintain them easily. If you wish to create an alternative simple interface, then explore ways to make ServiceNow beautiful using Service Portal. By the end of the book, you will know the fundamentals of the ServiceNow platform, helping you be a better ServiceNow System Administrator or developer. Style and approach Explore how to implement business logic and automated workflows and write effective code by flexible choices for client-side scripting


DAMA-DMBOK

DAMA-DMBOK

Author: Dama International

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9781634622349

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Defining a set of guiding principles for data management and describing how these principles can be applied within data management functional areas; Providing a functional framework for the implementation of enterprise data management practices; including widely adopted practices, methods and techniques, functions, roles, deliverables and metrics; Establishing a common vocabulary for data management concepts and serving as the basis for best practices for data management professionals. DAMA-DMBOK2 provides data management and IT professionals, executives, knowledge workers, educators, and researchers with a framework to manage their data and mature their information infrastructure, based on these principles: Data is an asset with unique properties; The value of data can be and should be expressed in economic terms; Managing data means managing the quality of data; It takes metadata to manage data; It takes planning to manage data; Data management is cross-functional and requires a range of skills and expertise; Data management requires an enterprise perspective; Data management must account for a range of perspectives; Data management is data lifecycle management; Different types of data have different lifecycle requirements; Managing data includes managing risks associated with data; Data management requirements must drive information technology decisions; Effective data management requires leadership commitment.