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Do Formula indicators not work with breakdowns

Brian Lancaster
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I have a formula indicator and I added a breakdown. However when I try to select that breakdown on a dashboard the formula indicator disappears. I'm working on a dashboard where I need to count all Task that we use in ServiceNow and put the in one widget. So once I get the counts all new Incidents, problem tasks, catalog task, change tasks, etc. I need to combine them into one count. But I also want to be able to do a breakdown by group.

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Thomas_Davis
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Did you add the Breakdown to both Indicators within the Formula Indicator and also add the Breakdown to the Formula Indicator itself?

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Here is a ServiceNow doc that talks through it:
https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/utah-now-intelligence/page/use/performance-analytics/task/t_Creat...

 

Hope this helps,

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AndersBGS
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Hi @Brian Lancaster ,

 

The short answer is yes - breakdowns works perfectly with formula indicators. For alle the PA that I have done throughout the years, I have never had any experience. So  it's more a question about how the breakdown source and breakdown is configured.

 

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Its a breakdown called Cost Center and it is linked to assignment group.cost center. We have a cost center associated with all IT assignment groups. I have been testing this with incident. All indicators in the formula have this breakdown.

 

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Hi @Brian Lancaster ,

 

Can you please also share a snip of the breakdown source according to how it's configured?

 

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Anders

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Here is the breakdown source.

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