Service Model Foundation roles
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Summary of Service Model Foundation roles
The Service Model Foundation feature in ServiceNow includes a set of roles that administrators can assign to internal users. These roles enable efficient case management and project collaboration within business locations and service organizations. Understanding these roles is crucial for optimizing service delivery and ensuring effective user engagement.
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Key Features
- Location Agent: Handles cases for accounts and contacts within their assigned business location.
- Location Consumer Agent: Manages cases for consumers and households in their business area.
- Location Manager: Updates cases for accounts and consumers across their location hierarchy.
- Location Manager Contributor: Oversees service organizations and creates cases within their service hierarchy.
- Project Roles: Includes Project Member and Project Manager Contributor roles for viewing and managing project tasks.
- Service Organization Project Manager: Initiates, plans, and coordinates projects, ensuring effective task management.
- Relationship Agent: Accesses cases based solely on specific relationships with accounts and consumers.
- Service Management Agent: Provides a service management function for business locations.
- Location Support Agent: Resolves cases from other organizations, facilitating communication with store personnel.
- Service Organization Contributor: Assists customers via various channels and manages cases related to their business location.
Key Outcomes
By assigning these roles, ServiceNow customers can improve operational efficiency, enhance customer service, and streamline project management across various business locations and service organizations. Proper role assignment ensures that users have the appropriate access and responsibilities to fulfill their tasks effectively, leading to better service execution and customer satisfaction.
Roles that are included with the plugins that enable the Service Model Foundation feature.
The following table describes the roles that the administrator can assign to the internal users.
| Role | Responsibility | Description | Contains roles |
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| Location agent [sn_customerservice.svc_location_agent] |
Location agent | Create and fulfill cases for the accounts and contacts in the agent's business location. |
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| Location consumer agent [sn_customerservice.svc_location_consumer_agent] |
Location consumer agent | Create and fulfill cases for the consumers and households in the agent's business location. |
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| Location manager [sn_customerservice.svc_location_manager] |
Location Manager Fulfiller | Create and update cases for accounts, contacts, consumers, and households that work with the business locations within their location hierarchy. |
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| Location manager contributor [sn_customerservice.svc_location_manager_contributor] |
Location Manager Contributor |
Manage service organizations and create cases for accounts, households, or consumers at the service organization or any of its child service organizations. |
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Location Project Member [sn_bus_loc.location_project_stakeholder] |
None |
Views project details and project tasks of their respective business location. Marks customer visible project tasks as complete. |
None |
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Location Project Manager Contributor [sn_bus_loc.location_manager_project_stakeholder] |
None |
Views project details and project tasks of their respective business location and child business locations. Marks customer visible project tasks as complete. |
None |
| EBL Viewer [sn_bus_loc.ebl_viewer] |
None | Views all external business location details and location staff | None |
| IBL viewer [sn_bus_loc.ibl_viewer] |
None | Views all internal business location details and location staff. | None |
| Service Organization Project Manager [sn_service_org.project_manager] |
None | This role can perform the following actions:
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| Relationship agent [sn_customerservice.relationship_agent] |
None | This role restricts an agent's access to only those cases for the accounts, contacts, consumers, and households that they have a relationship with. This role includes the following relationships that are
provided with the Service Model Foundation plugins:
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| Service Management agent [sn_esm_location_agent] |
None | A service management agent role for a business location |
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| Location Support agent [sn_bus_loc.svc_location_support_agent] |
Location Support Agent |
This role resolves the cases originated from other business organizations, ensuring access to required information and other details, and facilitating efficient coordination with store personnel |
sn_esm_location_agent |
| Service organization contributor [sn_customerservice.service_organization_contributor] |
Location Contributor | This user:
If also an internal user on a case, this user can:
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