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Developer Support

Get Started with Developer Support is an Impact Initiative that facilitates the understanding of the Developer Support offering and identification of named contacts for requesting Developer Support.

Overview

Get Started with Developer Support helps you expedite identifying technical stakeholder solutions to issues with access to Developer Support. The Initiative includes the following benefits:

  • Enables a ServiceNow Support Account Manager (SAM) to help you determine the stakeholders to be named as contacts for Developer Support access
  • Equips admins and developers with a streamlined method for resolving issues associated with existing customizations
  • Provides access to a specialized subject matter expert (SME) to assist in troubleshooting customizations
  • Delivers insights into customization scope, including business rules, UI (user interface) scripts, script includes, and UI macros
  • Provides a review of up to 200 lines of custom code in a break-fix model

Developer Support is available in the Advanced and Total Impact packages and offers expert assistance in troubleshooting and debugging customization-related issues. For more information on Developer Support, see Impact Developer Support.

Developer SupportTroubleshooting and assistance
Specialized SMESpecialized SME to help you troubleshoot your customizations
Broad scopeCustomization scope, which includes business rules, UI scripts, script includes, and UI macros
Reviews actual codeReview of up to 200 lines of code
Priority 3 Service Level Agreement (P3- SLA)Requests are handled on a P3 basis
Break-fix code onlyDeveloper Support only troubleshoots custom code break-fix model and not a preventative model

What you get

  • Developer Support review session (30 minutes)
    • Review of the Developer Support offering and what is in scope and out of scope
    • Explanation of the exclusive access provided to the named contacts
    • Identification of proper stakeholders to be named contacts for Developer Support
    • How to add or edit named contacts for Developer Support
    • Walk through of submitting a Developer Support request

Requested customer resources

Customer resourceResponsibilities
Platform Owner (Required)Responsible for the overall accountability of the ServiceNow platform. Provides leadership and oversight to the system administrators, ensures team alignment to business strategy and the ServiceNow roadmap, and is actively involved in the overarching governance of the platform.
System Administrator(s) (Recommended)Maintains the stability and usability of the ServiceNow platform by performing application maintenance, managing support for cases related to ServiceNow applications, and contributing to ServiceNow software releases by delivering configuration tasks and features. 
Developer(s) (Recommended)Writes code for the ServiceNow platform.
Subject Matter Expert(s) (Recommended)Non-developers with strong knowledge of processes around customizations.

Exclusions and limitations

Get Started with Developer Support does not include:

  • A detailed review of your data
  • Technical, hands-on troubleshooting or configuration
  • Solutioning and scoping related to performance data
  • Decision making