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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

Key table-management modules


The following are the key features and modules available to manage tables and columns in the ServiceNow platform:

  • System Definition | Tables & Columns: This module lists all the tables that exist in the ServiceNow instance in a single page. It offers a quick way to see a list of all the columns in a table, along with the attributes of each column, as shown in the following screenshot:
  • Schema map: The schema map feature can be used to display relationships between tables visually, thereby helping you to understand the relation between tables and navigate through the database structure. As shown in the following screenshot, the schema map captures the following different intertable relationships:
    • Many-to-many relationships
    • Tables that extend other tables
    • Tables that reference other tables through reference fields
  • Tables: The System Definition | Tables modules can be used to quickly find information about a table, such as its system name and the table that it is...