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

Product type Course

Published in Aug 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788628730

Length 1330 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

ServiceNow

Concepts

IT Service Management

Authors (3):

Tim Woodruff

Martin Wood

Ashish Rudra Srivastava

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Table of Contents (39) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

Preface

1. Module 1 FREE CHAPTER

Learning ServiceNow

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

ServiceNow Cookbook

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

Mastering ServiceNow

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

Enabling the JavaScript client side log

The debug log that shows the output of Business Rules is very useful to display which Business Rules are running and when. To help with the client-side, there is a basic JavaScript watcher lets you see output from Client Scripts.

Note

The JavaScript debugger that was in previous versions of ServiceNow allowed you to edit Business Rules, set breakpoints, and inspect JavaScript variables during execution. This functionality has been removed in the Helsinki version, and will be revamped for the Istanbul release.

Seeing client-side messages

The alert box is probably the most often used way to display information. It's probably also the worst! It interrupts and distracts the user, and the message isn't stored or logged. In addition, for a user, it can be difficult to cancel multiple invasive popups.

Note

Try not to use alert boxes when you are diagnosing an issue or providing error messages. It can really affect the experience, and users typically don't know...