Set up Federal plugin

Set up the Federal plugin.

Activate Federal plugin

You can activate the Additional tables for Federal Agencies plugin [com.snc.fedtables] if you have the admin role.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

About this task

Tables are installed with the plugin. For more information, see Federal plugin.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > System Applications > All Available Applications > All.
  2. Find the Additional tables for Federal Agencies plugin [com.snc.fedtables] using the filter criteria and search bar.

    You can search for the plugin by its name or ID. If you cannot find a plugin, you might have to request it from ServiceNow personnel.

  3. Select Install to start the installation process.
    Note:
    When domain separation and delegated admin are enabled in an instance, the administrative user must be in the global domain. Otherwise, the following error appears: Application installation is unavailable because another operation is running: Plugin Activation for <plugin name>.
    You will see a message after installation is completed. For information about the components installed with a plugin, see Find components installed with an application.

Import an excel template for Federal plugin

Some data elements included in the Federal plugin allow for an import of the reference data.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > System Definition > Tables.
  2. In the Name column, filter the tables by sn_fedtables.
  3. Select the Federal table in which you want to import the data.
  4. Open Show List in Related links.
  5. Right-click on the column heading for the data element you want to add reference data to.
  6. Select Import from the menu.
    Import an excel template for Federal
  7. Select Insert or Update as the import type.
  8. Select Choose file to select the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
  9. Select Upload to upload the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
  10. In the Upload Progress page, select Preview Imported Data to verify the imported data.
  11. If the template passes validation and the imported preview matches your expectations, select Complete Import to import data into the staging table.
    Note:
    If the template fails validation, verify records in the template and repeat the process again.