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What is Assignment group? and its purpose?? and how ci's are mapped into assignment group?

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Well, the shortest answer (and the most vague) is that assignment groups can be whatever you want them to be, work in whatever way you want them to work, and map to CIs in whatever way works best for your environment. That's not super helpful, I imagine, so I'll expound a bit...

Assignment groups exist, essentially, as a means of facilitating incident/problem response, troubleshooting, and resolution - and/or for processing and implementing changes, and/or for any other needs which must be addressed by a person. If a server goes down or an application is unavailable, instead of assigning the ticket to a single person (who could be out of office, already busy, or otherwise unavailable), it makes much more sense to have a group of people who are able to collectively respond to situations according to their workloads and/or individual expertise. So, instead of the service desk having a list of people who can work on Issue A and going through the list to determine which person is available, you can simply have Assignment Group A for Issue A. The service desk would then just assign the ticket to Assignment Group A, and that group would determine which of its members works the outage.

That's a very high-level explanation from more of a business/process perspective. In SM, assignment groups exist as records on the assignment table (or cm3groups if we're talking OOB change), and they are available for population to various tickets throughout the system; the system can be modified to use these groups in other ways, or on other tickets/records, or in other fields.

CIs can be mapped to assignment groups in various ways. You could simply Mass Update a big group of CIs which you know should be managed by Assignment Group A. You could automatically trigger an Assignment Group A mapping if a CI is added that matches the Group A criteria (e.g. Location A, Data Center Z, etc.). If your CIs are populated by uCMDB or some other CMS tool, you could manage the mapping of Group-to-CI there and then push the CIs to SM.

These may not be the droids you were looking for, so if you'd like more information please ask. I'd also suggest taking a glance at the SM Help Center files that came with your install .iso file - those can often be insightful as well.

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Assigned to and Assignment group

The Assigned to [assigned_to] field is a reference field type that points to the Users [sys_user] table. This field is generally used to designate a user to work on, or be responsible for the task. By default, this field has a reference qualifier (role=itil) set on its dictionary record that prevents any non-itil user from being assigned to a task. You can override this reference qualifier on tables that extend task though, as the Project Task and Service Order tables do, if you have the relevant plugins installed.

The Assignment group [assignment_group] field serves pretty much the same purpose. The reason for having both, is that a workflow might automatically assign a certain type of task ticket to a group, ...

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ServiceNow Automatically set Assignment Group

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This is a useful tidbit for auto populating assignment groups. ServiceNow does have a few features that make it possible to auto assign groups based on criteria such as:

However, sometimes a simple client script can offer less overhead. In this case I had the following requirements.

To accomplish this the client script was as follows:

Name : Populate Assignment Group Type : onChange Field Name : cmdb_ci (Configuration Item)

Set that on your table (incident/change etc) and your all set!

Why not Assignment Rule?

I was asked, why not create an assignment rule, after all its built into the product. For example a simple rule under System Policy -> Assignment, defined using this script snippet will work.

Sample snippet:

However it is server side and does not set until after the user saves the record. This would be ideal if you wanted to “Hard enforce” that the assignment group must be set by the CI, however if your requirement is to allow the user to override then a client script is the preferred route.

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ASSIGNMENT GROUP PREDICTION FOR TICKETING TOOL — SERVICENOW

1. problem statement.

Almost every big and mid-sized organization utilities a support ticket system. ServiceNow is one of the most commonly used ticket systems across all organizations.

A support request is raised by users in service now for any hardware or software-related issues-like procurement of new desktop, creation of open office 365 account, etc. These tickets are then assigned to the appropriate technical support team by the L1 engineer.

Our aim is to automate the work of this L1 engineer and to assign the tickets to the appropriate technical support team.

2. Data collection

Now coming to 2nd step i.e. data collection. And we are lucky here as ServiceNow has the functionality to export data in the form of CSV files.

That’s it. We have our data.

3. Data Cleaning

For starting I have imported some modules, and later we can import more when required.

As data is in tabular form, I am using Pandas to read and manipulate our data.

For EDA I have used matplotlib.pyplot , seaborn , and wordcloud .

Also, I have created a variable called stopwords which will store all English stopwords such as the, is, etc.

%matplotlib inline command will help to show all the charts in the notebook itself.

Now we need to read our data.

I have used pd.read_csv to read CSV files and given filename and encoding type as parameters. My file is present in the root directory, and if you have it in some other location, then you can mention the full path.

Once we have our data ready now we need to clean it I Have kept only three columns that are short description description and assignment group and dropped the rest of the columns which is not required.

First, we need to check missing values for that I have created a function that takes the dataframe as an input and will return count and percentage of missing in the form of dataframe.

As we have a very less percentage of missing values then we can directly drop those rows for that I have created a copy of the data frame and have used dropna command which will drop rows with missing values.

There are two ways to create a ticket. Either user can call the L1 team and they can raise a ticket on behalf of user or user himself/herself can raise a ticket. When the L1 team raises a ticket they follow a format that contains a lot of unnecessary text description which I have removed using regex.

Now we can start our EDA process.

We will be doing EDA for three columns i.e. Target column, Short Description, and Description. I have used countplot to see the number of assignment groups and wordcloud to see the most occurred words.

4.1 Target variable

There are many assignment groups whose data is not sufficient. I have removed groups whose value count is less than 200.

I have done this in two-step:

4.2 Short Description

I have split this into 2 parts.

I have done same analysis in the Description column also. Please check GitHub for the full code.

I observed that for each assignment group there is some common word used in there short description and description.

For example in EC&C — ProjectWise ProjectWise is the common word used.

5. Model Creation

I have created a separate file for model creation and prediction.

Again we need to import pandas and read our data.

This time I have kept only two columns i.e. description and Assignment Group.

I have assigned the Description column which is our input variable to X and the Assignment group which is our target variable to y.

In the next step, I have imported LabelEncoder and converted the Target column from text data to numeric one. For Example, if we have 100 unique target variables then for each variable there will be a unique number assigned.

Now I am importing train_test_split which I have used to split our data into training and testing.

I am using CountVectorizer which will tokenize text in each description, will remove stop words, will remove words whose count is less than 5 in total, and will keep the frequency of each word.

For NLP two algorithms give good accuracy one is Logistic Regression and another one is Naïve Bayes. I have tested both and for this project, I was getting more accuracy in logistic regression so I have used this algorithm.

Once we trained our model now we need to save every preprocessing step in form of a file that can be used later. For that purpose, I am using pickle.

Lastly, I have created a function that takes text data as input and will do all the preprocessing and predict the assignment group as output.

6. Deployment

Once we have our model ready we need to deploy it.

I am deploying my model in Heroku, you guys can use any other platform.

I have streamlit library for my frontend UI. I have tried flask also but for this project, streamlit is a better choice than flask as it is very easy.

Once we run this app it will show UI in the web browser where we can enter ticket description and click on Predict button.

Check below for more details.

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Advanced Reference Qualifier Using a Script Include

eference qualifiers are a powerful tool that every ServiceNow administrator and consultant should have in their tool belt. They allow you to dynamically filter the available options from a reference field. The ServiceNow wiki has some good documentation on this topic so I won’t re-hash that here. What I do want to address is the topic of Advanced Reference Qualifiers…specifically how to leverage a Script Include instead of a global Business Rule to run your qualifier script.

Up until recently, the only way to get Advanced Reference Qualifiers to work was to create a global business rule to run the qualifier script. This works great, but it results in a global script that gets loaded all the time when it really isn’t necessary. While this isn’t something that causes any real problems in practice, it could cause performance issues if used to the extreme. The best practice guidance for advanced reference qualifiers should be to use a Script Include rather than a global Business Rule to run the qualifier script. Using a Script Include means that the script only gets loaded and used when you actually need to use it! In this article I’ll show you how this can be done using a common example of filtering the ‘Assignment group’ to display only groups for the ‘Assigned to’ value.

The first piece is the ‘Reference qual’ field value on the dictionary entry of the reference field (Assignment group in this case). The ‘javascript:’ prefix is the same, but you need to reference your Script Include function instead of the business rule function. In this case, I’m using a Script Include named ‘u_backfillAssignmentGroup’. Since these scripts can potentially interfere with each other, it’s best to prefix any of your custom scripts with ‘u_’ or something similar in order to distinguish them from any that ServiceNow may introduce in the future.

The other piece is obviously the Script Include. Since Script Includes now allow you to use On-Demand functions, your script is identical to the one you would use in a global business rule.

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Modifying the label of form fields with client scripts, prevent circular relationships in servicenow, advanced ‘getmygroups’ function, walking the servicenow cmdb relationship tree, 20 comments.

Script Includes can be a single function, too. That would reduce the complexity of this a bit. Tom Dilatush’s blog speaks to it. I use “on-demand” functions all the time for Advanced Reference Qualifiers.

http://community.service-now.com/blog/slightlyloo …

You’re right, that’s much easier! I’ve updated the article above accordingly.

Is it possible that i can dynimically change reference table on a field based on value in the another field? for example, if a table has two columns – A and B. A is of type string. B is of type reference. Can I change reference table on B based on value in A?

You would need to use a completely separate field to do that.

can you use script include in clientscripts?

Yes, there is a checkbox that enables client callable..

found it in the wiki,

Is there a way to use the same script include for client side and server side calls?

I had to make 2 different script inludes to cater each.

I am using a Script Include as a reference qualifier, but it is behaving rather strangely. When I click the magnifying glass, I get the filtered results, if I type ** in the reference field, I get the filtered results, but when I try to type in the value of what I want Firebug reports an error saying “response.responseXML is null”. The reference field filters Business Services related to the company of the caller, I created a m2m table with a related list on both Company as well as Business Services. Any idea why this is happening?

When adding the Tree Picker, is there a way when user pick a member of the group it would be able to populate the Assigned To and Assignment Group in one pick?

No way to do that currently.

Is it possible to put an condition in the attribute field? if the assign_to field is not empty then tree_picker=false.

I don’t believe so.

Can this be used on a Service Catalog variable?

made this a little bit more versatile. you can use it on Service Catalog variables as well. You can call it from any reference field’s advanced qualifier, as you can specify the reference field targettable

Tested it out and works…

Now reviewing setting the default value of the reference field to the first retrieved record, on change of the filtervaluefield

Any feedback is welcome 😉 (as I’m quite rusty in my scripting, and a newbie in Snow)

Thanks for the contribution! Please keep us up-to-date on any modifications or improvements you make.

Hey Mark, thanks for the article I’m trying to do this exact thing – create a Script Includes to use as a reference qualifier and I’m having issues, can you help?

Here is what I have so far:

But I’m still getting the following errors: WARNING at line 9: Missing semicolon.

ERROR at line 9: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression.

I’m assuming that after I get this script correct I’d just need to create a dynamic or advance reference qualifier on my assignment group field (ie javascript: u_INC_FilterAssignmentOnDisableTrigger)…… am I right?

Hey April. These types of questions are probably better suited to the ServiceNow community site. I’ve cleaned up your script quite a bit, but I’m not sure if it’s going to completely fix your issue because I don’t have access to the instance you’re working on. This script should eliminate the errors you’re seeing (and solve several other issues I noticed). If you have further questions please ask on the ServiceNow community site.

Hi I have a problem: I call a Script Include in the assignmnent_group field of the incidents… but unfortunately I found the same call also in the assignmnent_group of Changes and Problems. How can I fix this problem?

You must create a dictionary entry override for the incident table. In order to do that you need to do the following: Configure the dictionary of assignment_group Go to the Dictionary Overrides related list Click new and specify the table you want to override, in your case the Incident. Check the Override reference qualifier and populate the Reference qualifier field with your script include. Save the record.

Incident Assignment Group from CI in ServiceNow

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In this article, we will give an example of an Incident Assignment Group from CI in ServiceNow. Let's say we’ve sent an incident to ServiceNow. We will take a look at how our flow will run.

Incident to Reboot a Windows Server

Our new incident just came in, and it's an incident to reboot a Windows server; it has a configuration item populated which is good. We can also see that the assignment group of the incident got set to the Windows Server Support group. Shown here is the support groupset to Windows Server Support on that CI (reference video at 0:40). Here's an example of how our flow was able to pull the support group directly off a CI and set it on an incident. This is a big benefit for anyone who has populated their CMDB and gone a step further to make sure that they have the proper data populated on their CIs to make sure that everything is going to be set up to go to the right support team.

Incident For Database That Has Gone Down

For this example, we'll show another incident coming to ServiceNow for a database that has gone down. We also have a configuration item populated here, and we can see that the assignment group is set to the Database assignment group. Shown here is the support group set to Database on that CI (reference video at 1:50). Now we’ve demonstrated two different support groups going to two different incidents, using the single flow that we've set up. people might think this could be done very easily with assignment rules. This is true; however, assignment rules depend on users opening tickets properly. For example, say the user who opened this ticket accidentally picked hardware as the category. If you have assignment rules that depend on the category being set properly, then the assignment group on an incident like this would highly depend on the category being set properly.

Let’s say that same incident was opened with a category instead of the category. Under different circumstances, that might go to a different assignment group and cause a delay in this incident being addressed; however, since we can utilize the support group directly from the configuration item, we can set the proper assignment group even if the user picks the wrong category for the incident. By utilizing Flow Designer’s low code solutions, we can very easily set up a rule in a few minutes that will help route incidents to the proper teams and get them resolved and addressed more quickly.

Automation Through Flow Designer

Let's see how our flow will handle new incidents that come into ServiceNow. We've just received a new incident for a Windows server that needs to be rebooted. The configuration item was populated, and as we can see in the CMDB, the support group is set to the Windows Server Support team — that's exactly what we can see on the assignment group for the incident. Now let's see what will happen if another kind of incident comes in. we've got a new incident for a database that has gone down, and the configuration item is also populated. Looking in the CMDB, we can see that the support group is populated as the Database support group, and again that's what we see for the assignment group on the incident. This is showing how the same flow can set two different assignment groups on two different incidents by utilizing that dynamic step we have in our flow that is pulling from the support group on the configuration item.

Lastly, let's see if that same incident came in for the Database server, but say the user who submitted accidentally picked the Hardware category. Now if we were relying on the more static type of rules that is parsing category to determine the assignment group, this incident may have been sent to the wrong group, which can slow down the amount of time it will take to resolve the issue. Relying on a well-built CMDB and automation through Flow Designer allows us to handle routing incidents correctly to the proper team and get them resolved more quickly. That's going to help us keep the business running smoothly.

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A service level agreement (SLA) is a contract between a service provider and a customer, defining the types and standards of services to be offered.

An introduction to service level agreements

Success in business depends heavily on an organization’s ability to understand and meet customer expectations. But when those expectations are not clear, or when customers are not fully informed about what they can expect from a service provider, managing customer expectations may become extremely difficult. To counter this issue, businesses of all kinds rely on SLAs.

An SLA functions as a documented understanding between the entity providing the service and the one receiving the benefits of the service. Although traditional SLAs define service expectations between vendors and customers, they may also be employed between departments within the same organization. And while the SLA may consist of as little as a few sentences or as much as entire documents’ worth of provisions and stipulations, they are always a critical component of modern service contracts. It’s also important to note that SLAs should not be thought of as immutable; they should change and grow to meet evolving business needs. With this in mind, SLAs should incorporate a clear framework for introducing revisions or modifications during the course of the contract.

Who provides the SLA?

The SLA is created and provided by the service vendor. This allows the organization to customize their various SLAs to meet specific service and customer requirements. In fact, there might be cases in which a company may provide several SLAs for a single service, with each SLA reflecting different levels of service at different price points. However, because SLAs are usually prepared by the vendor, they may favor the service provider over the customer. As such, it can be helpful to encourage clients to review SLAs—and to even consider bringing in legal counsel, where appropriate—to ensure that the SLA is satisfactory before making any formal commitments. This will help prevent issues where customers feel as though they have been misled.

Why are SLAs so Important?

Although they may seem straightforward, SLAs serve a variety of functions.

Ensuring everyone involved is on the same page

At their most basic, SLAs are designed to keep both parties honest. If there is an issue with the service, the SLA acts as vital documentation detailing all the metrics, responsibilities, and expectations that were originally agreed upon. Both parties have access to the SLA, which means that neither may claim that they were unaware of expectations or agreed-upon standards after the fact. A legally reviewed and approved SLA effectively eliminates the possibility of misinterpretation of the contract and provides protection to both the customer and the service provider. Clients enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they will receive the service they are paying for, and providers have a contract to refer their customers back should they start to demand services that are not included in the agreement.

Providing clear metrics

More than simply defining what the services themselves will consist of an SLA also establishes the metrics by which service levels will be measured. These guidelines allow both parties to better understand and gauge the effectiveness of the service, and whether it is fulfilling the terms of the contract. The metrics outlined in the SLA must be clearly stated and fully quantifiable, so that there is no room for debate about whether vital KPIs are being met.

Offering recourse for unmet obligations

SLAs not only help define standards, set expectations, and offer insight into important metrics, they also act as a roadmap of next steps and consequences if obligations are not met. Should one of the parties fail to meet the standards outlined in the contract, the SLA will define the consequences—potentially including legal penalties or forms of financial restitution. Clearly defined repercussions help hold both parties accountable.

Improving provider-business partnerships

Finally, an effectively implemented SLA helps manage commitments between service providers and customers to improve the service provider-business partnership. Clients and businesses enjoy more productive and successful relationships, and neither has to worry about the other failing to meet their obligations. At the same time, the right SLA can help assuage the concerns of potential new customers, bringing in new business opportunities and improving the brand reputation.

What are the benefits of an SLA?

The importance of SLAs in ensuring that expectations are being effectively managed cannot be overstated. Additionally, SLAs bring with them several clear advantages , including the following:

Improved customer experience

Customers who invest in a service provider are taking a risk—they are acting in good faith with the expectation that the provider will be able to meet their needs. The SLA provides these customers with a sort of safety net ; the customer knows that should the provider fail to deliver on the agreed-upon services or otherwise fail to meet obligations, then the customer will have legally binding documentation to assist them in seeking restitution. By managing expectations and giving customers some much-needed insurance, SLAs can improve the overall customer experience.

Improved employee experience

When obligations are clearly defined and metrics are transparent and quantifiable, it benefits everyone involved. This includes employees, who have a clearer understanding of what is expected of them and how their performance will be measured.

Established and trusted source of information

In many ways, the SLA acts as a mediator, ensuring that everyone’s best interests are being looked after. It is something that can be trusted by both parties, acting as a source of reliable, legally vetted information relevant to service standards and other guidelines.

Increased productivity and performance

The metrics established within SLAs offer their own internal advantages. With clear expectations, employees have a ‘north star’ by which to guide their performance. This leads to improved productivity and increases personal accomplishment.

What are the different types of SLAs?

As previously stated, most SLAs cater to the provider/customer relationship. However, there are three different types of SLAs, categorized by their specific use cases:

Customer SLAs

The most common (or at least the most well-known) type of service level agreement, the customer SLA is a contract between a service provider and an external customer. This is sometimes also called an external service agreement.

Internal SLAs

Internal SLAs are designed to establish and adhere to service standards within a specific company or organization. These may function between teams or departments and help ensure that different groups that depend on each other within the business are meeting vital goals.

Multilevel SLAs

For occasions when there is more than one service provider or more than one end user, a multilevel SLA can divide the contract into multiple levels. These can be applied to internal or external customers and may also cater to different price ranges for varying levels of service within a single product.

What should be included in an SLA?

There is no set standard outlining everything that should be included in every SLA; details will differ between industries, businesses, customers, service types, and even individual situations. That said, there are several SLA elements that have become commonplace in many service agreements. These include the following:

Agreement summary

Possibly the most-important part of the SLA is the summary of the agreement itself. This should clearly outline and summarize the service, the stakeholders involved, and the metrics that will be used to measure success.

Party objectives

In some cases, the SLA will focus heavily on the customers’ goals, and fail to connect those goals with organizational objectives and important KPIs. When this is the case, it’s important for service providers to establish their own measurable goals that may be applied to help promote client success. For internal SLAs, every involved department will need to outline their own goals and objectives.

Schedules for reviews

SLAs may also need to establish a review schedule. These reviews will allow parties to periodically reassess the SLA and make changes when necessary.

Points of contact

The SLA must make fully clear who is responsible for what aspects of the service. This section should detail who is involved, who should be contacted regarding which issues, etc.

Compensation for unmet goals

The SLA is a legally binding contract, and if the promised service levels are not delivered, then there will need to be consequences. This section outlines what those consequences are, and what compensation the service recipient can expect in remediation. For internal SLAs, this may involve plans detailing how the defaulting party can ensure that their dependent parties are still able to meet their objectives.

Cancellation conditions

SLAs aren’t forever—they’re usually designed to apply for a limited amount of time, and there may even be occasions when one or both parties may wish to terminate the SLA and replace it with something better during the contract. Whether because the SLA isn’t working, circumstances have changed, or the agreed-upon end date has been reached, this section formally established the conditions in which the SLA may be revoked.

What is an indemnification clause?

Some SLAs may feature an indemnification clause. In an indemnification clause, one of the parties (called the indemnitor) agrees to take full responsibility for any liabilities, damages, or losses suffered by the other party in the event of a contract breach. These clauses are often one-sided, benefiting one party without providing any clear advantages to the other. That said, some service providers may wish to include such a clause as a way of further guaranteeing the standards of their services.

What SLA metrics should businesses consider?

Availability of service.

This metric measures the amount of time that the service is available for use. Service availability may be very demanding within certain types of SLAs, meaning that service providers will have to work hard to ensure near-constant uptime, with very little room for error. This may be especially true for ecommerce sites, where even a brief drop-in service may result in large amounts of lost revenue.

Technical quality

Metrics exist that may be used to measure the technical quality of certain services. For example, if the service includes the creation and delivery of digital applications, the SLA may need to establish quality standards, possibly measured by program size or number of coding defects.

Error rates

This metric may encompass several other metrics and is best described as a measurement of how many times there have been defects or errors in major deliverables. These may include coding errors, missed deadlines, production failures, etc.

For many IT services, one of the most-important metrics to keep track of to ensure user success is security. Should an incident arise, security metrics such as the number of unclosed vulnerabilities, anti-virus updates, and the application of other relevant security measures are essential to proving SLA compliance.

Business results

To better connect SLAs with established business results, customers may wish to include some of their own key performance indicators as metrics, provided that the vendors are able to positively influence the results.

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The right SLA can go a long way towards correctly managing user expectations and creating powerful, profitable business relationships. But SLAs are only one aspect of the whole process. To ensure optimal experience while managing commitments between customers and service providers, more and more businesses are turning to Service Level Management from ServiceNow.

Built on the award-winning Now Platform, Service Level Management brings SLAs, operational level agreements, key definitions, and accurate real-time analytics together in a single, centralized location. Employ visual, intuitive dashboards to see and manage SLAs across departments and customers and optimize essential tasks by incorporating advanced automation capabilities and integrating with related ServiceNow applications. And that’s only the beginning.

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Handling Assignment Rules in ServiceNow

In ServiceNow, if one is looking for automatic assignments then he can rely on the instance’s ability to assign the tasks automatically to different users and groups depending on the specified conditions. In order to achieve this, ServiceNow has the following modules:

Assignment Lookup Rules:

This module appears under the ‘System Policy application’ menu. This table is basically generated out of the box as its definition is provided in the ‘Data Lookup Definition’ table in the instance, specifically for field assignments in the incident table. Assignment lookup rules mainly provide the functionality of changing any field value and not just the assignment fields.

Assignment Rules:

This module appears under the ‘System Policy application’ menu. It helps to automatically assign the tasks to a particular user or a particular group using the assigned_to and assignment_group fields respectively, depending on the specified set of conditions. One can define these assignment rules readily for their desired table.

Following are the steps for defining the assignment rule:

Navigate to System Policy -> Assignment -> New

If two assignment rules conflict, then the assignment rule with the lowest execution order runs first. The lower the execution order, the higher is the precedence.

Distinguishing Factors between the Data Lookup Rules and Assignment Rules:

Precedence among the assignment rule and business rule:.

In certain circumstances, the business rules gain precedence over the assignment rules.

The business rules and assignments rules run in the following order:

We are pretty sure that this blog must have given an overview of dealing with Assignment Rules in ServiceNow.

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