Scheduling Health dashboard
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Summary of Scheduling Health dashboard
The Scheduling Health dashboard in ServiceNow provides a comprehensive view of key technician and task metrics along with Schedule Optimization configuration details. It is designed to help organizations monitor and improve field service scheduling efficiency by highlighting data completeness and scheduling readiness.
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Access to the dashboard requires specific AI Platform roles: wmbasic to view the Overview tab, and scheduleoptimizationplanner or scheduleoptimizationuser to view the Schedule Optimization tab.
Navigate to the dashboard via:
- All > Field Service > Administration > Health Check
- All > Schedule Optimization > Administration > Health Check
Key Features
- Overview Tab Metrics: Presents single-score visualizations identifying critical data gaps, such as technicians without work schedules, missing location or coordinates, and tasks lacking duration or location data.
- Schedule Optimization Tab: Displays total counts of technicians and tasks included in the next optimization run, along with the scheduled date and time for this run.
- Interactive Charts: Users can click on any chart area to drill down into corresponding records, enabling detailed investigation of issues.
- Filters: The dashboard includes a Type filter with options for batch or intraday configurations, which dynamically adjusts subsequent filter selections to generate reports based on the chosen optimization configuration.
Use Cases
- Dispatchers: Identify factors preventing assignment of work order tasks by analyzing missing or incomplete data.
- Administrators: In addition to dispatcher capabilities, update missing or incorrect record information directly from the dashboard insights.
Practical Benefits
This dashboard enables ServiceNow customers to proactively monitor the health of their scheduling data and configurations, ensuring that technicians and tasks are properly prepared for optimization runs. By addressing data gaps and optimizing scheduling inputs, organizations can improve the accuracy and efficiency of field service operations.
Use this dashboard to view technician metrics, task metrics and Schedule Optimization configuration details.
Required ServiceNow AI Platform roles
- The wm_basic role is needed to view the dashboard Overview tab.
- The schedule_optimization_planner or schedule_optimization_user is needed to view the Schedule Optimization tab.
Access the Scheduling Health dashboard
To open the dashboard, navigate to:
Use cases
| User | Dashboard use |
|---|---|
|
Dispatcher |
Identifies factors that will prevent a work order task from being assigned. Click any area of the chart to see corresponding records. |
|
Admin |
Admins have the capabilities of a dispatcher and can update the information that is missing from the record. Click any area of the chart to see corresponding records. |
Overview Data Visualizations
| Title | Type | Source table | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Technicians without work schedule |
Single Score | sys_user | The number of agents who don't have a work schedule. |
| Technicians without location | Single Score | sys_user | The number of agents whose user record doesn't have a location. |
| Technicians without location coordinates | Single Score | sys_user | The number of agents whose user record doesn't have latitude and longitude. |
| Tasks without duration | Single Score | wm_task | The number of tasks that don't have a duration. |
| Tasks without location | Single Score | wm_task | The number of tasks that don't have a location. |
| Tasks without location coordinates | Single Score | wm_task | The number of tasks that don't have latitude and longitude. |
Schedule Optimization Data Visualizations
| Title | Type | Source table | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Total number of technicians |
Single Score | sys_user | The number of agents who will be included in the next optimization run. |
| Total number of tasks | Single Score | wm_task | The number of tasks that will be included in the next optimization run. |
| Next optimization run time | Date/Time | The date and time of the next scheduled optimization run. |
Filters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Batch | Single select | Generate a report based on the selected batch configuration. |
| Intraday configuration | Single select | Generate a report based on the selected intraday configuration. |