Comments on: Control the Execution Order of Request Items in an Order Guide https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/ ServiceNow Consulting Scripting Administration Development Tue, 28 May 2024 20:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Nivedit https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/#comment-8840 Mon, 15 May 2017 09:29:04 +0000 https://servicenowguru.wpengine.com/?p=3952#comment-8840 Hi Mark,

The script to pass variables between various catalog item should be written in which workflow..I tried putting it in the 1st Requested item but it didnt work… The other scripts work as expceted.

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By: Mark Stanger https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/#comment-8839 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 23:20:15 +0000 https://servicenowguru.wpengine.com/?p=3952#comment-8839 In reply to Tyson Wenger.

Yes, the example shown above would really only apply if the second item was always part of the order guide. A conditional activity in your second item would allow the flexibility of handling multiple types of flows.

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By: Tyson Wenger https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/#comment-8838 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 22:30:21 +0000 https://servicenowguru.wpengine.com/?p=3952#comment-8838 Hi Mark,

I’m a bit confused on the second step. Based on the provided example, it looks like it will wait on the “wait activity” even when the request isn’t made from an Order Guide.

Are you saying there should be a “conditional if activity” before the “wait activity” checking if the Order Guide is set on the request?

Thanks,

-Tyson

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By: Mark Stanger https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/#comment-8837 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:46:56 +0000 https://servicenowguru.wpengine.com/?p=3952#comment-8837 In reply to Scott.

All of the requested item records will always get created right at the beginning regardless of what you do. This helps to control the workflow so that they only get opened and put into people’s work queue when they’re supposed to.

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By: Scott https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/#comment-8836 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:21:03 +0000 https://servicenowguru.wpengine.com/?p=3952#comment-8836 Just to validate, do all of the request items still get created at the very beginning? Does this just control when certain request item’s states gets set to “work in progress” as dependent items are completed?

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By: Mark Stanger https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/#comment-8835 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:20:52 +0000 https://servicenowguru.wpengine.com/?p=3952#comment-8835 In reply to Shane C.

There’s nothing new in Helsinki or Geneva to do this as far as I know.

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By: Shane C https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/#comment-8834 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:20:01 +0000 https://servicenowguru.wpengine.com/?p=3952#comment-8834 Hi Mark,
Do you know if Geneva or Helsinki has any sort of OOB functionality for this, or are you still using your custom approach with clients?

Thanks!

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By: Adam Seeber https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/#comment-8833 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:03:21 +0000 https://servicenowguru.wpengine.com/?p=3952#comment-8833 In reply to Mark Stanger.

Of course not! I’m a user and only half-read everything :) I’ll give it a crack tonight and see how I go, thanks for being polite about it!

Cheers,
-Adam

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By: Mark Stanger https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/#comment-8832 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:22:45 +0000 https://servicenowguru.wpengine.com/?p=3952#comment-8832 In reply to Adam Seeber.

Have you followed the initial setup listed above? In order to get the ‘request.u_order_guide’ field you have to create it by following the instructions included in the article I link to above.

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By: Adam Seeber https://servicenowguru.com/system-definition/order-request-items-order-guide/#comment-8831 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 05:42:07 +0000 https://servicenowguru.wpengine.com/?p=3952#comment-8831 Hi Mark,
This is fantastic, thank you. Any ideas on how to set the variable in Step 2 in the latest Eureka release? request.order guide isn’t a variable I can choose… I can plug in parent.tasktype and use that as a Request, but that assumes that every REQ is going to be part of an order guide… bit messy?

Cheers,
-Adam

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