Roles installed with Field Service Management
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Summary of Roles installed with Field Service Management
Field Service Management (FSM) in ServiceNow includes a comprehensive set of predefined roles designed to manage various aspects of field service operations. These roles enable users to perform specific tasks such as managing work orders, scheduling, approving tasks, and integrating with Customer Service Management (CSM).
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Key Roles and Their Capabilities
- Field Service Management Administrator [wmadmin]: Full control over FSM data including creating, editing, and deleting work orders, tasks, models, incidentals, and questionnaires. Can book appointments and override system information.
- Field Service Management Agent [wmagent]: Executes work on site, manages task acceptance, parts sourcing, work notes, and submits questionnaires. Cannot modify scheduling windows.
- Field Service Management Approver User [wmapproveruser]: Responsible for approving work orders before qualification or assignment.
- Field Service Management Basic [wmbasic]: Provides common data access across FSM roles and allows creation and follow-up on work orders.
- Field Service Management Dispatcher [wmdispatcher]: Schedules and assigns tasks, manages task details and statuses, adds parts, and controls actual work and travel times.
- Field Service Management Initiator [wminitiator]: Creates work orders, assigns qualification groups, and edits draft work orders they created.
- Field Service Management Initiator Qualifier [wminitiatorqualifier]: Extends initiator capabilities by creating tasks, adding parts, sourcing parts, and assigning agent skills.
- Field Service Management Initiator Qualifier Dispatcher [wminitiatorqualifierdispatcher]: Further extends initiator qualifier by assigning work to agents and managing their tasks.
- Field Service Management Manager [wmmanager]: Manages agent skills, timecards, work schedules, and personal events.
- Field Service Management Qualifier [wmqualifier]: Qualifies and edits work orders and tasks in draft or qualified states; manages parts and technical details.
- Field Service Management Read [wmread]: Provides read-only access to work orders and tasks.
- Field Service Desk Agent [snfsmservicedeskagent]: Enables creating, applying templates, and progressing work orders from a service desk perspective.
- Field Service Management Task Initiator [wmtaskinitiator]: Manages creation, deletion, and modification of work order tasks and parts while in draft state.
Role Integration with Customer Service Management
When the Customer Service Management (CSM) plugin is enabled alongside FSM, specific CSM roles can be added to FSM agents to extend their capabilities. This integration allows agents to:
- sncustomerservice.caseviewer: Read access to cases with the same field visibility as customer service agents.
- sncustomerservice.customerdataviewer: Read-only access to critical customer data entities such as install base items, contracts, entitlements, accounts, contacts, assets, and sold products.
- sncustomerservice.proxycontact: Permission to create cases using a record producer.
Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers
These roles facilitate clear segregation of duties and streamlined workflows across field service operations, ensuring appropriate access and capabilities tailored to each user's responsibilities. The integration with Customer Service Management enhances cross-functional collaboration by enabling field agents to access and contribute to customer service data and cases directly, improving service efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Roles are added with Field Service Management.
| Role title [name] | Description | Contains Roles |
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| Field Service Management Administrator [wm_admin] |
Manages data related to field service management. Field service management administrators also can:
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| Field Service Management Agent [wm_agent] |
Manages actual task time and performs work on site. Agents also can:
Agents can’t update schedule or task window times or toggle the window control. |
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| Field Service Management Approver User [wm_approver_user] |
Responsible for approving work orders before they’re qualified or assigned. |
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| Field Service Management Basic [wm_basic] |
Create work orders and follow up on work orders they had created. Common data access shared by all field service roles. |
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| Field Service Management Dispatcher [wm_dispatcher] |
Schedules tasks, adds parts, and assigns tasks to work agents. Dispatchers also can:
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| Field Service Management Initiator [wm_initiator] |
Creates work orders and assigns qualification group. Initiators also can:
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wm_basic |
| Field Service Management Initiator Qualifier [wm_initiator_qualifier] |
Initiator-qualifiers can:
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| Field Service Management Initiator Qualifier Dispatcher [wm_initiator_qualifier_dispatcher] |
Initiator-qualifier-dispatchers can:
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| Field Service Management Manager [wm_manager] |
Field Service Managers can:
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| Field Service Management Qualifier [wm_qualifier] |
Qualifies work orders and creates work order tasks. Qualifiers also can:
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| Field Service Management Read [wm_read] |
Capable of reading work orders and work order tasks. |
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| Field Service Desk Agent [sn_fsm_servicedesk_agent] | Allows a user to create a work order, apply a template, and progress the work order. |
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| Field Service Management Task Initiator [wm_task_initiator] |
Create, delete, and modify work order tasks and part requirements when both the work order and work order task are in the draft state. | wm_initiator |
Role integration with Customer Service Management
| Adding this role | Allows agents |
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| sn_customerservice.case_viewer |
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| sn_customerservice.customer_data_viewer | To have read-only access to customer data entities such as:
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| sn_customerservice.proxy_contact | To create a case using a record producer. |