ServiceNow Certified System
Administrator Fundamentals New York
Module 3: Database Administration
Latest Update Questions and Answers
What is the SNOW Infrastructure? ✔✔Built on RELATIONAL DB containing data which ca
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ServiceNow Certified System
Administrator Fundamentals New York
Module 3: Database Administration
Latest Update Questions and Answers
What is the SNOW Infrastructure? ✔✔Built on RELATIONAL DB containing data which can be
accessed through Now Platform UI
What does the ServiceNow infrastructure consist of? ✔✔*Tables: data structure/database
component; contain records
*Records: rows in table. Is data stored in table; contain fields
*Fields: Individual piece of data in record; correspond to column in table
Lists & Forms provide friendly UI for managing tables, records, and fields.
System Dictionary ✔✔Contains definition for each and every table and field in DB
System Definition > Dictionary to modify table and field attributes
Which 3 modules can access tables in the System Definition application? ✔✔*Dictionary
*Tables & Columns
*Tables
Dictionary Module (System Definition)? ✔✔defines every table and field in the system. Table
records are identified as a Collection type.
Tables & Columns Module (System Definition)? ✔✔lists existing tables in the database. Selecting
a table name will display its contents.
*Can also view field settings & attributes for a table
Tables Module (System Definition)? ✔✔contains a record for each table in the database. Custom
tables can be created when the New button is selected.
What is a table? ✔✔a collection of records in the database
Records Identified ✔✔32- Character GLOBALLY unique ID: sys_id
*Record numbers are automatically incremented.
*Number format & number prefix per table in the system can be changed by visiting:
System Definition > Number Maintenance App
Field types? ✔✔*Choice
*Date/Time
*Journal
*Reference
*Field types define how a field is interacted with through the interface and the type and format of
data it can store
What are the 3 KEY attributes of a field? ✔✔Label, Name, and Value
What are some examples of a LABEL (Field)? ✔✔includes User ID, Full Name, and Location
What is a NAME (Field)? ✔✔a unique term that does not always match a field's label.
Ex. Name of location field/label = sys_user.location and Name field/label = sys_user.name
*System uses to identify field in SCRIPTS & automated business processes
What are VALUES (Field)? ✔✔are the actual data, such as users' names, or location. In some
cases, the value may be empty, or null.
Reference Fields ✔✔Stores a unique system identifier; sys_id of a record on another table which
establishes reference relationship
*Ex. Call field on incident table is a reference to record on User table
Defining reference field creates relationship between two tables. Adding a reference field to a form
makes the other fields in the referenced table available to the form
NOTE: REFERENCE Fields ✔✔Can only refer to records from one other table.
*To add field that can refer to records on any table, regardless of shared reference, use Document
ID element type.
*Wildcard searchers can be used in reference fields
What are reference fields identified by? ✔✔reference lookup icon
What does the reference lookup icon do? ✔✔opens a dialog box for locating a record to reference,
presented as a list of the referenced (target) table
What does the reference icon do? ✔✔preview the referenced record (on the target table)
What are the 4 types of table relationships? ✔✔*One-to-Many
*Many-to-Many
*Database views
*Extensions
What is a "One-to-Many" relationship field (Table Relationships)? ✔✔Within a table, a field can
hold a reference to a record on another table.
What are the 3 "one-to-many" relationship fields (Table Relationships)? ✔✔*Reference fields
*Gilde List
*Document ID Fields
What are reference fields (One-to-Many)? ✔✔Allows a user to select a record on a table defined
by the reference field. Example: Caller field on the Incident table allows a user to select any record
on User table.
What is a gilde list (One-to-Many)? ✔✔Allows a user to select multiple records on a table defined
by the glide list. Example: The Watchlist field on the Incident table allows the user to select any
record or records on the User table.
What are document ID fields (One-to-Many)? ✔✔Allows a user to select a record on any table in
the instance. Example: Document field on the Translated Text table.
What are "Many-to-Many" relationship fields (Table Relationships)? ✔✔Two or more tables that
can be related in a bi-directional relationship, so that the related records are visible from both tables
in a related list. Example: software vendors can sell multiple products and products can be sold by
multiple vendors.
What are "database views" in relationship fields (Table Relationships)? ✔✔Two tables that can be
joined virtually using the Database Views PLUGIN to allow for reporting on data that might be
stored in more than one table. *Database Views are read-only.
Create Database Views by navigating to System Definition > Database Views.
What are "extensions" in relationship fields (Table Relationships)? ✔✔A table that can extend
another table. The extended table includes unique fields plus all of the fields and their properties
from the parent table
What can tables extend? ✔✔other tables, creating parent a
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