In this episode, product manager Raghu Vemuri talks about the PI Workbench application, new in the Paris release. PI Workbench helps you add machine learning (ML) to your ServiceNow workflows, and monitor and manage the results. This episode covers: What is PI Workbench all about? Common use cases Pretrained ML models Using Guided Setup to create ML models Help with implementing ML Performance analytics for ML Getting started For more information, see: Product documentation: ITSM Predictive Inte...
Oct 15, 2020•20 min
In this episode, product owners Rohan Tyagi and Julian Flores talk about managing and optimizing concurrent software licenses using the ServiceNow Software Asset Management (SAM) application, including the integration of the OpenLM license management solution in the Orlando release. This episode covers: Quick overview of Software asset management How does the SAM app help? Using the SAM app to optimize the use of concurrent licenses OpenLM integration with the SAM app Tips for getting started Fo...
Jan 07, 2020•19 min
In this episode, product owners Lawrence Eng and Chaya Kornreich talk about the new Idea Portal in the Now Community. Based on the Now Platform’s Idea Portal feature, the Community portal lets members suggest enhancements to ServiceNow products, and search, vote and comment on suggestions from other members. This episode covers: What is the ServiceNow Idea Portal feature? Implementing the Idea Portal in the Now Community Suggesting enhancements Searching, commenting and voting Community support ...
Oct 18, 2019•40 min
In this episode, product manager Niki Patel talks about the new Vendor Manager Workspace application. This app helps vendor managers by aggregating vendor data from across the platform and providing analytics to help monitor and evaluate vendor performance. This episode covers: What is vendor management? What does Vendor Manager Workspace do? Beyond the old Vendor Performance app Aggregating vendor data and evaluating performance Getting started What’s in store in future releases? For more infor...
Sep 30, 2019•26 min
In this episode, product manager David Thigpen talks about the new Service Owner Workspace application. This app helps service owners by aggregating service data from across the platform and providing analytics to help monitor and evaluate service trends and performance. This episode covers: Service Owner Workspace and Service Portfolio Management What does Service Owner Workspace do? Metrics on performance and trends Spend estimates and change impacts Integration with other ITSM apps Getting st...
Sep 13, 2019•12 min
In this episode, Manjeet Singh talks about the Skills Management application. This app makes it easy to track and manage your people’s skills and proficiency to guide training and work assignments, and to show the real value of your coaching and training efforts. This episode covers: What is skills management? Managing skills for individuals, teams and projects Automating skills assessment and management Evaluating skill gaps and training efforts Automating work assignments Getting started Sneak...
Aug 19, 2019•27 min
In this episode, Darius Koohmarey and Nabil Asbi talk about the Virtual Agent feature with natural language understanding. Virtual Agent lets your apps interact with users in human conversations, and NLU helps the system figure out what they really want. This episode covers: Virtual Agent components What makes the Virtual Agent workbot different? How does NLU enhance Virtual Agent? Virtual Agent Designer What’s new in the New York release? For more information, see: Product documentation: Virtua...
Aug 02, 2019•21 min
In this episode, Darius Koohmarey talks with product manager Jason Occhialini about the Change Management application, which helps organizations govern the introduction of changes to improve their capabilities and services with minimal risk and impact to operations. Jason tells us about: The value of change management to an organization Change types: standard, emergency and normal Managing the risks of changes The Change Advisory Board For more information, see: Product Documentation: Change Man...
Apr 29, 2019•28 min
In this episode, product manager Darius Koohmarey tells us about the ITSM Walk-Up Experience in the Madrid release. London streamlined the walk-up experience for people requesting IT service. In Madrid, the focus is on the fulfillers, and Darius tells us about the highlights. He also gives us some tips for migrating Walk-Up from London to Madrid. This episode covers: New features for requestors Agent Workspace for walk-up technicians Advanced Work Assignment for routing work Tips for smooth migr...
Apr 08, 2019•28 min
In this episode, product manager Manjeet Singh talks about the new Coaching application on the Now Platform. Coaching helps you train service desk agents and other employees at critical moments in their job processes, with conditional automated virtual coaching right when they need it. This episode covers: Roles: coach and trainee The coaching process Virtual coaching Building coaching into a workflow Integrating other ServiceNow capabilities For more information, see: Product Documentation: Coa...
Mar 26, 2019•26 min
In this episode, product manager Josh Russ talks about the mobile platform and Mobile Studio, an easy way to bring ServiceNow apps to the mobile world. This episode covers: Mobile capabilities and features Using native phone functionality Using Mobile Studio to create mobile apps Using Virtual Agent on the mobile platform Roadmap for the future For more information, see: Product Documentation: Mobile navigation and configuration Product Documentation: ServiceNow mobile release notes - Madrid You...
Mar 15, 2019•21 min
In this episode, Michael Slabodnick and Jake Burman talk about Flow Designer, a simple way to create automated workflows using natural language - no code! This episode covers: Flow Designer vs Workflow IntegrationHub for integrating third-party APIs Evolution – past, present, and future New features for the Madrid release For more information, see: Product Documentation: Flow Designer Product Documentation: Flow Designer release notes – Madrid Community blog post: Best Practices for Flow Designe...
Mar 07, 2019•24 min
In this episode, Michael Thompson and Grant Hulbert talk about using the powerful capabilities of IBM Watson in applications you develop for the Now Platform. This episode covers: What can Watson do for you? How is Watson integrated into the Now Platform? How to start using Watson Watson use cases For more information, see: Community blog post: Easily Connect ServiceNow to IBM Watson Services Community white paper: ServiceNow Integration with IBM Watson Conversation Service Download at ServiceNo...
Dec 17, 2018•21 min
In this episode, Darius Koohmarey and Daryl Rodrigues talk about the the walk-up approach to IT support and how the ServiceNow Walk-Up application can support that approach. This episode covers: What is a “walk-up”? What is a walk-up like for users and technicians? How does the Walk-Up application support a walk-up operation? How do you set up a walk-up operation with the Walk-Up app? For more information, see: Product documentation: Walk-Up Experience Blog post: Utilizing a walk-up contact chan...
Sep 28, 2018•29 min
In this episode, Sree Subramaniam talks about new codeless Discovery patterns for discovering new resources and delivering new content through stores. This episode covers: Using patterns for codeless discovery Delivering new discovery patterns faster through stores Near-real-time discovery for Kubernetes containers New Discovery content for S3 storage, cloud resources, and more Use case: Discovery and Software Asset Management (SAM) deep dive Event-driven discovery for Kubernetes containers For ...
Sep 11, 2018•15 min
In this episode, Darius Koohmarey and Nathan Holm talk about Virtual Agent (VA), a ServiceNow chatbot that streamlines the interactions between a company and its customers and employees. This episode covers: What does VA do? What does VA look like to users? How do developers build VA into their systems? How about natural language capabilities? How do customers get started with VA? For more information, see: Product documentation: Virtual Agent Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you fin...
Aug 28, 2018•19 min
In this episode, Manjeet Singh talks about the Continual Improvement Management application to help organizations manage their continual-improvement efforts. This episode covers: Challenges of managing continual improvement Spotting opportunities for continual improvement Differences from change management and demand/project Integration with other applications For more information, see: Product documentation: Continual Improvement Management Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find ...
Aug 13, 2018•24 min
In this episode, Darius Koohmarey and Sameep Kodia talk about the Embedded Help and Guided Tour features to give users helpful info while they're using the product. This episode covers: What is embedded help? Context sensitivity: domain, product screen, and user role Supported media types What is a guided tour? Guided Tour Designer For more information, see: Product documentation: Embedded help and guided tours Blog post: Embedded Help and Guided Tours in Jakarta Your feedback helps us serve you...
Jun 25, 2018•25 min
In this week's podcast, Chuck Tomasi talks about ways to streamline the process of upgrading to a new ServiceNow release. This episode covers: The benefits of upgrading Using project management practices Following the documented process Reviewing skipped changes Creating a thorough test plan Considering customizations For more information on upgrades, see: Product documentation: Upgrade your instance Blog post: Tips for streamlining ServiceNow upgrades Videos: Upgrading an Instance End of Life U...
Mar 16, 2018•34 min•Ep. 40
In this week's podcast, Brenda Henry discusses some of the best tips and tricks for getting plugins activated on your instance. This episode covers: What plugins are How to activate plugins How to view all plugins, both active and inactive on your instance Demo data For more information on Edge Encryption, see: How do you plug in a plugin? The ins and outs of plugin activation List of plugins (Kingston) Activate a plugin Request a plugin Purchase a plugin Your feedback helps us better serve you!...
Jan 16, 2018•17 min•Ep. 39
Join Bharath Padaki and Rohan Tyagi in this episode as they discuss new Kingston features for the Service Catalog in Service Portal. This episode covers: - New Kingston features - Enhancements to current features - Tips on getting more out of your Service Catalog For more information on the information experience, see: Product Documentation: Service Catalog Service Catalog on Service Portal Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Leave us a comment to tell u...
Dec 18, 2017•12 min
In this episode, Darrin Ladd discusses the new ways for customers to find the information they need all in one spot. This episode covers: - Improvements in organization of information - How the information is presented - How to search for information For more information on the information experience, see: Transforming the ServiceNow Information Experience Save Time and Increase Efficiency with HI’s New Unified Search Updates to the Product Documentation Site Your feedback helps us serve you be...
Dec 06, 2017•16 min
This week, Manjeet Singh and Brian Hollandsworth discuss the value of Benchmarks and the latest features in the Jakarta release. This episode covers: - What's Benchmarks all about? - Benefits of benchmarking on the platform - New features for Jakarta - Customizing your KPIs For more information on developing applications, see: Joys of Benchmarks in Jakarta New KPIs and cross platform functionality of Benchmarks in Jakarta Benchmarks Use Cases and Best Practices Benchmarks Community: IT Service...
Sep 26, 2017•22 min
This week's podcast brings in the winners of ServiceNow's 2017 Hackathon, Lisa Slavin, Katrina Miller, and Tom Conklin, to talk about how they created an learning management system (LMS) in only one day. This episode covers: - ServiceNow Hackathon - LMS and what it does - Developing an app - Issues and challenges - Tips and tricks for developing your own app For more information on developing applications, see: Developer Community Product Documentation YouTube Playlist: Developing Applicatio...
Aug 16, 2017•28 min
In this podcast, Robert Barmentloo talks about how to create useful reports, data sources vs tables, sharing, the new report designer, and more. This episode covers: - Creating useful reports - Staying in platform - Discouraging export to PDF - Using data sources instead of tables - Sharing reports - New report designer - Other new Jakarta features For more information on Reporting, see: Performance Analytics and Reporting Community Product Documentation: Reporting YouTube Playlist: Reporting Y...
Jul 18, 2017•19 min
In this episode, Silas Smith and Bryan Barnard discuss Web Services, including content from Istanbul, Jakarta, and Knowledge 17. This episode covers: - HTTP logging in Istanbul - Knowledge 17 and the rise of the internet of things (IoT) - Server name indication (SNI) in Jakarta - Web Services resources For more information on Web Services, see: Developer Portal Developer Community Product Documentation: Web services Product Documentation: Server Name Indication for outbound web services YouTube ...
Jul 05, 2017•34 min
In this episode, Brandon May and Jesse Adams discuss some best practices and tips and tricks for using Service Portal, including new features in Istanbul! This episode covers: - How Service Portal differs from CMS - Search groups and search sources - Widgets options schema - Troubleshooting tips For more information on Service Portal, see: Removing the New button from Service Portal List page TechBytes Episode 27: Service Portal Product Documentation: Service Portal Your feedback helps us bett...
Mar 21, 2017•27 min
In this episode, Ankit Khetarpal shares his best practices for keeping your ServiceNow instance at peak performance. This episode covers: - Stats page - Semaphores - Schedule workers - Debugger - What's new in Istanbul For more information on ServiceNow Express, see: Product documentation: platform performance Preserve performance by halting excessive logging in syslog tables Improve performance: database indexes and slow queries Your feedback helps us better serve you! Did you find this podcast...
Jan 31, 2017•20 min
In this episode of TechBytes, Darius Koohmarey discusses a new video series on the Express Support site with tips to help system administrators configure the Express system. This episode covers: · Initial configuration · Incident management · Service catalog · Asset and configuration management · Reporting For more information on ServiceNow Express, see: Express Support Site Getting Started with ServiceNow Express Managing Configurations in One Instance - ServiceNow Express Support Using Control...
Jan 16, 2017•30 min
In this episode of TechBytes, Sarah Holberg discusses the quarterly patching program and how you can prepare for and implement new patches every quarter. This episode covers: - Differences between an upgrade, patch, and hot fix - How release notes can help with patching - Testing on sub-production instances - Whether you can choose only part of a patch - How pinning is related to patching - Patching to a newer version than your target - The upgrade monitor For more information on the QPP, see: ...
Nov 07, 2016•21 min
