How to know which plugins my application needs?

[LizaS]

Hey, I've recently created a new ServiceNow application.

How can I know which plugins my application requires (I haven't installed any additional plugins on my instance as part of the development and testing process)?

My app has the following features:

1. Application menus and models
2. System properties and properties category
3. Access controls and roles
4. A business role
   1. It uses GlideRecord to query tables
   2. gs to log
   3. sn_ws.RESTMessageV2 to perform HTTP requests
   4. gs.getProperty to read property values
5. Some tables (with list layout)
6. UI page
7. Import set web service

I believe the application needs the System Import sets plugin, but I'm unsure what other plugins are needed.

Maybe REST API Provider?

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

Hi @LizaS 

If you are in PDI, it is still good but if you are in a client instance then need to be assured, a few plugins come with cost and subscription. There is no standard definition that which plugins are required, it depends on the use case. Before you think about plugging, try to see if that functionality is available in OOTB, like you said, Import, which is OOTB and no plugin is required. If you did not find then search on ServiceNow docs about the functionality you are looking for and then you may get the plugins. 

[LizaS]

As mentioned, I haven't installed (or needed) any dedicated plugins.

That being said, every ServiceNow instance comes with some pre-installed plugins, so I try to make sure which one I need exactly (out of the pre-installed ones).

I want to list them as part of the application certification process.

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

Hi @LizaS 

You can go to Application Manager and see what are pre installed

[LizaS]

Thank you for getting back to me.
I know what's pre-installed.

I try to understand, out of all the preinstalled plugins, what's relevant to the application features I mentioned above.