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Learning ServiceNow

Learning ServiceNow

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Learning ServiceNow

Learning ServiceNow

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Overview of this book

This book is an updated version of Learning ServiceNow, that will cover the new and updated features of the ServiceNow platform. It will show you how to put important ServiceNow features to work in the real world, while introducing key concepts via examples of managing and automating IT services. It'll help you build a solid foundation of knowledge, and will demonstrate how to effectively implement and configure modules within ServiceNow. We'll show you how to configure and administer your instance, and then move on to building strong user interfaces and creating powerful workflows. We also cover other key elements of ServiceNow, such as notifications, security, reporting, and custom development. You will learn how to improve and automate your business' workflow and processes. By the end of this book, you will be able to successfully configure and manage ServiceNow like a pro.
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Many-to-many relationships in ServiceNow

Many-to-many (M2M) relationships are similar to one-to-many relationships, except that they aren't usually dependent on just a foreign key column in a child table. Instead, many-to-many relationships in ServiceNow usually rely on an entire intermediary table called an M2M table. This table commonly has a PK (Sys ID) of its own for each record (of course), and otherwise primarily consists (other than the default System fields, like Updated and Created by) of two FK columns (reference fields).

As it happens, we've already seen one example of a many-to-many table: the Lou's Shoes Order table we defined earlier! This table creates a many-to-many relationship between the Customer and Item tables. This structure makes sense, because any one customer might order multiple different items, and any one item might be purchased by multiple different customers.

Luckily, in ServiceNow, there is an easy and pre-defined way to create M2M tables. Follow...

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