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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

Working with background scripts


A background script is a place where you can test your server-side scripts, which is same as free text box. To access the background script, you should have a security_admin role with elevated privileges.

Getting ready

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

How to do it...

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

  2. On the left-hand side, type background in the search box and Service-Now will search the module for you.

  3. Click on the Scripts - Background module under System Definition application, as shown here:

    Background script module

  4. Now you will be able to see the following screen, where you can place your code and click on the Run  script button:

    Run script

  5. Service-Now has an inbuilt gs.print() function, which is used to view the output of the script and it also write an entry in a log file, but the gs.log () functions in write an entry in the system log and log file...

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