Make a copy of an existing playbook with the same trigger, stages, activities, and experience configurations as the original. Edit the duplicated playbook to quickly create a working variation.
Before you begin
- Activate Playbooks for your
appropriate application.
- Familiarize yourself with the tables and relationships that your application
uses for the playbook that you want to create.
- Make sure to familiarize yourself with any features that your business uses to automate operations on the ServiceNow AI Platform, such as Flow Designer, business rules, and workflows. Learning about these concepts can help you avoid creating any conflicting logic in your playbooks.
- Learn how to get
started with ServiceNow® Process Automation.
- Role required: admin or pd_admin
Procedure
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Navigate to .
The Playbooks builder appears.
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Select the playbook you want to duplicate.
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Check the box next to the playbook that you want to duplicate.
Only one playbook can be duplicated at a time.
The Duplicate button displays.
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Select Duplicate.
The system makes a copy of the selected playbook and opens Duplicate playbook modal for the new playbook.
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Fill in the playbook properties.
| Option | Description |
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| Label |
Enter a unique, user-facing name for your playbook. This name appears during playbook runtime. |
| Application |
Choose an application scope that you want your playbook to run in. Selecting Global lets your playbook run in any application scope. For more information, see Application scope. |
| Description |
Optionally, enter some descriptive details about your playbook. |
| Trigger type |
Specify what causes your trigger to fire. |
| Table |
The table with the record operations that you want to trigger your playbook. This field cannot be edited. |
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Edit the playbook stages and activities to fit the new playbook.
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Select Save.