YashwanthV18760
Giga Guru

Hi @VenkataRamN 

Update sets in ServiceNow capture configuration changes, not data. Specifically, they include:

  • Business rules, client scripts, UI policies/actions, script includes, ACLs, data policies
  • Dictionary entries, form/layout changes, sys_properties, app module menu configuration
  • Workflow Studio content scoped within your app
  • Service catalog item definitions and related configuration data (like variables and variable choices)
  • Customizations to application tables, fields, and records where the table has an update_synch attribute or a special handler (e.g., workflows, form sections, lists, related lists, choice lists, system dictionary entries, field labels)


Update sets do not capture:

  • Data records (e.g., Incidents, CMDB records, Tasks, order requests)
  • Users, groups, roles
  • Attachments, images, some binary assets
  • MID Server configs, external integrations' runtime states
  • Some store-installed app content managed by App Repo or plugins
  • Plugin activation, transfer of tables not tracked in update sets, or creation of database indexes