John Zhang1
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Recently Linkedin ServiceNow Learning Community contacted the evaluation of ServiceNow related posts through  Linkedin and selected the top most popular ServiceNow posts loved by Linkedin members.  This evaluation process has been performed based on the following categories:

  1. The post must be ServiceNow OOB features,  configuration and technical scripts.
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Top 13 most popular posts and authors are summarized below:

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IT Operations Management (hashtagITOM) is an essential discipline within Service Management and has been a significant focus for ServiceNow since the early days of the hashtagnowplatform!

As technology is increasingly interwoven with the services and applications we use daily, ITOM's role in businesses becomes more crucial. ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ“ฒ

However, the task is challenging, especially with the expansion of IoT devices and Artificial Intelligence. ๐Ÿค– In this context, ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฒ๐š ๐๐š๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š, Microsoftโ€™s CEO, aptly stated, "๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ. ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ." ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

This quote highlights the importance of ITOM in modern business operations, where even a minute of downtime can cost ๐“‚๐’พ๐“๐“๐’พโ„ด๐“ƒ๐“ˆ! โฐ๐Ÿ’ธ

The following diagrams outline five critical areas of the ServiceNow ITOM Suite, now a part of Technology Excellence:
1๏ธโƒฃ ๐˜ฟ๐’Š๐™จ๐’„๐™ค๐’—๐™š๐’“๐™ฎ:: Integrated into the Now Platform from its early days, it helps collect information from devices and populates the hashtagcmdb ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿป
2๏ธโƒฃ ๐™€๐’—๐™š๐’๐™ฉ ๐™ˆ๐’‚๐™ฃ๐’‚๐™œ๐’†๐™ข๐’†๐™ฃ๐’•: This involves collecting events from monitoring systems, correlating them, and generating alerts. ๐Ÿšจ
3๏ธโƒฃ ๐‘บ๐™š๐’“๐™ซ๐’Š๐™˜๐’† ๐‘ด๐™–๐’‘๐™ฅ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’ˆ: This feature enables the creation or discovery of Service impact models, attaching events to the nodes of these models. Service Mapping was the second ServiceNow acquisition of the company Neebula in 2014, and their flagship product, ServiceWatch, was fully reimplemented on the platform. ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ
4๏ธโƒฃ ๐‘ช๐™ค๐’“๐™š ๐˜ผ๐’–๐™ฉ๐’๐™ข๐’‚๐™ฉ๐’Š๐™ค๐’: This plugin underpins the technical capabilities required for discovery. โš™๏ธ
5๏ธโƒฃ ๐™ˆ๐‘ฐ๐˜ฟ ๐™Ž๐’†๐™ง๐’—๐™š๐’“: It serves as the foundation for the functioning of the Management, Instrumentation, and Discovery server, supporting discovery and many other capabilities. ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ

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The advent of hashtaggenai capabilities within the hashtagnowplatform is currently one of the most engaging topics of discussion, positioning the ServiceNow GenAI data model as an essential subject for exploration and comprehension.

GenAI symbolizes a pivotal moment for any organization, underscoring the realization that systems that ๐Ÿ”„integrate ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’–๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’” are poised to surpass those powered solely by either. This observation highlights the impact of GenAI in ๐Ÿš€ propelling ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ and ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  to new heights.

Incorporating GenAI into the ServiceNow architecture enriches its existing AI/ML capabilities. It aims to facilitate a myriad of tasks, including ๐Ÿ“ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐Ÿ’ป ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’, ๐Ÿ”€ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค, ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ , ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, and more, through seamless integration with both native (hashtagNowLLM) and third-party Large Language Models (hashtagllms ).

Attention might gravitate towards elements like the ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—”๐—œ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. Yet, the essence of the GenAI data model is predominantly housed within ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐‘ถ๐’๐’†๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’•๐’†๐’๐’…, ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ, and the ๐‘ต๐’๐’˜ ๐‘จ๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’”๐’•* ๐Ÿ“ฆpackages.

The diagram provided below outlines all the entities and relationships in those packages, offering valuable insights

for those keen on delving deeper into the product through documentation and available training resources:
๐Ÿ”ด ๐†๐ž๐ง๐€๐ˆ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: The foundational capabilities of the GenAI model, crafted through configurations, definitions, and attributes.
๐Ÿ”ด ๐†๐ž๐ง๐€๐ˆ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ: Employing validator scripts to enhance the quality and format of responses.
๐Ÿ”ด ๐†๐ž๐ง๐€๐ˆ ๐‹๐จ๐ ๐ฌ: The logbook of all GenAI interactions, pivotal for subsequent analysis and gaining insights.
๐Ÿ”ด ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ: Detailing the configuration of available skills.
๐Ÿ”ด ๐•๐€ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐€๐ˆ ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ: Illustrating the specific skills related to virtual assistants.

A ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง of the diagram is accessible via a ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” for those interested in a more detailed exploration. If you find this overview beneficial, please consider ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ this post with your network!

P.S.: The analogy of GenAI with clocks and alarms might stem from its inherent urgency and potential for immediate impact. Echoing ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , AI will be โ€œ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ.โ€ We must navigate its development with careful governance to unlock [Gen]AI's vast benefits

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