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Service Catalog ITSM

gkakulavara — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:03:18 GMT

We are moving away from Zendesk to ServiceNow for ITSM. I would appreciate any direction on how to identify items for the Service Catalogue. Currently we have none in zendesk, but we use Adaxes for Self Service options where most requests are for Applications and Systems access.

Re: Service Catalog ITSM

GlideFather — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:22:37 GMT

Hi @gkakulavara,

service catalog is pretty much a list of forms what can employees/users submit.

There's no universal template or answer, different items make sense to an insurance company, different ones to a car manufacturer and even within the same industry each company or even company's branch will have its own specifics.

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Service Catalog is what services/products are available. Based on the nature of the catalog and items then oyu can have the corresponding processes - for example, if you cannot access any account, you want to report an issue so you create an incident, if you want to gain that access but you haven't had it before then you need to request it so you submit a request and also, some might be auto-approved, some might require approval...

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With that said, there's no easy answer to you and I guess you should take it from the other way... focus on what your company does and think of tools and processes that will simplify, automate and help you in general, not the other way around.

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to get some idea, watch SN official youtube videos, demos and articles, or read this: Service catalog or What is an IT SC?

Re: Service Catalog ITSM

rafaelramos0 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:31:38 GMT

Hi @gkakulavara !

You may have Ticket Forms in Zendesk if you have it configured. These will be Catalog Items or Record Producers in the ServiceNow Service Catalog.

Are you also replacing Adaxes? If so, these items would be Catalog Items.

Mark helpful if makes sense. 🙂

Re: Service Catalog ITSM

Ajay_Chavan — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:56:23 GMT

@gkakulavara

here is what you can do:

Start Simple Look at your most requested items in Adaxes, Pick the top 5-10 easiest ones to start with , Build those first, then expand

For example - "application access request form"
One catalog item where users pick which app they need from a dropdown
- Simpler to maintain
- Better if you have lots of apps

Separate catalog item for each application
- Better for custom approvals per app
- Use Catalog Builder templates

Links:
https://www.servicenow.com/community/itsm-articles/application-guide-service-catalog-best-practices/ta-p/2308015

https://www.servicenow.com/success/playbook/service-catalog-design.html

Re: Service Catalog ITSM

gkakulavara — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:04:20 GMT

This is an excellent summary. Correct me if I'm wrong. For a beginner like me, you made it easy to understand with the line "If its an access or any form of request and that you're requesting it for the first time, with Approval as a variable then we would consider it for Service Catalog". The driving force is to automate and simplify existing processes.

Re: Service Catalog ITSM

gkakulavara — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:09:00 GMT

Our ADaxes self-service is now quite robust. Correct me if I'm wrong, I think the best approach is to keep the current ADAXES state as is, identify new catalogue items and implement them in ServiceNow. And later, Adaxes items will be migrated to ServiceNow, as we aim to eliminate redundancy. In your opinion, which one is powerful?

Re: Service Catalog ITSM

gkakulavara — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:25:23 GMT

As we are in the early stages of the implementation and we will be implementing with the help of an implementation partner, I'm thinking of working to identify items that we already do not have in Adaxes for Service Catalog. And later once implementation is done we migrate everything we have in adaxes to ServiceNow. Please Let me know your thoughts.

Re: Service Catalog ITSM

rafaelramos0 — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:54:26 GMT

Hi @gkakulavara !

Your approach is correct and makes the process smoother.

So, I would start by migrating the Zendesk services to ServiceNow and implement new services in ServiceNow.
Next, I would migrate the services implemented in ADaxes to ServiceNow. Start by grouping the services and use cases integrated into the same systems.

You need to map the service delivery into at least two parts.

Part 1 - Catalog Item (defining the requester's input information)
Part 2 - Workflow (based on the catalog item definition, you need to orchestrate the workflow steps and integrations)

In short, integrations done in ADaxes may require additional configuration in ServiceNow. Verify that all necessary spokes are already in your subscriptions. This will speed up implementation.

Mark helpful if makes sense. 🙂

Re: Service Catalog ITSM

KvitoslavaM — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:07:57 GMT

Hi!
Since you already use Adaxes, you’re in a great spot. I advise converting your top five Adaxes tasks and most-used Zendesk macros into catalog items, so you turn manual instructions into automated, clickable requests. You can use migration tools to sync historical data and make sure that your Zendesk Help Center articles and user history remain accessible within the new ServiceNow environment. To make sure migration is correct, include these items in Service catalog folders such as Access, Hardware, and Office Services so users can find exactly what they need at a glance.