Data Management release notes
The ServiceNow® Data Management capabilities enable you to manage the growth of data in your instance. Data Management capabilities were enhanced and updated in the Australia release.
Data Management highlights for the Australia release
- Store archive records and attachments in columnar format outside the primary instance.
- Enable users to complete administrative tasks in Data Management without the full admin role.
See Data Management for more information.
New in the Australia release
- Store archive data in columnar format
- Store archive records and attachments in columnar format outside the primary instance, freeing up primary storage and improving query performance for active data. Columnar storage is exclusive to RaptorDB Professional V2.
- Granular admin role
- Enable administrators to perform basic Data Management tasks by granting the data_mgmt_tools_admin role instead of the full admin role.
Activation information
Data Management is a ServiceNow AI Platform capability that is active by default.
The ability to store archive data in columnar format is available with activation of the Data Archiving – Columnar Storage (com.glide.db.columnar.archive) plugin, which requires a separate subscription. For details, see Activate columnar storage.
The ability to migrate archived attachments from row store to column store is available with activation of the Data Management Columnar Attachments Migration (com.glide.data_management.columnar_attachments) plugin, which requires a separate subscription. For details, see Activate migration of attachments to columnar storage.
Plugin information
- New plugins
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The following plugins are new in Australia:
- Data Archiving – Columnar Storage (com.glide.db.columnar.archive): Enables you to archive data in columnar storage and set up scheduled jobs to migrate archive tables.
- Data Management Columnar Attachments Migration (com.glide.data_management.columnar_attachments): Enables you to migrate archived attachments from row store to column store, as well as convert columnar attachments back to row store.