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Learning ServiceNow

By : Sylvain Hauser
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Learning ServiceNow

By: Sylvain Hauser

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Learning ServiceNow
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.packtpub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

What the pros wish they knew


We asked the ServiceNow admin and developer community: "What do you wish you'd known, when you were first starting out with ServiceNow?" We've compiled their responses here, along with our own insights and recommendations. This section is for those real life-saving tips, that many developers or admins learn the hard way, or after doing things the hard way for a long time!

Field case

Object labels and names have their own capitalization standards in ServiceNow. Table labels for example, get a capital letter in the beginning of each word in the label. Requested Items, for example; or Local Update Sets. Fieldlabels get a capital letter, but only for the first word (aka "sentence case"). For example: Short description, or Business service.

Field and table names on the other hand, of course always use lower-case.

Understanding this, you can ensure that your custom table and field labels adhere to the typical ServiceNow capitalization standards, which is important, because...