sachinbhasin11
Tera Guru
Tera Guru

I was recently asked by a customer to clarify the difference between a Response Template and a Quick Message. Given that both features serve a similar purpose—providing canned responses to users—it's understandable that they might be confusing for someone new to the platform. However, their usage and functionality can vary depending on your specific needs.

 

Below, I’ve outlined some key differences between these two features for your review. This may help you determine which one use depending on your use case

 

 

 

Quick Messages

Response Templates

Usage

Email Clients

Form / Workspace

Chat based (slash command with short name)

 

Primary usage started with HR application however, even if HR application is inactive you can still activate com.sn_templated_snip plugin to use it on other tables

Variables

Can be pulled from the table including Current date and user

Can be pulled from the table including Current date and user

Table

Allows any table to be selected

 

Note: Table is not a mandatory field when creating a new quick message

Allows only the tables extended from the Task and Interaction table to be selected

Editor

Allows Rich text

Allows Rich text

Visibility

Allows visibility at the following levels

 

  • User
  • Table
  • Group

 

Note: User visibility would mean that a quick message can only be made available to a specific user irrespective of their group or table selected

Alllows visibility at the following levels

 

Table

Group

Application

Global

It belongs to the application Templated snippets (this was its former name)

 

Role(s) available

email_client_quick_message_author

[  sn_templated_snip.template_snippet_writer (To perform CRUD operations on response template)

S sn_templated_snip.template_snippet_reader ( All agents must have this role to read and copy the content from the response template into their case)

 

 

Comments
SoniaShridhar13
Giga Guru

Hi @sachinbhasin11  

have you tried the response template in the CASE table,

with response templates, you can share a common message with several groups.

after creating a template you will see a UI button on the form and by clicking on that you can get a list of common messages directly in SNOW.

check this ...

Response templates: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/rome-servicenow-platform/page/product/human-resources/concept/res...

Create template:https://docs.servicenow.com/en-US/bundle/vancouver-servicenow-platform/page/product/human-resources/...

 

Thanks,

Sonia

sachinbhasin11
Tera Guru
Tera Guru

Hi Sonia, thanks for your reply can you confirm which case table are you referring to?

 

I think sharing common template with groups is something my article is referring to already (see visibility row)

 

 

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