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Scripts - Background

I'm often faced with providing customers solutions for complex requirements. Some of these requirements come at the end of long processes. For example, "in ourchange workflow, we want you to look up c...

ServiceNow Agile development practices

I was invited to a meeting with a customer last week that appeared in my calendar as "Agile and ServiceNow".The meeting started and I prepared myself to go through the main features in our Scrum appli...

Mandatory Check

There is a direct g_form object method which can be used to check if all the mandatory fields on the form are filled/not.Usually this method wouldn't be much use to you, because submit() function in i...

Should I stay or should I go now....

Well, I've been in San Diego this past week for the Implementation Bootcamp training, and now that it is getting close for me to head back home, I'm wondering if I really should just stay here instead...

Why are you not using mobile

I'm trying to figure out why so many people aren't using mobile for ServiceNow. I can create a poll for this, but I'd rather just hear unfiltered comments.Can you comment here, or send me an email: ma...

Structured Problem Analysis

Over at The ITSM Review I blogged about Structured Problem Analysis.When I worked in IT Infrastructure and Operations I was unaware of this framework for rationally finding and proving the root cause ...

Command Line Probe Script Include

There is a concept of executing command line (DOS and shell) scripts on the MID server (triggered by something on the instance server). I got sick of inserting the ECC queue record every time I wanted...

Maybe it's just that easy

Maybe it's because we've only been using Service Now for a couple weeks and haven't gotten into the weeds. Maybe it's because we still have a lot of immature processes and what we're asking the softwa...

Unit Test Training Video

Hey all,Here is a link to a video I recently did on how to use the Unit Test Update Set I provided last blog post. I am going to ask forgiveness in advance for my lack of celebrity quality. It is 10 m...

What? Altiris V7 is different?

I have heard chatter for a little while that the ServiceNow Altiris 2.0 integration does not support the latest versions. It is true, see http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=Altiris_Integration...

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Simplifying Reporting, Rightly Understood

Today, I'm going to do something to make your life easier and show you something that you may have easily overlooked. One of the most common things we hear around reporting is that there are too many ...