ServiceNow Incident Management Use Cases

Use CaseExpected Result
Validate the available links under the module to ensure there is no loss of functionality OR if there is new functionalityThe links match
Validate the ‘Assigned to me’ link works properlyI assigned this incident to myself.  It should be viewable under this link.
Validate the ‘My groups incidents’ works properly.The displays query’s match and would therefore return similar results
Validate ‘Create New’ works properly.The ‘create new’ incident form is returned
Validate ‘Critical Priority’ works properlyThe displays query’s match and would therefore return similar results
Validate ‘High Priority’ works properlyThe displays query’s match and would therefore return similar results
Validate ‘Incident Task’ works properlyThe displays query’s match and would therefore return similar results
Validate ‘Open’ works properlyThe displays query’s match and would therefore return similar results
Validate ‘Open – Unassigned’ works properlyThe displays query’s match and would therefore return similar results
Validate ‘Resolved’ works properlyThe displays query’s match and would therefore return similar results
Validate ‘Closed’ works properlyThe displays query’s match and would therefore return similar results
Validate ‘All’ works properlyThe displays query’s match and would therefore return similar results
Validate ‘Weekly Overview’ works properlyThe dashboards match
Validate ‘Monthly Overview’ works properlyThe dasboards match
Compare an INC record in TRN and PRD to make sure all of the note data copied overThe information in TRN matches the information in PRD
Incident Create – Validate that the required fields match between TRN and PRDThe mandatory fields match on the create incident form.
Incident Create – Validate Caller field functionalityYou can search caller by first name, last name or personnel number
Incident Create – Validate that the ‘match CI to caller’ field is working properlyWhen checked, only the CI’s realted to the caller will display.  When not checked, all CI’s will display.
Incident Create – Save an Incident RecordAn INC record will be created when hitting the save button.
Validate the ‘save and exit’ UI buttonThe record will save and take you back to the list view.
Validate the ‘Bomgar Session Key’ buttonA Bomgar information window will be returned with a session key.
Validate the ‘check impact’ buttonAn impact analysis report will be displayed of potentially related records. 
Add an attachment to an INCAn attachemnt is added an viewable just below the INC record header.
Send an email using the email icon.An email will be shown in the email log and a note will be added to the activity of the ticket.
Validate the ‘Related Change’ field works properlyWhen selecting the magnifying class, a list of CHG will be returned.  Select a change and save the record.  The CHG selected will be displayed in the ‘related change’ field.
Validate the ‘Related Problem’ field works properlyWhen selecting the magnifying class, a list of PBI will be returned.  Select a change and save the record.  The PRB selected will be displayed in the ‘related problem’ field.
Validate Watch List FunctionalityAdd a name to the watclist and make an update to the ‘additional’ comments.  An email should be sent to everyone on the watchlist.  An update should also be made to the activity log indicated the email was generated.
Service Provider View – Validate ‘Additional Comments’ fieldUpdate the ticket as a service provider and validate the customer can see the comment in the self service view and that they also receive an email notification about the comment.  Also the activity log should be updated with the comment.
Customer View – Validate ‘Work Notes’ field.Work notes field gets updated, but the customer should not be able to see this in self-service view.
Service Provider View – Validate ‘work notes’ fieldThe update made to the work notes field should be visible to the the service provider in the activity log.
Moving a ticket to work in progress updates the acknowledged field with a date/time stampThe acknowledge field will show the date and time the ticket was move to ‘work in progress’
Create or Join a chatroom functionality from within an INC recordA chat room is initated
Validate the INC lifecycleAn INC must move to work in progress prior to being moved to pending or resolved.
Validate Incident related list functionality.The ‘new’ and ‘edit’ buttons should be visible on this list.  New launches a create INC form.  Edit displays an INC list which I can then attach to the parent INC.
Validate Incident Task related list functionalityThe new button allows me to create a new INC task.  The edit button allows me to relate an INC task record to an INC.
Validate Requested related list functionality.The edit button allows me to relate an INC to an RITM.
Validate Task SLA are completed as expected.The response, resolution and opened to resolve SLA should be calcualted when a ticket is resolved.
Validate the following metrics are being calculated correctly:  Create to acknowledge duration, Create to resolve duration, assigned to duration, Incident state duration, first call resolution, openThe metrics will be calcualted based on resonse time and resolution.
Create an INC taskI can create an INC task via the INC task related list on the INC form.
Validate INC task lifecycleI can progress through all of the INC task stages, resulting in a closed task.
Validate INC task to INC relationshipI can see the relationship of the INC to the INC task on the related list from the INC form.
Create a CRQ from an INC via the INC headerRight-click on the INC record header to create a CRQ from the INC record.  Validate data passes to the CRQ record.
Create a Project record from an INC via the INC headerRight-click on the INC record header to create a PRJ from the INC record.  Validate data passes to the PRJ record.
Apply a template to an INC record.Apply a template so fields will auto-populate based on the selection.
Validate audit trail on an INC recordVerify the the actions taken on the INC record are recorded in the audit trail.
Knowledge is searchable from an INC recordBy clicking on the book icon next to the summary field, a knowledge window will display.
Validate T2 Categorization is Mandatory 
Reassign a ticket to another team 
Reassign a ticket to another person 
Search for a person using the Assigned to field with their name 
Search for a group using the Assignment group field 
Search for the list of Assignment groups for an Assigned to memberBlanking out the Assignment group field, you can search for the list of groups an Assigned to is a member of

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