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# Discovery Admin Workspace

# Discovery Admin Workspace {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated October 27, 2026  
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The Discovery Admin Workspace serves as a central location for monitoring, tracking, and completing discovery-related tasks. Experience a streamlined discovery process and greater efficiency with the integration of
schedules, diagnostics, tuning, anomaly detection, and more within this single workspace.

## Prerequisites {#discovery-admin-workspace__section_z2g_yzz_y2c}

Install and activate the Discovery plugin (com.snc.discovery) before you install Discovery Admin Workspace (sn_disco_workspace).  
Warning:  
If you install Discovery Admin Workspace first, Discovery schedules may fail to run due to plugin dependencies.  
You must also have the latest ServiceNow Store version of the following applications:

* Visibility Content
* (optional) Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns
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As of Discovery Admin Workspace v1.17.0, Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns is automatically installed and updated as a dependency. For earlier versions, install or update the application manually as needed.

## Dependencies {#discovery-admin-workspace__section_ihh_zbl_zcc}

Installing Discovery Admin Workspace (sn_disco_workspace) activates or installs the following applications:

* Service Operations WorkspaceService Reliability Management (SRM) Common (sn_sow_srm_common)
* CMDB Workspace (sn_cmdb_ws)
* Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns (sn_itom_pattern)
* ITOM Discovery Admin Workspace (com.snc.itom.daw)
* ITOM Configuration Console (sn_itom_admin)
* ITOM Guided Setup - New (sn_sow_guide_setup)
* CMDB CI Class Models (sn_cmdb_ci_class)
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Note:  
For on-premises deployments, dependencies aren't installed or updated automatically. For more information, see [Getting apps as an on-premise customer](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=getting-apps-on-prem&version=australia&pubname=australia-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US).

For a list of Discovery Admin Workspace application dependencies, see [Plugins or applications installed with ITOM Visibility](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/75d1Tix4~BSpibBomfiDbQ "Plugins and applications are installed with ITOM Visibility, and application dependencies are installed when you update.").

## Roles {#discovery-admin-workspace__section_dqk_1c4_ykc}

The following roles have access to the Discovery Admin Workspace:

* discovery_admin
* admin
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