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Best Practices

Explore our comprehensive guide on best practices for ServiceNow administration and development, featuring expert insights and proven techniques to optimize your platform experience.

Dive into essential topics such as application development, scripting, workflow automation, and configuration management.

Learn how to leverage ServiceNow’s powerful features, including IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Operations Management (ITOM), and IT Business Management (ITBM), to drive business efficiency and enhance user satisfaction.

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Best Practices, Career Advancement, Scripting

How To Use addEncodedQuery() with GlideRecord in ServiceNow

What is addEncodedQuery() This is something that will end up saving you a lot of time and can make your GlideRecord queries a lot cleaner … Read more

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Written by: Team Snowball

Published on: July 28, 2021

set a default field value at the dictionary level

Best Practices

How To Set A Default Field Value in ServiceNow?

The Dictionary Entry Records & Default Values In ServiceNow, you can default field values to improve automation efforts in your environment. Every field on every … Read more

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Written by: Team Snowball

Published on: July 28, 2021

addOrCondition being used in a background script

Best Practices, Scripting

How To Use addOrCondition() with GlideRecord

Want To Add An OR Condition To A GlideRecord Query? As an admin, you need to be comfortable with GlideRecord scripting on the server. The … Read more

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Written by: Team Snowball

Published on: July 20, 2021

what software version of servicenow are you on

Best Practices, Career Advancement

How To Check The Software Family Version Of Any ServiceNow Environment

Want To Know What Software Version You’re On? ServiceNow names their software versions alphebetically, after major global cities. They started with Aspen, Berling, Calgary, Dublin, … Read more

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Written by: Team Snowball

Published on: July 20, 2021

learn how to impersonate a user in servicenow as admin

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How To Impersonate A User in ServiceNow

Impersonating A User In ServiceNow ServiceNow Admins (and impersonators)ย can impersonate any end user in their environment, and it’s a really neat trick. There are countless … Read more

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Written by: Team Snowball

Published on: July 20, 2021

glide.ui.session_timeout record

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How To Manage Session Timeout System Properties in ServiceNow

How To Manage User Sessions ServiceNow allows ServiceNow admins the ability to automatically control the maximum amount of time users can be logged in for. … Read more

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Written by: Team Snowball

Published on: July 17, 2021

how to access the side door in servicenow to get access

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ServiceNow – Understanding The Side Door with /side_door.do

ServiceNow’s Side Door This is a trick that all ServiceNow Admin’s should have an awareness of. If your company uses SSO or has plans to … Read more

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Written by: Team Snowball

Published on: July 17, 2021

client side ui action on the incident form

Best Practices, Scripting

How To Add A Button To The Incident Form

Adding A UI Action (Button) To Any Form In ServiceNow, admins can configure all aspects of a form. This includes fields, relationships between these fields, … Read more

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Written by: Team Snowball

Published on: July 16, 2021

stop approval creation if your own

Best Practices, Scripting

Don’t Create An Approval, If Task Is Assigned To Approver

Don’t Allow Approval To Be Created, If Task Is Assigned To That User How do we stop an approval from being created, if the associated … Read more

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Written by: Team Snowball

Published on: July 14, 2021

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Best Practices, Scripting

How To Delete (And Restore) Records With A Background Script

Deleting Multiple Records In ServiceNow, a background script is an admins best friend. It allows you to run scripts to directly interact with your database. … Read more

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Written by: Team Snowball

Published on: July 12, 2021

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