Previously, we discussed what Change Approval Policies are, how to use them, and how powerful they are right out of the box. We discussed how the change_request policy input we supply with the Normal and Emergency change approval policies, by default...
As mentioned in the first blog in this series, we include one change approval policy for the Normal change request type and one for the Emergency change type and this is how we expect these policies to be applied. Both of these policies include Decis...
Change Approval Policies are a new feature of the Change Management application in the Madrid release. They allow approvals to be tailored for your change management processes through configuration. Previously, workflows and business rules would have...
The most common enhancement request I've received related to the Standard Change Catalog feature has requested a way to confirm the standard change template being requested prior to creating the change request record. Quite a few of you have relayed ...
It's not unusual I'm asked what I view as good practice when assessing the risk of a change, to which I often start off my response by saying "We have a number of capabilities which enable change teams to assess risk.". To eliminate some from sufferi...
Since you are familiar with the specification, you probably know it describes a single use case which is a billing inquiry. In ServiceNow, that sort of customer initiated request is a case. However, historically, trouble tickets are more aligned to o...
Hi Ray,
In NY, there are specific API's which enable you to query or update the Affected CI, Impacted Services, and Service Offering related lists. The API's are called "Configuration Items".
Prior to NY, you can use the Table API to interface with...
CAB Workbench is tied to the change_request table. In your case, your approval is generally going to be tied to a state value in your change request state model so you can use that to filter your agenda. If that isn't an option, you can tie the CAB R...
I'm glad you found it helpful! You can certainly accomplish that with approval policies in, at least, two different ways. You could keep it simple and just generate the approval you desire when Conflict status = Conflict. If you want to decipher the...
Hi Michael,
To take advantage of the new Conflict Detection feature which allows you to define Blackout or Maintenance schedules at the service level, you need to convert your business service record to an application service. There is a simple actio...