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Learning ServiceNow - Second Edition
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Learning ServiceNow - Second Edition

by Tim Woodruff
June 2018
Intermediate to advanced
388 pages
9h 1m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 14. Debugging

ServiceNow is a vast and potentially very complex system, which means that the need to debug your code now and then is not only inevitable, but perfectly normal. The key is to write detailed test scripts, and test thoroughly so that any bugs are discovered prior to reaching your production instance.

In this chapter, we're going to learn about the various tools and methods used in troubleshooting and debugging your code in ServiceNow, including the following topics:

  • Debug message logging
  • Client-side debugging
  • Server-side debugging
  • Debugging security and ACLs
  • Server-side JavaScript debugger

Logging

Note

While there is a feature called session debug logging, this section is about the system log and how to use logging within scripts effectively ...

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ISBN: 9781788837040