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ServiceNow Application Development

By : Sagar Gupta
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ServiceNow Application Development

By: Sagar Gupta

Overview of this book

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
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introduction to ServiceNow

JavaScript Log


The JavaScript Log window along with Field Watcher appears at the bottom of the page when the JavaScript Log and Field Watcher setting, as shown in the following screenshot, is marked as active in the Developer pane of the System Settings page:

JavaScript Log window interface

The JavaScript Log window will appear at the bottom of the page. It consists of the following controls:

  • Resize controls: The size of the JavaScript Log window can be changed to one of the following three predefined settings:
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large
  • Clear control: When you click on the clear icon, all the log entries from the console will be cleared.
  • Minimize button: The minimize control button can be used to close the JavaScript Log and Field Watcher windows. To reactivate the windows, we need to mark them as active in the Developer pane of the System Settings window:

The JavaScript Log window output can be very useful when working with client scripts. When used along with the jslog() global function, it can help...