Change email notifications

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  • Updated January 30, 2025
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    Summary of Change Email Notifications

    ServiceNow uses email notifications to keep users informed about updates to Operational Technology (OT) change requests and change tasks. These notifications help ensure timely awareness and action by the relevant users or groups involved in change management processes.

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    Key Features

    • Change Request Notifications: Alerts are sent for events such as assignment changes, comments added, work notes added, approval, rejection, putting on hold, and taking off hold.
    • Change Task Notifications: Notifications cover assignment changes and work notes added to change tasks.
    • Recipients: Notifications are sent to specific users or groups based on the event, such as the assigned user, assignment group, requestor, watch list, or work note list.
    • Content: Emails include key details like the change number, short description, links to the change request or task, site, OT device, equipment model entity, and relevant update details (comments, work notes, status changes).

    Practical Use for ServiceNow Customers

    By leveraging these email notifications, customers can:

    • Ensure that the right individuals or groups are promptly notified of updates to OT changes, facilitating faster response and collaboration.
    • Track the progress and status changes of OT change requests and tasks without needing to manually check the platform.
    • Receive contextual information in emails that enables quick understanding and direct access to relevant records via embedded URLs.

    These notifications help maintain clear communication and coordination among teams managing OT changes, improving operational efficiency and change governance.

    Use email notifications to alert users when an Operational Technology (OT) change request or a change task is updated.

    The notifications for OT change requests and change tasks are listed in the following tables.
    Table 1. OT change request email notifications
    Name When to send Who receives it What it contains
    Change assigned to me When the Assigned to field changes and is not empty User who's assigned the change Subject: <Change request #> notification

    Body:

    Short Description: <Short description>

    Click here to view Change Request: <URL to the change request>

    Site: <Site name>

    OT Device: <OT device>

    Equipment Model Entity: <Equipment model entity>

    Description: <Description>

    Change assigned to my group When the Assignment group field changes and is not empty Assignment group Subject: <Change request #> has been assigned to group <assignment group>

    Body:

    Short Description: <Short description>

    Click here to view Change Request: <URL to the change request>

    Site: <Site name>

    OT Device: <OT device>

    Equipment Model Entity: <Equipment model entity>

    Description: <description>

    Change commented When the change request is commented
    • Requested By
    • Watch list
    Subject: <Change request #> comments added

    Body:

    Short description: <Short description>

    Click here to view Change Request: <URL to the change request>

    Comments: <Comments added to the change request>

    Change worknoted When a work note is added to the change request.
    • Work note list
    • Assigned to
    • Assignment group
    Subject: <Change request #> work notes added

    Body:

    Short description: <Short description>

    Click here to view Change Request: <URL to change request>

    Work Notes: <Work notes added to change request>

    Change approved When the change request is approved
    • Assigned to
    • Assignment group
    Subject: <Change request #> has been approved

    Body:

    Short Description: <Short description>

    Click here to view <URL to change request>

    Description: <Description>

    Change rejected When the change request is rejected
    • Assigned to
    • Assignment group
    Subject: <Change request #> has been rejected

    Body:

    Short Description: <Short description>

    Click here to view <URL to change request>

    Description: <Description>

    Change on hold When the change request is put on hold Requested By Subject: <Change request #> has been put on hold

    Body:

    Hello <user who created change request>,

    The <Change request #> you requested has been put on hold. The reason for the request being put on hold is: <Reason for change request being put on hold>

    Click here to view your change request: <URL to change request>

    Change off hold When the change request is taken off hold Requested By Subject: <Change request #> has been taken off hold

    Body:

    Hello <user who created change request>,

    The <Change request #> you requested has been taken off hold and is in the <Updated state field> state.

    Click here to view your change request: <URL to change request>

    Table 2. OT change task email notifications
    Name When to send Who receives it What it contains
    Change task assigned to me When the Assigned to field changes and is not empty Person who is assigned the change task Subject: <Change task #> notification -- <Short description>

    Body:

    Short Description: <Short description>

    Click here to view Change Task: <URL to change task>

    Site: <Site name>

    OT Device: <OT device>

    Equipment Model Entity: <Equipment model entity>

    Description: <Description>

    Change task assigned to my group When the Assignment group field changes and is not empty Assignment group Subject: Subject: <Change task #> notification -- <Short description>

    Body:

    Short Description: <Short description>

    Click here to view Change Task: <URL to change task>

    Site: <Site name>

    OT Device: <OT device>

    Equipment Model Entity: <Equipment model entity>

    Description: <Description>

    Change task worknoted When a work note is added to the change task
    • Work note list
    • Assigned to
    • Assignment group
    Subject: <Change task #> work notes added -- <Short description>

    Body:

    Short description: <Short description>

    Click here to view Change Task: <URL to change task>

    Work Notes: <Work notes added to change task>