Assessment dashboard in Configurable Workspace of Cloud Migration Assessment

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
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    Summary of Assessment dashboard in Configurable Workspace of Cloud Migration Assessment

    The ServiceNow Cloud Migration Assessment application helps you plan, organize, and monitor the migration of enterprise IT resources and workloads to cloud platforms. The Assessment dashboard within the Configurable Workspace provides visual insights and summaries of migration tasks and resource statuses, enabling you to track progress efficiently.

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    Access to the dashboard requires the sncloudmigration.operator role. You can open the dashboard by navigating to All > Cloud Migration > Cloud Migration Workspace, then selecting Assessment dashboard.

    Key Features

    • Migration Task Statistics: Review overall migration task statistics and monitor progress through intuitive visualizations.
    • Drill-down Capability: Drill down into detailed resource information categorized by migration task state.
    • Resource Categorization: View resources by various states and categories, including:
      • Resources in New assessments (assigned to tasks in New state)
      • Resources in Review or Approved tasks
      • Unassigned on-premise resources (not yet assigned to any tasks)
      • Blocked resources (assigned to tasks in Blocked state)
    • Data Visualizations: The Overview tab includes several key reports sourced from the Assigned Resource for Migration table:
      • Resources by assessment state: Donut chart showing resources by their migration task state.
      • Assigned resources by state and migration wave: Bar chart presenting resources by task state and migration wave.
      • Resources by target architecture and cloud providers: Bar chart illustrating resources by their intended cloud architecture and provider.
      • Resources by assessment R-disposition: Donut chart depicting resources according to the selected migration strategy (R-disposition) for assessments.

    Practical Use for ServiceNow Customers

    This dashboard equips migration project operators with a centralized view to monitor migration progress, assess resource assignments, and identify any blocked or unassigned resources. By utilizing the visualizations, teams can effectively manage migration waves, align resources with cloud architectures, and track adherence to migration strategies. This enables better planning, risk mitigation, and communication throughout the cloud migration lifecycle.

    Use the ServiceNow® Cloud Migration Assessment application to plan, organize, and track the process of relocating your enterprise IT resources and workloads to cloud platforms. Analyze the IT resources using dashboards that visualize and summarize information on resources by different categories. Use the Assessment dashboard to review the statistics of the migration tasks and monitor the migration progress.

    Required ServiceNow AI Platform roles

    sn_cloud_migration.operator, uses Cloud Migration Assessment.

    Access the Assessment dashboard

    To open the dashboard, navigate to All > > Cloud Migration > Cloud Migration Workspace, and then select Assessment dashboard Assessment dashboard icon.

    Figure 1. Assessment dashboard

    Assessment dashboard

    Use cases

    For examples of how different people in your organization would use this dashboard, see these use cases.
    User Dashboard use
    sn_cloud_migration.operator Review the statistics of the migration tasks and monitor the migration progress. Drill down to see detailed information on resources in relevant categories.

    Indicators

    Resources in new assessments
    The resources of all categories assigned to assessment tasks in New state.
    Resources in review and approved resources
    The resources of all categories assigned to tasks in Review or Approved state.
    Unassigned on-premise resources
    The resources that you haven't assigned to any assessment tasks.
    Blocked resources
    The resources of all categories assigned to tasks in Blocked state.

    Data visualizations

    The following visualizations are available on the Overview tab of Cloud Migration Assessment.
    Title Type Source table Description
    Resources by assessment state Donut
    Donut report icon
    		 Assigned Resource for Migration [sn_cloud_migration_task_resource_m2m] A donut report that shows resources of all categories by their assessment task state.
    Assigned resources by state and migration wave Bar
    Bar report icon
    		 Assigned Resource for Migration [sn_cloud_migration_task_resource_m2m] A bar report that presents resources by state and migration wave.
    Resources by target architecture and cloud providers Bar
    Bar report icon
    		 Assigned Resource for Migration [sn_cloud_migration_task_resource_m2m] A bar report that presents resources by target architecture and cloud providers.
    Resources by assessment R-disposition Donut
    Donut report icon
    		 Assigned Resource for Migration [sn_cloud_migration_task_resource_m2m] A donut port that shows resources by the migration strategy (R-disposition) selected for their respective assessments.