Configure data synchronization for applications
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Summary of Configure data synchronization for applications
As of the Washington DC release, ServiceNow applications enable data visibility across instances within a customer's account. This visibility is managed through a trust configuration specific to each instance and application, which can be configured for both production and non-production instances.
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Key Features
- Data sharing settings can be configured via Multi-Instance Management > Trust Configuration.
- By default, non-production instances share data only with production instances, while production instances do not share data with any other instances.
- Changes to instance roles (promoting or demoting) will reset all previous data sharing customizations to default settings.
- The Grant access and Is granting access columns indicate the permission status for data sharing between instances.
Key Outcomes
Customers can effectively manage data sharing between instances, ensuring that access aligns with business needs. Understanding the permissions granted and received enables users to control data visibility and maintain security across their ServiceNow environment.
As of Washington DC, certain ServiceNow applications have the ability to provide data visibility across instances within a customer’s account.
Data visibility is protected by a trust configuration per instance, per application. You can configure the data sharing for production and non-production instances for the applicable applications by navigating to .
By default, non-production instances allow application data sharing with production only. Production instances do not allow application data sharing with any other instance. However, these can be updated by the admin for each instance based on business needs.
If you demote a production instance to non-production, or promote a non-production instance to production, all previous customizations to data sharing settings are reset to the default configuration.
The Grant access column indicates the permission granted by the instance that you’re currently logged in to for the instance named in the same row’s instance column. The Is granting access column displays whether or not the instance mentioned in the Instance column has granted access to the instance you’re currently logged in to; it can’t be edited.The following are some examples for data sharing restrictions between instances.
Logged in to Prod1
In the following example, you’re logged in to Prod1. Prod1 has granted access to the instance Prod2 for the application Subscription Management, as indicated by the True value in the Grant access column.
Prod2 hasn’t granted access to Prod1, as indicated by the False value in the Is granting access column.
To revoke access for the Subscription Management app from Prod1 to Prod2, update the value in the Grant access column to False while logged in to Prod1.
Logged in to Prod2
In the following example, you’re logged in to Prod2. Prod1 has granted access to the instance Prod2 for the application Subscription Management, as indicated by the True value in the Is granting access column.
Prod2 hasn’t granted access to Prod1, as indicated by the False value in the Grant access column.
To grant access from Prod2 to Prod1 for the Subscription Management application, update the value in the Grant access column to True while logged in to Prod2.
Logged in to Sub-prod2
In the following example, you’re logged in to Sub-prod2. Prod1 hasn’t granted access to the instance Sub-prod2 for the application Subscription Management, as indicated by the False value in the Is granting access column.
Sub-prod2 has granted access to Prod1, as indicated by the True value in the Grant access column.
To revoke access from Sub-prod2 to Prod1 for the Subscription Management application, update the value in the Grant access column to True while logged in to Sub-prod2.
Logged in to Sub-prod3
In the following example, you’re logged in to Sub-prod3. Sub-prod4 has granted access to the instance Sub-prod3 for the application Subscription Management, as indicated by the True value in the Is granting access column. Sub-prod3 has also granted access to Sub-prod4, as indicated by the True value in the Grant access column.