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# Configure Service Model Foundation

# Configure Service Model Foundation {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Configure the Service Model Foundation feature to enable a foundational data model framework. You can use this framework to create structured and flexible data models that represent your business needs.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

Service Model Foundation provides the core framework and guidance for building and modeling the entities that are involved in the customer service value chain. This framework introduces new entities, such as
service organizations, internal and external business locations, and households. It also introduces roles and relationships that provide both flexibility and control in granting access to customer cases and information.  
With the Service Model Foundation plugins, you can support:

* Internal business locations and staff members
* External business locations and staff members
* Households and household members

{#configure-industry-data-model__ul_jlc_xp3_2mb}For more information about this feature, see [Service Model Foundation overview](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/MDQtEzBFniGO_fky74bgrA "Service Model Foundation provides a framework enabling customers to model and manage their operational hierarchy of the entities involved in offering CRM functions likes sales and customer service in alignment with their business needs.").

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllCustomer ServiceAdministrationGuided Setup.
2. On the Getting Started page of the guided setup, click Get Started.
3. In the Service Model Foundation category, view the list of tasks to configure the feature.  
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   | Task | Description |
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   | Activate plugins | Activate the plugins: * Business Location (com.snc.business_location) * Customer Service Household (com.snc.household) {#configure-industry-data-model__ul_nfk_kq3_2mb} |
   | Activate query rules | Activate the query rules by setting the system property \[sn_cs_queryrules.use_query_rules\] value to true. |
   | Configure forms and lists | Configure forms to add the fields and related lists that support the business location and household models. |
   | Assign responsibilities | Assign responsibilities to the service organization (SO) member using the responsibility data model. |
   | Assign roles | Roles control access to features, capabilities, and data. The Service Model Foundation plugins add roles that you can assign to internal and external users in your organization. |
   | Create relationships | Use relationships to provide internal and external users with additional access to customer data. Relationships are based on responsibility definitions. When you create a relationship, you select the users involved in the relationship and the responsibility that one user performs on behalf of another. The Service Model Foundation plugins provide both relationships and responsibility definitions that you can use to create relationships between users. |
   [Table 1. Customer central configuration tasks]

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4. To perform a task, click Configure.  
   This button opens the page in your instance where the
   configuration is completed.
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