Export Data

Josh Nerius

3 minute read

ServiceNow provides a number of ways to export data from the platform. All of these methods are simple to use, but something that isn’t always obvious is how to include the Sys ID value associated with a record in the export. Depending on how you plan to use the exported data, having the Sys ID is important. If you plan to do any kind of reconciliation or bring that data back into the platform in the future, having this value is critical.

Josh Nerius

2 minute read

The Jakarta release of ServiceNow introduces support for a new import/export data format: JSON. This blog post is a quick overview of where and how you can interact with these new features. Export to JSON From a list of records, you can now choose JSON from the list of file formats when exporting data. Right click the header of any record list and select Export > JSON.

JSON Structure The output of this export is a simple JSON structure.