Use ServiceNow Otto for Supplier Lifecycle Operations (SLO) in a Virtual Agent chat
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Summary of Use ServiceNow Otto for Supplier Lifecycle Operations (SLO) in a Virtual Agent chat
ServiceNow Otto for Supplier Lifecycle Operations (SLO) integrates generative AI capabilities into the Virtual Agent chat, enabling suppliers to interact through natural language conversations. This conversational interface allows supplier contacts to efficiently manage profiles, user accounts, requests, and track statuses with contextual AI assistance. The feature is designed to enhance supplier collaboration by providing an intuitive, AI-driven chat experience.
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Role requirement: The snsuppliergenai.nowassistsupplier role must be assigned to the snslm.contact user to access these capabilities.
Key Features
- Start a conversation: Access via Supplier Collaboration Portal (All > Supplier Lifecycle Operations > Supplier Collaboration Portal) and select the Virtual Agent chat icon to begin interacting with ServiceNow Otto.
- Update banking details: Suppliers can update or submit new bank details by providing the organization's associated email and uploading proof of the beneficiary’s bank account.
- Update profile details: Suppliers can modify their profile information through guided chat prompts.
- Submit a request: Suppliers can create new requests by describing their inquiry and selecting the relevant supplier contact.
- Track request status: Suppliers can check the status of requests by entering the request number in the chat.
- Enroll a new user: Suppliers can add new users by providing their work email and designating primary contact status if needed.
- Remove user account: Suppliers can offboard users by specifying the user to remove, the replacement contact, and providing a reason for offboarding.
- Request access change: Secondary contacts can request changes in access levels, specifying urgency and reason.
Important Notes
- ServiceNow Otto uses generative AI to interpret requests and generate responses; users should verify procurement information before submission as results may not always be accurate.
- Only secondary contacts are permitted to request access changes.
Additional Information for Administrators
Administrators can monitor ServiceNow Otto’s performance using the Virtual Agent Analytics dashboard, which tracks conversation deflection rates based on resolution statuses of AI interactions. This helps evaluate the effectiveness of Otto as a self-service deflection tool.
Further details and configuration guidance for ServiceNow Otto for SLO are available through the relevant documentation.
Use the conversational interface of ServiceNow Otto for Supplier Lifecycle Operations (SLO) to request contextually relevant generative AI capabilities through a Virtual Agent chat.
Role required: sn_supplier_gen_ai.now_assist_supplier
As a supplier, you can manage a profile, manage users, submit a request, track request status, or connect to a live agent by using contextual generative AI capabilities.
Start a conversation with ServiceNow Otto for SLO
- Navigate to .
- Select the Virtual Agent chat icon (
).
- In the chat, select a suggested topic or type what you need.
- Update banking details
- As a supplier contact, you can update your existing bank details or submit a new one. You can enter the email address that is associated with your organization's account to update your bank details. You must upload proof of the beneficiary's bank account to edit the request.
- Update profile details
- As a supplier contact, you can update the profile details. You can update the profile details and enter the profile details that you want to update. Follow the prompts in the chat to complete the procedure.
- Submit a request
- As a supplier contact, you can submit a request. You can enter Supplier inquiry in the chat, describe the case, and select a supplier contact from the list to create a request.
- Track request status
- As a supplier contact, you can track a request status. For example, enter I want to know the status of SCASE0001156 in the chat to view the status of the request.
- Enroll a new user
- As a supplier contact, you can enroll a new user. You can enter the work email address of the new user and select if you want this new user as the primary contact.
- Remove user account
- As a supplier contact, you can remove a user account. You can enter the name of the user or the email address of the user account that you want to remove. Enter the email address of the user who will take over the tasks that were delegated to the removed user. You must also provide a reason for offboarding this user.
- Request access change
- As a supplier contact, you can request an access change. Note:Select the urgency of the access change, such as low, moderate, or high. Enter the reason for requesting the access change from secondary to primary.Only a secondary contact can request an access change.
Additional Information
ServiceNow Otto in Virtual Agent provides your users with an interactive generative AI experience. A friendly, natural language conversation is easier to understand and makes supplier contacts more comfortable with talking to a bot. To learn how a conversation that is powered by generative AI might look in Virtual Agent, see Using ServiceNow® Otto for Virtual Agent.
As an administrator, you can use the ServiceNow Otto in Virtual Agent Analytics dashboard to monitor the performance of ServiceNow Otto in Virtual Agent as a self-service deflection tool. ServiceNow Otto in Virtual Agent Analytics calculates the conversation deflection rate that is based on the resolution status associated with ServiceNow Otto query responses. For more information, see .
For detailed information on ServiceNow Otto in Virtual Agent in general, and ServiceNow Otto for SLO in particular, see Explore ServiceNow Otto for Supplier Lifecycle Operations (SLO).
For information on configuring ServiceNow Otto for SLO, see Configure ServiceNow Otto for Supplier Lifecycle Operations (SLO).