What all activities are recorded in update set

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Mr_Blue
Tera Expert

‎07-30-2019 07:17 PM

Hello Guys,

What all activities are recorded in update set ? " Are user creation & group creation recorded in Update set ". ?

Can you please list me down the activities which are recorded in update set

 

Thank you in advance

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AbhishekGardade
Giga Sage

‎07-30-2019 10:18 PM

Hello Bright:

What is an update set?

An update set is a group of customizations that can be moved from one instance to another. This feature allows administrators to group a series of changes into a named set and then move them as a unit to other instances. Update sets allow customizations to be developed in a development instance, moved to a test instance, and then applied to a production instance.

In short, update sets "record" your development efforts in ServiceNow so that you can move them from Development to Production.

When do update sets track your customization?

  • Where the table has an update_synch dictionary attribute.
  • Where there is a special handler to track changes to multiple tables.
  • Where the administrator has not specifically excluded a field from updates.

In short, the update set captures the system configuration changes you make to the system. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Tables
  • fields
  • form layout
  • list layout
  • business rules, client scripts, script includes, and other scripts
  • workflows
  • system properties

What it does NOT capture is your transactional data like

  • Incidents
  • Users
  • Groups
  • Email

I hope that helps.

For best information, refer here...

Get started with update sets

System update sets

Documentation | ServiceNow Developers

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Abhishek Gardade

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ktjstn
Kilo Expert

‎07-30-2019 07:20 PM

user creation is not added automatically in update set anything that has to do with adding new Record unless you press the Add to update set context link.

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Elijah Aromola
Mega Sage

‎07-30-2019 07:20 PM

Configurations are automatically recorded in update sets. Things like client scripts, business rules, UI Actions, etc. Things that are considered data, like users, groups, group associates (records on sys_user_grmember) don't get saved automatically. You can manually add these records to your update set by clicking the UI action in the bottom left corner.

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weikiat_guaz
Giga Expert

‎07-30-2019 07:49 PM

This article is on 2016, but is a good introduction. https://www.servicenowelite.com/blog/2016/8/7/update-sets