Add a new company
You can add companies that represent vendors, manufacturers, or customers with whom you do business. These companies provide a way to categorize users, groups, and assets.
Before you begin
Role required: user_admin or admin
Procedure
Navigate to All > User Administration > Companies.
Click New.
Complete the form with the company details.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Name of the company. |
| Phone | Company phone number. |
| Fax phone | Company fax number. |
| Manufacturer | Whether the company is a manufacturer. |
| Vendor | Whether the company is a vendor. |
| Stock symbol | Three or four letter stock symbol for the company. |
| Stock price | Current price at which company stock is sold. |
| Street | Mailing street address of the company. |
| City | City in which the company is located. |
| State | State or province in which the company is located. |
| Zip/Postal code | Zip or postal code for the company. |
| Notes | Any information about the company that would be helpful for others to know. |
| Fields that can be added by Personalize a form: | |
| Latitude | The latitude of the company, if applicable. This field is populated by a business rule called get_lat_long. Deactivate this business rule to prevent the system from overwriting any values populated in the field manually. Latitude is expressed as a floating point data type. Latitude from upgraded versions of ServiceNow expressed in any format other than floating point appears in a column called Old Latitude. The system attempts to convert all latitude values from previous versions to the floating point notation, where possible.Note: This field doesn't display by default. You can add it by personalizing the form. |
| Longitude | The longitude of the company, if applicable. This field is populated by a business rule called get_lat_long. Deactivate this business rule to prevent the system from overwriting any values populated in the field manually. Longitude is expressed as a floating point data type. Longitude from upgraded versions of ServiceNow expressed in any format other than floating point appears in a column called Old Longitude. The system attempts to convert all longitude values from previous versions to the floating point notation, where possible.Note: This field doesn't display by default. You can add it by personalizing the form. |
**Note:** The IT Finance application adds a Finance view to the Company form. The Finance view adds a chart that shows expenses that were allocated to the company.
What to do next
Normalize company data to create consistency when referring to a company name, such as a vendor or manufacturer. For more information see, Normalization data services.
Parent Topic:Creating users, companies, and departments