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CSA Exam Study Guide Application Platform as a Service, Exams of Business Economics

A study guide for the CSA exam and provides information on the Now Platform UI, ServiceNow architecture, user roles, and interfaces. It also includes steps for impersonating a user, elevating roles, and accessing context menus. useful for students preparing for the CSA exam or anyone interested in learning about ServiceNow.

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2023/2024

Available from 10/24/2023

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CSA Exam Study Guide
Application Platform as a service -
            Computing model that provides the infrastructure needed to develop, manage, and run
applications
- Now Mobile App
- Service Portal
- Now Platform UI -
            What are the three main Now Platform interfaces?
Multi-instance single-tenant -
            What type of architecture does ServiceNow have?
sys_user -
            What table represents users in records?
Group -
            A collection of users
sys_user_group -
            What table represents groups in records?
Role -
            A collection of permissions used to grant access to applications and parts of platform and
assign security rights
sys_user_role -
            What table represents roles in records?
Admin Role -
            Role that has almost all roles and provides access to all platform features, applications,
functions, and data
Specialized Administrator -
            Users with specialized admin roles to manage specific functions and applications
Process User -
            Users with clearly defined paths and workflows, have one or more role including ITIL and
approver_user role
Approvers -
            Role that has the approver_user role, but no other roles
Requesters -
            Role that uses Service Catalog and Self Service Applications. They can make requests only
on their own behalf. They are not assigned roles.
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Application Platform as a service - Computing model that provides the infrastructure needed to develop, manage, and run applications

  • Now Mobile App
  • Service Portal
  • Now Platform UI - What are the three main Now Platform interfaces? Multi-instance single-tenant - What type of architecture does ServiceNow have? sys_user - What table represents users in records? Group - A collection of users sys_user_group - What table represents groups in records? Role - A collection of permissions used to grant access to applications and parts of platform and assign security rights sys_user_role - What table represents roles in records? Admin Role - Role that has almost all roles and provides access to all platform features, applications, functions, and data Specialized Administrator - Users with specialized admin roles to manage specific functions and applications Process User - Users with clearly defined paths and workflows, have one or more role including ITIL and approver_user role Approvers - Role that has the approver_user role, but no other roles Requesters - Role that uses Service Catalog and Self Service Applications. They can make requests only on their own behalf. They are not assigned roles.

Impersonator - Role that can be assigned to a user to allow impersonation of other users, excluding admins, for testing and visibility purposes

  1. Open User Menu
  2. Select Impersonate User
  3. Select User from user search or recent impersonation list - What are the steps to impersonate a user? glide.sys.log_impersonation - What is the log file that tracks impersonations?
  • Admin
  • ITIL
  • ESS (employee self service) - What roles is it recommended to create logins for to test the system?
  1. Open user menu
  2. Select End Impersonation OR
  3. Open user menu
  4. Select Logout - What are the steps to end an impersonation? Admin - What role can elevate to a privileged role to access features of High Security Settings?
  5. Open user menu
  6. Select Elevate Roles
  7. Select an elevated role and click ok - How does a user elevate their roles? Grants modification access, allowing users to modify Access Control Lists (ACLs) - What does elevating a role allow a user to do?
  • Banner Frame
  • Application Navigator
  • Content Frame - What are the three components of the Now Platform User Interface? This piece of the now platform UI highlights important tools and setting that apply to your instance - What does the banner frame do?
.form - How would you directly navigate to a form to create a new record from the filter navigator? Star icon - What represents the favorites tab?
  • Select star icon by module
  • Select star icon by application
  • Select create favorite from list/form context menu
  • Drag breadcrumb to Favorites tab - What are the different ways to add a favorite? System Definition > Bookmarks - How can an admin view favorites set by any user? Clock Icon - What icon represents Your History in the application navigator?
  • Forms & Lists
  • Catalog Items
  • Homepages - What recent activities appear in Your History in application navigator? 30 Activities - What is the default maximum number of activities displayed in the application navigator? Navigate to sys_properties.list and modifying value in glide.ui.nav.history_length property - How can you change the maximum number of activities displayed in the history tab? UI pages and other non-standard interfaces - What types of content are not tracked in the history tab?
  • Homepage
  • List
  • Form
  • Dashboard
  • Knowledge Base
  • Service Catalog - What are the common types of interfaces?
  • Submit and view requests & issues
  • Submit approvals
  • View & complete tasks
  • Upload images and attachments
  • Sign documents
  • Request help from Agent Chat - What are actions a user can take in the Now Mobile app? docs.servicenow.com - The official documentation resource of ServiceNow that contains all information to get the most out of the platform. community.servicenow.com - Site that provides useful information and brings together ServiceNow users to collaborate, share, produce ideas, and answer questions.
  • Now Platform User Interface
  • Service Portal
  • Now Mobile App - What are the different interfaces for accessing a ServiceNow instance?
  • Banner Frame
  • Application Navigator
  • Content Frame - What are the three components of the Now Platform User Interface?
  • All Applications
  • Favorites
  • Your History
  • Filter Navigator - What are the components of the Application Navigator? Group - What is a collection of users who share a common purpose? docs.servicenow.com - Where can you locate product documentation? Lists and Forms - What are the two most common ways to interact with data? List - Displays a set of records from a table. They can be filtered and customized to display the information you need. Context Menus - Provide different levels of controls for a given list view.
  • List Context Menu
  • Column Context Menu