CreatorCon 24 Lab: CCL1270
Now that Knowledge and CreatorCon 2024 have concluded, we can share this content with everyone!
We’ve collected all of the resources you’ll need to complete the steps in the lab guidebook and continue your Playbook journey after our session concludes (or if you couldn’t attend in person!)
Session Overview
Do you have a complex intake form that intimidates your users? Or a self-service process requiring specific input to reach the next stage? These are the perfect use cases for playbooks!
You can also bring that step-by-step guided experience to users who only interact with Service Portals!, aka those who need it most! Bring the ease of guided forms to users who aren’t in full UIB Experiences.
DJ and Carleen will guide you through Playbook basics and best practices. You will get hands-on experience configuring and testing Playbooks to revamp an example application that is long overdue for a makeover.
Objectives
- Understand the flexibility of Playbooks.
- Understand when to use Playbooks.
- Learn how to use the Process Automation Designer (PAD).
- Modifying, testing, and publishing a Playbook.
Background
Several years ago, your company created a scoped application to schedule Performance Reviews for employees and managers.
A single table stores the data attributes for each Performance Review: the schedule details, employee self-review, and the manager’s feedback. This has created a sticky situation where the form is too complicated to manage and not user-friendly for employees and managers.
The previous development team started to develop Playbooks to create a friendly and easy-to-use fulfillment experience. Unfortunately, the dev team won the lottery and disappeared without forwarding contact info. This is where you come in; we had better get you up to speed.
Getting Started
Even though K24 lab instances are no longer available, you’ll just need a few things to fully replicate the lab scenario in your Personal Developer Instance (PDI)!
Obligatory Disclaimers
- Our lab was built to create a specific scenario that supports our topic of Playbooks and non-fulfiller users. We believe it should work on any ServiceNow-supported versions (as of May 2024), but each instance is unique, and therefore, your mileage may vary.
- SN Major version: Washington, D.C.
- Store app versions are in the table below.
- Committing the update sets in a non-PDI instance is not advised. Doing so could cause unforeseen issues and disrupt operations.
- Files are provided as is, with no warranty or support implied.
- TLDR: Proceed at your own risk and be a good human.
Initial Setup
Before diving into the lab, you’ll need to ensure the baseline is set up. Here is the recommended order of operations:
- (Optional) Page through the slide deck pdf.
- Install Store apps, the order of install is not important.
- Install Update sets, the order of install is important. I think you can guess the order, but just in case… 1 should be first, then 2, and lastly 3.
Lab Resources
Even if you don’t use Customer Service Management, I recommend you check out the CSM Playbooks. They are great examples of Playbooks that help requestors and fulfillers collaborate with complex multi-step processes.
- Process Automation Designer (ServiceNow Docs)
- Playbook Reference (ServiceNow Docs)
- Extend Playbooks Capabilities (ServiceNow Docs)
- Workflow Studio (ServiceNow Docs)
- Customer Service Management: Playbooks for Portals (ServiceNow Docs)
- Next Experience: UI Builder and Service Portal (ServiceNow Product Hub)
- Billy Gregory – Meet Ubisoft’s Accessibility Team (Other)
Connect with us
Carleen Carter
A ServiceNow veteran since 2009, Carleen is self-described as a Serious Script Includer and Low Code Lover. Carleen has a knack for explaining difficult concepts in a relatable and approachable manner. She thrives on enabling her customers & colleagues and loves to see their success. With an eye always on the big picture, she excels at crafting creative solutions to complex problems.
DJ Wolfson
DJ is a recent Computer Science grad working at Serenity building custom Environmental Health and Safety Applications. DJ loves to look at tough problems and not only find a unique solution but one that scales while remaining easy to follow for the next developer. He enjoys working with others and making sure knowledge is shared throughout the team so no one is left behind.