Manage customer service case types

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Manage Customer Service Case Types

    The Case Type form within Customer Service Management allows administrators to manage settings and configurations for various case types after initial setup. Access this form by navigating to Customer Service > Case Types > Manage Case Types and selecting a specific case type.

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    Key Features

    • Configuration Overview: View business rules, client scripts, notifications, and other configurations related to the selected case type.
    • Guided Setup Links: Launch guided setup tasks for case types, Advanced Work Assignment (AWA), and Agent Workspace directly from the Case Type form.
    • Related Lists: Access related lists to manage additional configurations including record producers, state flows, SLAs, and more.
    • Category and Subtype Assignment: Assign optional categories and subtypes to case types, allowing agents to filter case types based on their selections during case creation.
    • Major Case UI Action: Enable agents to propose major cases from selected case type records, creating a major case that syncs updates with related child cases.

    Key Outcomes

    By effectively managing case types, ServiceNow customers can enhance case categorization, improve agent efficiency, and ensure seamless synchronization between major and child cases. This leads to more organized case handling and better service delivery to customers.

    Manage the settings and the configuration for a case type from the Case Type form.

    After using the Customer Service Management Guided Setup to create and configure a case type, you can view and manage the settings and configuration for the case type from the Case Type form. To access a Case Type form, navigate to Customer Service > Case Types > Manage Case Types and select a case type from the list.

    Case Type form related links

    The Case Type form includes the following related links.
    Table 1. Case Type form related links
    Related link Description
    View Case Type Configuration Displays the current configuration for this case type, including:
    • Business rules
    • Client scripts
    • Dictionary entries and overrides
    • Notifications
    • UI actions
    • Access controls
    • UI policies
    • Data policies
    • Styles
    • View rules
    • Flows
    Launch Guided Setup for Case Types Goes to the Case Types setup tasks in Customer Service Management Guided Setup.
    Launch Guided Setup for AWA Goes to the Advanced Work Assignment (AWA) setup tasks in Agent Workspace Guided Setup.
    Launch Guided Setup for Agent Workspace Goes to the Agent Workspace for CSM setup tasks in Customer Service Management Guided Setup.

    Case Type form related lists

    The Case Type form related lists display items configured for the case type table. Use the related lists to create additional configurations.
    • Record Producers
    • State Flows
    • Special Handling Notes
    • SLAs
    • Email Templates
    • Quick Messages
    • Reports
    • Case Type Selections

    Select a category and subtype for a case type

    The system administrator can assign an optional category and a subtype to a case type. When creating a case, agents can filter the available case types by category and subtype in the case type selector. If an agent selects a category, the list of case types displayed is filtered by that category. If an agent selects a subtype, the list is further filtered by that subtype.

    The Customer Service Case Types plugin includes several categories that the system administrator can select for a case type. These categories include:
    • Onboarding
    • Complaint
    • Orders
    • General
    The Subtype field displays fields from the Case Type table that are of the following type:
    • Choice list
    • Reference
    To select a category and a subtype for a case type:
    1. Navigate to Customer Service > Case Types > Manage Case Types and select a case type.
    2. Select a category in the Category field.
    3. Select a field in the Subtype field.
    4. Select Update.

    Case types and major cases

    The system administrator can enable the Propose Major Case UI action for different case types. If this UI action is available, an agent can propose a major case from the selected case type record. If the major case candidate is accepted, a major case is created and the case type record is added as a child case on the major case.

    The major case is created on the base Case table. Updates to the major case are synchronized to the child case types. Multiple case type records can be added to the same major case.