Breakdown and indicator Performance Analytics properties

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated July 31, 2025
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    Summary of Breakdown and indicator Performance Analytics properties

    This document outlines key Performance Analytics properties in ServiceNow’s Zurich release that set limits on breakdown elements and indicators, primarily impacting visualizations and data management within Performance Analytics dashboards and scorecards.

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    Key Properties and Their Practical Use

    • com.snc.pa.scoresheet.maxelements: Limits the maximum number of breakdown elements displayed in a scoresheet to 500 by default, helping maintain performance and clarity.
    • com.snc.pa.breakdownelementcutoff: Controls how many breakdown elements are shown in Analytics Hub and KPI Details, focusing on elements with scores or changes and defaulting to 50 elements to avoid overwhelming reports.
    • com.snc.pa.scorecards.maxbreakdownelements: Sets a cap on the number of breakdown elements displayed in Analytics Hub lists with a default of 1000 and a maximum of 10,000, encouraging solution redesign if higher limits are needed for scalability.
    • com.snc.pa.scorecard.breakdown.chart.maxrows: Limits the number of breakdown elements shown in visualizations to 10, ensuring charts remain readable and performant.
    • com.snc.pa.thresholds.frequencyintervalsinthepastlimit: Defines how many past frequency intervals a threshold check job analyzes, defaulting to 2, which affects threshold evaluation accuracy and performance.
    • com.snc.pa.scorecard.maxrecordnum: Automatically loads up to 50,000 records on the Analytics Hub records tab per indicator; beyond this, users must manually load records to avoid performance degradation.
    • com.snc.pa.breakdownelementuimaxrecords: Deprecated; previously limited fetched breakdown elements for lookup fields, now replaced by improved methods in Analytics Hub.
    • com.snc.pa.targetbatchoperationlimit: Controls the maximum number of targets updated or inserted in bulk on the KPI Details Targets Configuration page, default 100, to avoid timeouts during bulk operations.
    • com.snc.pa.widget.maxwidgetindicators: Limits the number of additional widget indicators beyond the main indicator to 7, managing widget complexity and performance.
    • com.snc.pa.widgets.respectacl: Determines whether widget visibility respects ACLs for indicators and breakdowns; default is true on new instances, ensuring security compliance.

    Practical Impact for ServiceNow Customers

    These properties help customers optimize Performance Analytics solutions for performance, usability, and security. Adjusting these settings allows fine-tuning of data visualization limits, bulk operation sizes, and security enforcement to align with organizational needs. Customers should monitor these limits to maintain dashboard responsiveness and consider redesigning indicators or breakdowns if limits are consistently reached.

    These properties set limits on breakdown elements and indicators, mostly in the context of visualizations.

    Property Description
    com.snc.pa.scoresheet.max_elements Maximum number of breakdown elements of a breakdown that can be shown in a scoresheet

    Default: 500

    com.snc.pa.breakdown_element_cutoff

    Maximum number of elements that a breakdown can have where the Analytics Hub and KPI Details show its scoreless elements.

    An element is scoreless when it meets one of these conditions:
    • For real-time scores, the element has never had a score.

    • For a formula indicator, the element has never had a score in one or more of the contributing indicators.

    • For the collected scores of an automated indicator, the element has never had a score. However, if the number of elements that would still be displayed exceeds the com.snc.pa.breakdown_element_cutoff value, only the elements that have a score or change value on the selected date are displayed. For more information and examples, see Collected scores and com.snc.pa.breakdown_element_cutoff.

    Note:
    This parameter does not affect whether unmatched elements are shown.

    Default: 50

    com.snc.pa.scorecards.max_breakdown_elements

    Maximum number of breakdown elements in Analytics Hub lists

    Default: 1000

    Maximum: 10,000. Any value set above 10,000 is treated as 10,000.

    Tip:
    If this value is not high enough for your indicators, consider redesigning your Performance Analytics solution.
    com.snc.pa.scorecard.breakdown.chart.max_rows Number of breakdown elements in visualizations

    Default: 10

    com.snc.pa.thresholds.frequency_intervals_in_the_past_limit Maximum number of frequency intervals in the past that a threshold check job analyzes

    Default: 2

    com.snc.pa.scorecard.max_record_num

    Number of records to be loaded automatically on the records tab of the Analytics Hub for a single indicator. If the number of records exceeds the value of this property, records are not automatically loaded. In this case, the user is presented with a message and a button to load all records.

    Default: 50,000

    com.snc.pa.breakdown_element_ui_max_records

    Deprecated in Analytics Hub. Limit for the number of elements to be fetched for a breakdown. Used for the lookup fields (breakdown dashboard, old detailed scorecard, and so on.)

    Default: 100

    com.snc.pa.target_batch_operation_limit

    Applies only to KPI Details: The maximum number of targets that can be inserted or updated in one bulk action on the Targets Configuration page. If you face timeouts while inserting or updating targets in bulk, consider reducing this limit.

    Default: 100

    com.snc.pa.widget.max_widget_indicators Maximum number of widget indicators, in addition to the main indicator that can be added to a widget

    Default: 7

    com.snc.pa.widgets.respect_acl Restrict widget visibility following the ACLs of indicators and breakdowns. True|false.
    • Default on new instances: true
    • Default on upgraded instances from before Quebec: false