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

Review ITSM artifacts

The Data Collection app contains a pre-build data metric structure for the ServiceNow Performance/Platform Analytics application.

Performance/Platform analytics

The content pack comes with the following artifact types. For configuring the process, Group Type is the group classification for the User Administration - Groups.

Artifact typeDescription
Indicator SourceCaptures the basic data sets and commits them to the working memory of the platform to provide the foundation for the calculations. This is also called a data cube.
Automated IndicatorBasic calculation definition on the indicator source data set, potentially with additional filter conditions that you apply before making the calculation.
Manual IndicatorMetric for which there is no data set within the platform. Requires you to manually add a data point.
Formula IndicatorA more comprehensive calculation, such as % and ratio calculations that require multiple automated indicator data points for the calculation.
Data Collection JobsSchedule on which the automated data collection will run.
WidgetsConfiguration for the UI visualization of an indicator.
DashboardDisplay of a collection of widgets on a pane. This dashboard contains two tabs. One tab contains widgets showing quarterly values, and the other contains widgets showing monthly values.

Artifacts by type

The app contains the following artifacts for each of the above specified types.

Artifact typeDescription
Indicator SourceImpact VM - Changes Closed This Month
Indicator SourceImpact VM - Group Members
Indicator SourceImpact VM – Active Users
Indicator SourceImpact VM - Incidents Closed This Month
Indicator SourceImpact VM - Outage Ended on This Month
Indicator SourceImpact VM - Requested Items Closed This Month
Indicator SourceImpact VM - Requests Fulfilled in the This Month
AutomatedImpact VM - ITSM - Mean Time to Restore - Unplanned Outages (hrs)
AutomatedImpact VM - ITSM - Average Time to Close an Incident (hrs)
AutomatedImpact VM - Number of Closed Incident Originating from Phonecalls
AutomatedImpact VM - Average Time to Close a Request (hrs)
AutomatedImpact VM - Number of Closed Standard Changes
AutomatedImpact VM - ITSM - # of Tier 2+ Agents
AutomatedImpact VM - # of Unplanned Outages This Month
AutomatedImpact VM - ITSM - Average Time To Close a Change in Hours
AutomatedImpact VM - ITSM - # of Tier 1 Agents
AutomatedImpact VM - # Requested Items Closed This Month
AutomatedImpact VM - # of Requests Fulfilled This Month
AutomatedImpact VM - ITSM - # of L1 Incidents Closed This Month
AutomatedImpact VM - # of Changes Closed This Month
AutomatedImpact VM - ITSM - # of L2+ Incidents Closed This Month
AutomatedImpact VM - ITSM - # of Incidents Closed This Month
AutomatedImpact VM - # Automated Requested Items Closed This Month
AutomatedImpact VM - ITSM - Number of Active Users
ManualImpact VM - Legacy ITSM Systems Annual Run-Rate
FormulaImpact VM - ITSM - Ratio of Incidents Closed per Tier 2+ Service Desk Agent This Month
FormulaImpact VM - % of Requested Items Fuflfilled that were Automated This Month
FormulaImpact VM - % of Changes that are Standard Closed This Month
FormulaImpact VM - % of Closed Incidents Originating from Phone Call This Month
FormulaImpact VM – ITSM - Ratio of Incidents Closed per Tier 1 Service Desk Agent This Month
Data Collection JobImpact VM – ITSM - Monthly Data Collection
Data Collection JobImpact VM – ITSM – Historical Data Collection
Widget% Closed Changes that were Standard
Widget% Closed Incidents Originating from Phone Call
Widget% of Fulfilled Requested Items that were Automated
WidgetAverage Time to Close a Change (hrs)
WidgetAverage Time to Close a Request (hrs)
WidgetAverage Time to Close an Incident (hrs)
WidgetLegacy ITSM System Monthly Run-Rate
WidgetMean Time to Restore Unplanned Outages (hrs)
WidgetNumber of Changes Closed
WidgetNumber of Incidents Closed
WidgetNumber of Incidents Closed at Tier 1
WidgetNumber of Requests Fulfilled
WidgetNumber of Tier 2+ Incidents Closed
WidgetNumber of Unplanned Outages
WidgetRatio of Closed Incident per Tier 2+ Agent
WidgetRatio of Closed Incidents per Tier 1 Service Desk Agent
WidgetNumber of Active Users
DashboardImpact VM - ITSM
Group TypeTier 1
Group TypeTier 2+

Parent Topic:Impact Value Management Data Collection Content Pack for ITSM