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Lock Out Users in Sandbox Instances

Want to lock out users from using your ServiceNow Dev, Test, and Sandbox instances?  This script will lock out all the users that are not admins.  Afterwards you can unlock/lock the users you want to have access, and they won't accidentally login into the wrong instance.

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The Future of NOW

I was recently at the Knowledge 15 conference and have a lot of new ideas to bring back home.  It was great to see old friends, make new ones, and just be part of the ServiceNow Know15 experience.  Here are my favorite moments of K15.

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GlideRecord Query Methods

Glidesoft, Inc. incorporated in California, June 28, 2004.  Glidesoft, Inc. changed its name to Service-now.com on February 16, 2006. One of most powerful and useful javaclasses in ServiceNow is the GlideRecord. It is a special Java class (GlideRecord.java) that can be used in JavaScript exactly as if it was a native JavaScript class.

Ohh, that is why is is called Glide Record, ServiceNow used to be called GlideSoft!  Makes sense now.  What can you do with a Glide Record anyway?

You can use the GlideRecord API to: Query, Get, Set, Update, Insert, and Delete records in ServiceNow.  It is one of the most important things you can learn as a ServiceNow developer in my opinion. Let's check out some of different ways you can write a GlideRecord query.

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Navigation buttons for Knowledge Management

Currently ServiceNow Knowledge Management can be filtered by Knowledgebase and Category. That is great for helping users find the most relevant article to help them.

However if you want to direct them through a series of Knowledgebase articles there isn't anything to do that.  This article provides some helpful HTML you can use in an KB article to direct the user to the Next or Previous Articles.  You can also use these HTML buttons for other coding as well.

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