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Featured The Adaptive Governance Framework V.1

The Adaptive Governance Framework An extension of The Governance Topology Table of Contents 1 - Introduction 2 - Disclaimer 3 - Ideation types 4 - Demand Dimensions 4.1 - On Normal and Minor demands 4...

Featured The Governance Topology V.1

The Governance Topology A Fundamental Framework for Mapping out Governance Table of Contents 1 - Introduction 2 - Disclaimer 3 - Why Introduce The Governance Topology 4 - What is The Governance Topolo...

CMDB Success Advisor

Overview: CMDB Success Advisor is a data optimization feature that enables CMDB admins to drive their outcomes for targeted applications like HAM by improving the CMDB data quality. With the help of C...

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Clone Admin Console and its features

To effectively manage the instance cloning process, the Clone Admin console assists in defining clone profiles capturing what should be the preservers and exclusions during a clone process etc., The C...

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Data Management Console and its purpose

It's common to encounter situations where there's a lack of understanding about the types of data consuming your ServiceNow Platform's database space and the strategies or actions needed for specific ...

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Security Impact of Discovery on IT Infrastructure

Recently, a client was asking about security best practices when implementing Discovery. Here are five best practices I have used for securing IT infrastructure when using ServiceNow Discovery. Are th...

Export Sets, the forgotten ones

OverviewOver the years I haven see customers struggling to export data thinking all they can do is either do it manually or via a web service, but they forget about “Export Sets”, a feature that if I ...

Making use of AI Skills: Problem Affinity

OverviewAI has been a thing for a few years in the IT ecosystem and ServiceNow is no exception. Things have evolved and been improved over time, but some organisations still don’t know how to make use...

Buy or Build: What to do?

A common question when evaluating how to execute demands. Do I build or buy? Often, customers only think of the initial investment and what is the path with the least amount of friction. Often, not al...

Advanced features of the "Access Analyser"

OverviewBack in 2023 I talked about the Access Analyzer plugin that had just been published. Lots of things have changed since and there are many of them that are quite interesting.Initially this feat...

Understanding "Security Data Filters"

OverviewBack in 2023 I talked about the “Data Filtration” plugin, but ServiceNow have decided to retire it in favour of Security Data Filters, which come enabled by default in new instances. These wil...

CMDB that Executives Trust

A CMDB is valuable only when decisions improve because of it. Start by defining critical services and the CIs required to support incident impact assessment, change risk, and asset lifecycle. Limit sc...

Measuring What Matters: The KPI Architecture

A ServiceNow KPI architecture should begin with experience and flow, not activity counts. Establish a layered model: Level 1 outcomes (e.g., CSAT, EX, NPS, cost-to-serve), Level 2 flow metrics (lead t...