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

Activate Problem Management Best Practice — Madrid

Activate the Problem Management Best Practice — Madrid (com.snc.best_practice.problem.madrid) plugin if you have the admin role. This plugin includes demo data and activates related plugins if they are not already active.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

About this task

The Problem Management Best Practice — Madrid plugin identifies the cause of a service interruption reported by a significant or recurring incidents. The plugin does the following activities:

  • Provides roles for problem management including a problem task analyst, a problem coordinator, a problem manager, and a problem administrator.
  • Provides fields to record the category where the issue was first reported, the workaround, the cause notes, and the fix notes.
  • Searches for and attaches knowledge articles.
  • Communicates when a workaround or fix is available.
  • Clears the Assigned to field when changing the Assignment Group.

Note: The plugin is activated by default for the new customers. Existing customers need to request the plugin.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > System Applications > All Available Applications > All.

  2. Find the plugin using the filter criteria and search bar.

    You can search for the plugin by its name or ID. If you cannot find a plugin, you might have to request it from ServiceNow personnel.

  3. Select Install to start the installation process.

    Note: When domain separation and delegated admin are enabled in an instance, the administrative user must be in the global domain. Otherwise, the following error appears: Application installation is unavailable because another operation is running: Plugin Activation for <plugin name>.

    You will see a message after installation is completed. For information about the components installed with a plugin, see Find components installed with an application.

  4. Components installed with Problem Management
    Several types of components are installed with activation of the Problem Management Best Practice — Madrid plugin, including user roles.

Parent Topic:Problem Management plugins

Related topics

List of Australia plugins