Automation Center properties

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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  • You can access system properties for Automation Center by navigating to All > Automation Center > Administration > Automation Properties.

    Table 1. Automation Center properties
    Property Description

    sn_ac.workspace.date.default_num_of_days

    Defines the default number of days that data is shown in the Automation Center workspace.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 7

    sn_ac.purge_automation_data_in_days

    Defines the number of days the automation execution data, import error logs, action logs data, and automation insights information is retained.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 14

    sn_ac.reporting_currency

    Defines the currency that is used in the Automation Center dashboards and reports.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: USD
    sn_ac.savings_averaging_window Calculates the moving average for cost and time saved per run.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 4
    Table 2. ServiceNow® Spotlight properties
    Property Description

    sn_ac.use.spotlight.score.for.requests

    When turned on (by setting the value to True), Spotlight feature is enabled in the Automation Center workspace.
    • Type: True/False
    • Default value: True

    sn_ac.use.spotlight.group.for.requests

    Stores the spotlight group sys_id to let the system know which spotlight group to use.
    • Type: string
    • Default value: e037711dc3a11110995486d91840dd03
    Table 3. ServiceNow® Recommended Actions properties
    Property Description

    sn_ac.use_recommended_actions

    When turned on (by setting the value to True), Recommended Actions application is enabled in the Automation Center workspace.
    • Type: True/False
    • Default value: False
    Table 4. Action properties
    Property Description

    sn_ac.max_number_of_actions

    Sets the maximum number of actions to show in all actions section in action center.
    • Type: True/False
    • Default value: False
    sn_ac.max_number_of_recent_executions Controls the number of action log cards we want to show in the recent section in action center.
    • Type: Integer
    • Default value: 12
    sn_ac.new_action_threshold Controls the number of days the "New action" tag should appear for the newly created actions.
    • Type: Integer
    • Default value: 12
    Table 5. Migration accelerator properties
    Property Description

    sn_ac.rpamigration.base.url

    Desc
    • Type:
    • Default value: https://rpamigration-prod-default/
    sn_ac.polling_timeout_migration_report Defines the maximum duration (in milliseconds/seconds) to wait while polling for the migration report status before the request times out. This ensures that long-running or stalled migration status checks do not block the process indefinitely.
    • Type: Integer
    • Default value: 300