Explore flow execution analysis

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Explore Flow Execution Analysis

    This feature allows ServiceNow customers to analyze flow execution details and receive AI-generated recommendations to address any errors encountered. The flow summarization skill is part of the Now Assist for Creator application, which can be installed from the ServiceNow Store.

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    Key Features

    • Flow Summarization: Summarizes execution details even when flow reporting is disabled.
    • Error Identification: Identifies potential causes of flow errors.
    • Suggested Resolutions: Provides recommendations for resolving flow errors.
    • Supported AI Models: Compatible with Now LLM Service, Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini, and Anthropic Claude on AWS.
    • Flow Analysis Generation: Accessible from the Workflow Studio sidebar to view and regenerate flow execution analyses.

    Key Outcomes

    Utilizing flow execution analysis enables efficient troubleshooting of flows by summarizing details and offering actionable insights, which can significantly reduce downtime and enhance workflow management. However, customers should be aware of AI limitations and the necessity for human oversight to ensure the accuracy and appropriateness of AI-generated outputs, especially in critical areas such as healthcare and finance.

    Summarize flow execution details and get recommendations to resolve errors with generative AI.

    Activation

    The flow summarization skill is installed with the Now Assist for Creator (sn_now_creator) application. You can install this application from the ServiceNow Store website.

    Benefits

    Enable flow execution analysis to gain these benefits.
    • Summarize flow execution details when flow reporting is off.
    • Identify potential causes of flow errors.
    • Resolve flow errors with suggested fixes.

    Supported LLMs

    You can use Now LLM Service, Now LLM Long Term Stable models (LTS), Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini or Anthropic Claude on AWS as the AI model provider for all Now Assist skills and AI agents. Use the Configuration Controls in AI Control Tower to define which options are available, then set the skill-level preferences in the Now Assist Admin console. For more information, see Large language models on the ServiceNow AI Platform®.

    Flow analysis

    Flow execution analysis sidebar option.

    You can generate and view a flow execution analysis from the Workflow Studio sidebar.

    Flow execution analysis sidebar option.

    From the Analysis sidebar, you can generate an analysis of the flow execution details. A flow that has never been analyzed displays a Analyze flow button.

    Analyze flow option.

    An existing flow analysis lists its creation date.

    A summary of the Change - Standard flow, which also lists a creation date.

    You can regenerate a flow execution analysis from the Analysis sidebar.

    Flow reporting requirements

    Flow execution analysis requires flow execution details to analyze. When flow reporting is on, you can analyze any flow using information from its flow execution details. When flow reporting is off, you can only analyze flows that are in an error state using information from the flow context record. For more information about setting flow reporting, see Activate flow reporting.