TechNow Ep 26 - Source Control LIVE at Knowledge16

Chuck Tomasi
Tera Patron

I just got confirmation that we're all set for Wednesday May 18 at 4:00PM on the second floor by the SMCC (social media) area. Come join steppek, dave.slusher and me (ctomasi) to learn about one of our favorite new Helsinki features - Source Control. This is a game changer for developers! More info coming soon on the "Ask the Expert" area.

Update (May 5, 2016): Date corrected. It's May 18, not May 21.

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DChandlerKy
Tera Guru

This is one feature I am very excited about! I would love to be in the audience but not sure I will be able to.   Like most of your episodes, will this be recorded as well?



Thank you!


Diana


Hi Dagmar,



Yes, this will be recorded and available via the community or YouTube shortly after. You can always post your questions here (while watching live) and we'll do our best to answer them. Thank you for watching!


Viswanatha Red3
Mega Expert

Hi ctomasi



I have a question related to source control.


In the video you have mentioned that Source control will only applies to Applications only. And only applications will be moved to Test/Prod from App Repository.


What if I had to make changes in Global Application and need to be tracked under source control?


For a new servicenow implementation we will always work with apps (INC, CHG, PRB ...) which are in Global.



For eg :


I would like to change the layout of INCIDENT. Currently Incident is in GLOBAL application. How do you want to track these changes with source control ?



Do I have to create a custom app which extend Global Incident table and make changes ?



Regards


Viswa


Hi Viswa,



Good questions. First, yes, it only applies to scoped applications because of the inherent danger in deleting global properties or other settings that can damage your system during the apply process.



Second, you can create your own scoped apps that build on the global ones quite easily. Just because incident is a global app does not mean you cannot create a scoped app for your own form layouts, views, UI policies etc. Create the new app from scratch and begin your modifications. This is actually the recommended way to make modifications to global apps (from our developers.)



Application Scope - ServiceNow Wiki