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Data Schema Overview 

Table Types Lesson
 Module There are multiple types of tables in ServiceNow. This lesson defines the various table types.
7 ITEMS

 Tables and Fields Lesson

 Table Relationships Lesson Extended tables

 Table Types Lesson

 Schema Map Lesson When creating a new table, one of the first decisions a System Administrator or Developer must make is whether to create a table that stands
alone, or a table that extends another table.
Overall Scenario for Course
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Activities • For tables that stand alone, only the global default fields are automatically created.
• Extending a table incorporates all of the fields of the original table and allows for unique fields to be
 Data Schema Overview Activity
created on the new table. The inheritance of the fields of the original table is used to create
Data Schema Overview subcategories of data.
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Knowledge Check
Access Control Overview  IMPORTANT: The option to extend a table is only available when creating a new table. It is important to note however, not all tables are
 Module extensible.
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 Access Control Overview Lesson

A table that extends another table is called a child class.
 Access Control Evaluation Lesson
The table it extends is the parent class.
 Access Control Overview Activity E.g. the Task [task] table and Configuration Item [cmdb_ci] tables are examples of parent classes that are extended to child classes:
Access Control Overview
 • Child tables extended from Task [task] include Change Request, Incident, and Problem.
Knowledge Check
• Child tables extended from Configuration Item [cmdb_ci] include Database, Hardware, and Software.
Importing Data Overview 
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 Import Sets Lesson

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Fundamentals Content for
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Data Schema Overview 

 Module
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 Tables and Fields Lesson

 Table Relationships Lesson

 Table Types Lesson

 Schema Map Lesson Table labels

Overall Scenario for Course A different label can be defined for each extended table, such as Incident, Problem, or Change Request for example.
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Activities
To add a different label for an extended table, navigate to System Definition > Language File. Then create a new entry for the extended table.
 Data Schema Overview Activity

Data Schema Overview

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Knowledge Check
Access Control Overview 
 Module
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 Access Control Overview Lesson

 Access Control Evaluation Lesson

 Access Control Overview Activity

Access Control Overview

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Knowledge Check
Importing Data Overview 
 Module
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 Import Sets Lesson

Permission to extend
A table's Extensible field is used to control whether a table can be extended.
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• If it is set to true (selected/checked), the table can be extended.

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• If it is set to false (NOT selected/checked), the table cannot be extended.

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Dictionary
Using the Dictionary overrides feature provides the ability to define a field on a child table differently from the field on the parent table.
Data Schema Overview 
 Module Examples includes overriding the default values, field dependencies, or read-only status of a field.
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 Tables and Fields Lesson

 Table Relationships Lesson Base tables

 Table Types Lesson

 Schema Map Lesson If a table is extended but itself is not extending another table, it is called a base table. Every child table is a specialization of its base table or
previous child table.
Overall Scenario for Course
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Activities The Task [task] table is such a table, making it both a base class (not extending another table), and a parent class (extended).

 Data Schema Overview Activity

Data Schema Overview

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Knowledge Check
Access Control Overview 
 Module
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 Access Control Overview Lesson

 Access Control Evaluation Lesson

 Access Control Overview Activity Core tables vs. custom tables

Access Control Overview
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Knowledge Check
Importing Data Overview  Core tables are created by ServiceNow and provided with the base system.
 Module
5 ITEMS Custom tables are created by you.

Although custom tables are not in the base system, they can still interact with existing core tables.
 Import Sets Lesson
For example, a reference field on a custom table can access data stored on a core table. By doing so, a relationship between the tables is created
which makes them related tables. This relationship is not exclusive between just a custom table and a core table. Related tables can be a
combination of multiple core tables and/or multiple custom tables.

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Data Schema Overview 

 Module
7 ITEMS

 Tables and Fields Lesson

 Table Relationships Lesson

 Table Types Lesson

 Schema Map Lesson

Overall Scenario for Course

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Activities NOTE: When creating a new custom table, the table name is automatically populated based on the table label and a prefix.

 Data Schema Overview Activity • If the table is created in a scoped application, the name is prefixed with a namespace identifier, indicating it is a part of the application.
• If the table is created in the global application, the name is prefixed with "u_". If the table is being created in a scoped application, the
Data Schema Overview
 name is prefixed with a namespace identifier: "x_", indicating that it is a part of an application.
Knowledge Check
Access Control Overview 
 Module
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 Access Control Overview Lesson

 Access Control Evaluation Lesson

 Access Control Overview Activity

Access Control Overview

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Knowledge Check
Importing Data Overview 
 Module
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 Import Sets Lesson

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