Represented by sys_id d808244de4df5650f877f4c9ef9e2dd5

paulinakot
Tera Contributor

Hi, I have a question.

My team has spotted that when work notes or comments are updated by AI Agent, this sys_id shows up d808244de4df5650f877f4c9ef9e2dd5 (see screenshot attached).

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I have found what is stands for, namely it is a sys_Id of NowAssist Skill Configuration (see screenshot) Screenshot 2026-04-19 175537.png

 

The question is: is there any way to adjust the display on ESC of that represented by?

From user perspective it looks quite strange and unclear. 

 

Thanks for any help!

 

1 REPLY 1

Naveen20
ServiceNow Employee

This is a cosmetic issue with AI Agent / NowAssist updates in the Activity stream. What's happening is the journal entry is being attributed with a "represented by" reference pointing to the NowAssist Skill Configuration record (sys_id: d808244de4df5650f877f4c9ef9e2dd5) rather than a human-readable user name, and the activity formatter doesn't resolve it to a friendly display value.

Here are a few approaches to address it:

1. Check the System User behind the AI Agent

Look at the sys_user record that the AI Agent is running as. Navigate to sys_user.list and find the user context used by NowAssist/AI Agent. Make sure it has a proper First Name and Last Name (e.g., "NowAssist" / "Virtual Agent") so the activity stream has something meaningful to display.

2. Inspect the Journal Entry directly

Go to sys_journal_field.list and filter for that record. Check the sys_created_by and look at whether there's a represented_by or similar extended attribute being stamped. The raw sys_id is likely being stored in a field that the activity formatter tries to resolve as a display value but fails because it points to sys_gen_ai_skill_config (not a sys_user record).

3. Activity Formatter / UI Component customization

If the above doesn't resolve it, you can look at customizing the activity stream rendering in Employee Center. The component responsible is typically sn-activity-stream or the workspace activity feed. You could add a mapping or override so that when the "represented by" resolves to a non-user table record, it falls back to a friendly label like "AI Agent" or "NowAssist" instead of the raw sys_id.

4. Feels like a product gap 

The quickest short-term fix is usually option 1 — ensuring the system user that NowAssist runs under has a clean display name. Would you like help writing a script to trace exactly which user and "represented by" value is being written to sys_journal_field for those entries?