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ServiceNow: Building Powerful Workflows

You're reading from   ServiceNow: Building Powerful Workflows Automating IT Service Management

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Product type Course
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788628730
Length 1330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Tim Woodruff Tim Woodruff
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Martin Wood Martin Wood
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Ashish Rudra Srivastava Ashish Rudra Srivastava
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Table of Contents (39) Chapters Close

Title Page
Credits
Preface
1. Module 1 FREE CHAPTER 2. The Interface 3. Lists and Forms 4. UI Customization 5. Understanding Data and Relationships 6. Tasks and Workflows 7. UI and Data Policies 8. User Administration and Security 9. Introduction to Scripting 10. The Server-side Glide API 11. The Client-side Glide API 12. Server-side Scripting 13. Client-side Scripting 14. Debugging 15. Pro Tips 16. Module 2 17. Getting Started with Service-Now 18. Performing Core Configuration and Management Tasks 19. Building Data-Driven Application 20. Configuring Alerts and Notifications 21. Building and Configuring Reports 22. Creating and Configuring Workflow Activities 23. Auditing and Diagnosing Service-Now 24. Module 3 25. ServiceNow Foundations 26. Developing Custom Applications 27. Server-Side Control 28. Client-Side Interaction 29. Getting Things Done with Tasks 30. Events, Notifications, and Reporting 31. Exchanging Data – Import Sets, Web Services, and other Integrations 32. Securing Applications and Data 33. Diagnosing ServiceNow – Knowing What Is Going On 34. Packaging with Applications, Update Sets, and Upgrades 35. Making ServiceNow Beautiful with Service Portal and Custom Interfaces 36. Bibliography

Client-side debugging


Logging is an effective means of assisting with debugging by providing visibility into variable values at various points throughout your code, and this applies whether you're working with client-side or server-side code.

There are some troubleshooting tools that straddle the line between client-side and server-side; one of which is the JavaScript Log and Field Watcher. You can enable this tool by clicking on the System Settings sprocket at the top-right of the ServiceNow interface, going to the Developer tab, and then clicking the toggle:

Once enabled, you may want to resize the JS Log and Field Watcher panel by clicking Medium or Large at the top-right of that panel.

When this is enabled, the JavaScript Log and Field Watcher will display at the bottom of the interface. Much of what you'll find in the JavaScript Log is what you would also find in your browser's console log, but the Field Watcher will display debugging information about a specific field you select. This...

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