Skill inputs and triggers for Now Assist for Operational Technology Service Management (OTSM)

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    Summary of Skill Inputs and Triggers for Now Assist for Operational Technology Service Management (OTSM)

    This document provides an overview of the skill inputs and triggers for Now Assist for Operational Technology Service Management (OTSM). Configuring these inputs and triggers allows you to specify how and when certain skills are utilized within the platform.

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    Key Features

    The key skills detailed include:

    • OT Incident Summarization Skill: Utilizes specific inputs to generate incident summaries based on selected tables and fields. This skill is enabled by default for applicable users.
    • OT Resolution Notes Generation Skill: Identifies the tables and fields necessary for generating resolution notes for OT incidents. This skill is also turned on by default for relevant roles.

    Input Details

    For both skills, the following inputs are essential:

    • Input Table: OT Incident [snotincident]
    • Input Fields: Includes short description, work notes, additional comments, priority, site, equipment model entity, OT device, and OT incident task.
    • Input Template States: New, WIP, Resolved, Closed.

    Key Outcomes

    By configuring these skills, ServiceNow customers can automate the generation of incident summaries and resolution notes, enhancing efficiency in managing Operational Technology incidents. This leads to improved incident handling and resolution processes, ultimately supporting better operational outcomes.

    Get a quick overview of the skill inputs and triggers for Now Assist for Operational Technology Service Management (OTSM). By configuring the inputs or triggers for a skill, you can determine how and when a skill is used.

    Now Assist for OTSM skill input overview

    Depending on the selected skill, you can configure the inputs or triggers. These settings determine how and when a skill is used. An input identifies the data that is used for a skill, such as the table and fields that are used to generate an incident summary. A trigger initiates an action, such as when the system generates Operational Technology (OT) resolution notes.

    OT incident summarization skill

    The OT incident summarization skill includes the inputs that identify the table and fields that are used when an OT incident summary is generated.

    Important:
    This Now Assist skill is turned on by default. The skill will be automatically available to appropriate role users for the application. For more information, see Now Assist skills, agents, and agentic workflows on by default.

    The following table lists the inputs for the OT incident summarization skill.

    Table 1. Inputs for the OT incident summarization skill
    Input Description
    Input table OT incident [sn_ot_incident]
    Input fields
    • Description
    • Short description
    • Work notes
    • Additional comments
    • Priority
    • Site
    • Equipment model entity
    • OT device
    • OT incident task
    Input template states
    • New
    • WIP
    • Resolved
    • Closed

    The following table lists the descriptions for the OT incident summarization skill.

    Table 2. Descriptions for the incident summarization skill
    Description Mandatory for input state
    Issue
    • New
    • WIP
    • Resolved
    • Closed
    Key Actions Taken
    • WIP
    • Resolved
    • Closed
    Resolution
    • Resolved
    • Closed
    OT incident task
    • WIP
    • Resolved
    • Closed

    OT resolution notes generation skill

    The OT resolution notes generation skill includes the inputs that identify the table and fields that are used when the resolution notes are generated for an OT incident.

    Important:
    This Now Assist skill is turned on by default. The skill will be automatically available to appropriate role users for the application. For more information, see Now Assist skills, agents, and agentic workflows on by default.

    The following table lists the inputs for the resolution notes generation skill.

    Table 3. Inputs for the OT resolution notes generation skill
    Input Description
    Input table OT Incident [sn_ot_incident]
    Input fields
    • Description
    • Short description
    • Work notes
    • Additional comments
    • Priority
    • Site
    • Equipment model entity
    • OT Device