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curl command to my PDI get "User is not authenticated" response

I just got a new PDI today with "Australia" release. I setup password for "admin" user account, and I can login to the "admin" account from browser successfully. Then from a Linux VM, and also tried from macbook, I issue curl commands like these:> cu...

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Hello experts!I have a requirement to set a time field to NULL by default instead of our system default of "12:00:00 AM " (this is our instance's system default format).The business need is to be able to distinguish when the time field is actually me...

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Making a Downloadable Attachment in an Order Guide

Hello.  We currently have many similar Catalog Items that use shared Variable Sets.  Many of these Catalog Items have files that the user needs to download, fill-out, and re-attach to the Catalog Item.  We do this by attaching the required files to b...

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ServiceNow PDI Reclamation Rules: Avoid Losing Access

Your ServiceNow Personal Developer Instance can be reclaimed if it is old enough and you have not logged in directly within the required time. Since July 11, 2026, ServiceNow has begun applying its updated PDI reclamation policy to inactive instances...

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I use the Document Viewer for .txt or .pdf files, and it works well. However, there are issues with .docx or .xlsx files. In the sys_document_viewer_status table, the entries show a ConversionStatus of "Conversion failed." I have noticed that Service...

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Non-catalog Items table error - On Demand Deployment Request

While exploring the On-Demand Deployment Request (ReleaseOps), the DR is failing with the followingerror:"Deployment request moved to draft because it failed on demand criteria: must not contain non-catalog item changes."  This is happening even thou...

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Reference Qualifier

Hello, I am working on a flow in which one of the fields is to get approval from the financial controller of the requestor's site.  Also, I have to create a reference qualifier that reads "Where cost center is not empty".   A screen shot of what I ha...

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Building ServiceNow apps via Claude Code and the ServiceNow SDK

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