Give me a few examples for CSDM.

JagadishwarB
Tera Contributor

Examples for the below. Put some more focus/light on this.

 

Business Capabilities

Business Application

Application Services

Service Instance

Application

Technology Management Services

Technology Management Service Offering

Business Service

Business Service Offering

 

 

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GlideFather
Tera Patron

Hi @JagadishwarB,

 

have you tried to search the Docs? this seems to be easy to search on your own, eventually check the Community, e.g. Types of Services CSDM

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suraj sengar
Giga Guru

Please find the below details:-

1. Business Capabilities

What it answers: What the business is able to do
Level: Strategy / outcome‑focused (business language)

Definition:
Business capabilities describe stable, high‑level abilities an organization must have to achieve its objectives—independent of how they’re implemented.

Examples:

  • Order Management
  • Customer Support
  • Inventory Management
  • Payments Processing

2. Business Application

What it answers: Which application supports a business capability
Level: Business ↔ IT bridge

Definition:
A business application is a logical application entity that supports one or more business capabilities.

Examples:

  • SAP Order Management → supports Order Management
  • Salesforce Service Cloud → supports Customer Support
  • Magento Admin → supports Catalog Management

3. Application (Logical Application)

What it answers: What software product or solution is being used
Level: IT ownership / logical design

Definition:
An application represents the logical software solution, often vendor‑provided or custom‑built.

Examples:

  • SAP S/4HANA
  • Salesforce
  • ServiceNow ITSM
  • Magento

Difference from Business Application:

  • Business Application = business view
  • Application = IT/system view
    Often mapped 1:1, but not always.

4. Application Services

What it answers: What services the application provides
Level: Functional / service design

Definition:
Application services represent specific functions or services delivered by an application.

Examples (from SAP):

  • Order Processing Service
  • Invoice Generation Service
  • Returns Processing Service

5. Service Instance

What it answers: Which running environment is delivering the service
Level: Runtime / environment‑specific

Definition:
A service instance is a specific deployed instance of an application service in a given environment.

Examples:

  • SAP Order Processing – Production
  • SAP Order Processing – UAT
  • Salesforce Service – APAC Prod

6. Technology Management Services

What it answers: What IT does to manage technology
Level: Internal IT services

Definition:
Technology management services describe IT operational services that manage or support technology components.

Examples:

  • Database Management
  • Server Operations
  • Backup & Restore
  • Network Monitoring

7. Technology Management Service Offering

What it answers: What is specifically offered under a technology service
Level: Service catalog / fulfillment

Definition:
A service offering is a consumable variation of a technology management service.

Examples:

  • Database Management – Oracle (Production)
  • Database Management – MySQL (Non‑Prod)
  • Cloud VM Hosting – Linux

8. Business Service

What it answers: What service the business delivers to customers
Level: Customer / business-facing

Definition:
A business service represents an end‑to‑end service delivered to customers or internal business users, enabled by multiple applications and technologies.

Examples:

  • Online Order Fulfillment
  • Customer Support Service
  • Digital Payments Service

9. Business Service Offering

What it answers: Different variants of a business service
Level: Business differentiation / SLAs

Definition:
A business service offering is a specific option or tier of a business service, often with different SLAs, prices, or features.

Examples:

  • Online Order Fulfillment – Standard Delivery
  • Online Order Fulfillment – Express Delivery
  • Customer Support – Premium Support (24×7)

cassieb_
Giga Guru

A great source with a variety of examples is in Best Practices https://mynow.servicenow.com/now/best-practices/assets/csdm-data-model-examples

 

Alessandro Alme
Giga Guru

Hello @JagadishwarB,

 

Check this CSDM assets in SN Best Practices:

 

CSDM Data Model Examples: https://mynow.servicenow.com/now/best-practices/assets/csdm-data-model-examples

CSDM Product Views: https://mynow.servicenow.com/now/best-practices/assets/csdm-product-views

 

Thanks,

Alessandro