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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Configuring Playbooks for Field Service Management

Playbooks provide step-by-step guidance for your field service teams to complete tasks. Use the playbooks feature to create processes to manage the life cycle of field service tasks.

A playbook breaks a workflow into multiple stages. Each stage includes the following:

  • A list of activities or steps that the agent must perform.
  • Status indicators that display the current state of each activity or step.
  • Check boxes and counters that indicate where an agent is in the workflow.

Playbooks are created using the Process Automation Designer platform feature.

Playbooks for the ServiceNow Agent

Playbooks for the ServiceNow Agent application include stages for completing a work order task. Playbooks can be viewed under a selected work order task on the My work page. Tasks that have an active playbook associated with it display a View Playbooks button.

Playbooks are organized in stages to provide a guided experience. They direct you to new or existing features of the mobile application and maintain a checklist of completed stages on that work order task. Stages can be marked complete or skipped at your discretion. The stages progress as follows:

  1. Troubleshoot
  2. Parts
  3. Record time
  4. Log incidentals
  5. Verify work completion
  6. Close work order task

For more information, see Playbooks on ServiceNow Agent.

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Configuration Overview

The steps for setting up Playbooks for Field Service Management are:

  1. Install Playbooks for Field Service Management

    Install the Playbooks for Field Service Management application (sn_fsm_playbook) if you have the admin role.

  2. Activate Playbooks for Field Service Management

    Activate Workflow Studio Playbooks on your instance so that you can create Playbooks triggered by tables.