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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

Chapter 13. Advanced Database Features

You have learned how to create workflows, write client-side and server-side scripts, design workflows, and how to debug different server-side and client-side scripting features. In this chapter, you will learn the different administration options and advanced features available in the platform.

The ServiceNow platform offers many features to improve the performance and overall functionalities of the ServiceNow applications. In this chapter, we will cover features such as table rotation, relationships, indexing and full-text search, and overriding field properties. We will also cover topics such as how to undelete records and override field properties in child tables.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Relationships
  • Overriding field properties
  • Indexing
  • Table auditing
  • Restoring deleted records
  • Database rotation and data archiving