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ServiceNow Cookbook

You're reading from   ServiceNow Cookbook Acquire key capabilities for the ServiceNow platform

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785880520
Length 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dustin Turner Dustin Turner
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Ashish Rudra Srivastava Ashish Rudra Srivastava
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Table of Contents (8) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Service-Now FREE CHAPTER 2. Performing Core Configuration and Management Tasks 3. Building Data-Driven Application 4. Configuring Alerts and Notifications 5. Building and Configuring Reports 6. Creating and Configuring Workflow Activities 7. Auditing and Diagnosing Service-Now

How to configure a timer in workflows


On many occasions, business requirements are based on time so let's understand this by an example: Send a reminder e-mail for the approver for a request approval or hold the e-mail if you want to send a notification periodically based on the requirements. The important thing to note down is that in such scenarios, you need to configure the time in the workflow. For facilitating a time-related feature, Service-Now provides the Timer activity, which pauses the workflow for a specified period of time.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you should have an active Service-Now instance, valid credentials, and an admin role.

How to do it...

  1. Open any standard web browser and type the instance address.

  2. Log in to the Service-Now instance using the credentials.

  3. Follow the same process as the last recipe and open Apple Ipad3 | Workflow | Procurement Process Flow - Mobile as shown in the following screenshot.

  4. Now drag and drop the Timer activity in to the workflow...

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