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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

Different module link types


Every link type has a different interface and functionality from the others. There are many different link types available in the platform. The following are the most commonly used module link types:

  • List of records (see previous topic)
  • New record
  • Run a report
  • Homepage
  • Separator

New records

A new record module can be used to direct end-users to a form that can be used to insert a new entry into a specified table. The left navigation link Incident | Create New is an example of a new record module. Creating a new record module is fairly simple and similar to creating a list of records module:

  1. Open the Create Application File dialog in Studio, and select Navigation | Module and click Create.
  2. Fill in the form as detailed here:
    • Title: Create New
    • Application menu: Travel Booking Application
    • Link type: New Record
    • Table: Booking Request [x_8940_travel_book_booking_request]
  1. Click Submit to create a new module named Create New with link type new record. It will be visible in the left...