Available Platform Analytics Solutions

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  • Updated January 30, 2025
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    Summary of Available Platform Analytics Solutions

    Platform Analytics Solutions in ServiceNow provide pre-built dashboards and Performance Analytics components tailored to various ServiceNow products. These solutions leverage Performance Analytics capabilities to deliver enhanced insights and value. While the solutions themselves are provided at no extra cost, the underlying applications require appropriate licensing. Activation of these solutions depends on your specific Performance Analytics entitlements.

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    General Performance Analytics Solutions

    Available with any paid Performance Analytics entitlement, these solutions include dashboards for Configuration Management (CMDB), Guided Tours, Knowledge Management, and Service Desk Chat.

    Performance Analytics for Application Portfolio Management (APM)

    With the Performance Analytics for APM entitlement, activate solutions covering:

    • Application Portfolio Management integrated with Change and Problem Management
    • Financial Management and its variants for Customer Service, Field Service Management, and Financial Planning
    • Project Portfolio Suite with Financials (replacing the previous Project Portfolio Suite starting from New York release), including Time Card Management dashboards

    Performance Analytics for Customer Service

    Activate these solutions with the Customer Service entitlement:

    • Advanced Work Assignment
    • Change Management
    • Communities
    • Customer Service Management - Advanced, which includes preconfigured indicators and supports case management, major issue management, and agent chat
    • Field Service Management
    • Incident Management (default content available in a complimentary version)
    • Incident SLA, ITSM Dashboards, Major Incident Management, Problem Management
    • Self-Service Analytics for Customer Service (additional customer service-specific indicators and dashboards)

    Note: The Virtual Agent content pack is deprecated starting in Quebec; use the Conversational Analytics Dashboard instead.

    Performance Analytics for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

    After enabling the GRC: Performance Analytics Premium Integration plugin, activate solutions for Audit Management, Policy and Compliance Management, and Risk Management.

    Performance Analytics for Human Resource Management

    With the Human Resource Management entitlement, activate solutions for Content Analytics, Employee Document Management, Human Resources Scoped Apps, and Lifecycle Events. The unscoped Human Resources solution is deprecated.

    Performance Analytics for Business Management, Financial Management, and Service Strategy

    Solutions include Agile 2.0 dashboards, Essential SAFe, Financial Management variants, Financial Services Operations, and the Project Portfolio Suite with Financials (New York release onward).

    Performance Analytics for IT Operations Management (ITOM)

    Activate solutions when entitled to Performance Analytics for IT Operations Suite or ITOM, including Discovery, Event Management, Operational Intelligence, and Service Mapping.

    Performance Analytics for Project Portfolio Management

    Activate the Project Portfolio Suite with Financials solution, which replaces the older Project Portfolio Suite and includes Time Card Management dashboards.

    Performance Analytics for Security Incident and Vulnerability Response

    Activate solutions for Security Incident Response and Vulnerability Response available via the ServiceNow Store.

    Performance Analytics for Service Management

    Available solutions include Change Management, Incident Management, Incident SLA, ITSM Dashboards, Major Incident Management, Problem Management, and the ITSM Predictive Intelligence Workbench dashboard (which requires the Predictive Intelligence application in ITSM Pro SKU).

    Performance Analytics for Software Asset Management

    Activate the Software Asset Management Professional solution with the appropriate Performance Analytics entitlement.

    Adding Self-Service Analytics Widgets

    If Self-Service Analytics is activated, you can add its widgets to Performance Analytics dashboards or Service Portals by activating the Self-Service Analytics PA plugin and the corresponding data collection job. Customer Service Management customers can install a specialized Self-Service Analytics solution with additional indicators and dashboards.

    ITSM Dashboard Solutions

    The ITSM Dashboards plugin activates multiple solutions for Change Management, Problem Management, Incident SLA, Major Incident Management, and Fixed Costs, providing comprehensive ITSM insights.

    The following Platform Analytics Solutions are available for their corresponding ServiceNow Performance Analytics entitlements. The solutions are at no extra charge, but the underlying applications require appropriate licensing.

    Platform Analytics Solutions provide dashboards and underlying Performance Analytics components. These dashboards leverage Performance Analytics to create greater value for the product each Platform Analytics Solution supports.

    General Performance Analytics Solutions

    Activate the following Performance Analytics Solutions with any paid-for Performance Analytics entitlement.

    Performance Analytics Solutions for APM

    Activate the following Solutions when you have the Performance Analytics for APM entitlement.
    • Application Portfolio Management and Change Management (com.snc.pa.apm.change_request)
    • Application Portfolio Management and Problem Management (com.snc.pa.apm.problem)
    • Financial Management (com.snc.pa.fm)
    • Financial Management for Customer Service (com.snc.pa.fm.csm)
    • Financial Management for Field Service Management (com.snc.pa.fm.fsm)
    • Financial Management for Financial Planning (com.snc.pa.financial_planning)
    • Project Portfolio Suite with Financials (com.snc.financial_planning_pmo) Starting in New York, this solution replaces the Project Portfolio Suite (com.snc.pa.ppm) Solution. It includes dashboards for Time Card Management.

    Performance Analytics for Customer Service Solutions

    Activate the following Solutions when you have the Performance Analytics for Customer Service entitlement.

    Performance Analytics for Governance, Risk, and Compliance Solutions

    When you have the Performance Analytics for GRC entitlement, first activate the GRC: Performance Analytics Premium Integration plugin. Then activate the following Solutions:

    Performance Analytics for Human Resource Management Solutions

    Activate the following Solutions when you have the Performance Analytics for Human Resource Management entitlement:

    Performance Analytics for Business Management, Financial Management, and Service Strategy Solutions

    Activate the following solutions if you have an entitlement to Performance Analytics for Business Management, Performance Analytics for Financial Management, or Performance Analytics for Service Strategy:

    Performance Analytics for ITOM Solutions

    Activate the following Solutions when you have the Performance Analytics for IT Operations Suite or Performance Analytics for IT Operations Management entitlements:

    Performance Analytics for Project Portfolio Management Solutions

    Activate the following Solutions when you have the Performance Analytics for Project Portfolio Management entitlement, Project Portfolio Suite with Financials (com.snc.financial_planning_pmo). Starting in New York, this solution replaces the Project Portfolio Suite (com.snc.pa.ppm) Solution. It includes dashboards for Time Card Management.

    Performance Analytics for Security Incident and Vulnerability Response Solutions

    Activate the following Solutions when you have the Performance Analytics for Security Incident Response entitlement:

    Performance Analytics for Service Management Solutions

    Activate the following Solutions when you have the Performance Analytics for Service Management entitlement:

    Performance Analytics for Software Asset Management Solutions

    Activate the following Solutions when you have the Performance Analytics for Service Management entitlement, Software Asset Management Professional (com.snc.pa.samp).

    Adding Self-Service Analytics widgets to a dashboard or Service Portal

    If you have Self-Service Analytics activated on an instance, you can add Self-Service analytics widgets to your Performance Analytics dashboards or a Service Portal. To obtain a ready-made set of indicators and breakdowns, activate the Self-Service Analytics PA (com.snc.pa.self_service_analytics) plugin. Find the Self-Service indicators through the Performance Analytics Admin Console, then create widgets and add them to your dashboard or portal. Also activate the [SSA] Self-Service Analytics data collection job.
    Note:
    Customer Service Management customers can install the Platform Analytics Solution for Self-Service Analytics for Customer Service. This Solution contains additional Customer Service-specific indicators and breakdowns as well as widgets and a dashboard. For more information, see Self-Service Analytics for Customer Service.

    ITSM Dashboard solutions

    The ITSM Dashboards plugin (com.snc.pa.itsm_dashboards) activates the following solutions, along with a set of additional dashboards: