Description
ServiceNow offers world-class technical support to every customer. Quick solution paths can be found using customer support tools such as the community, the knowledge base, and product documentation. The Technical Support team, located in our support centers in Santa Clara, San Diego, Orlando, London, Amsterdam, Dublin, Sydney, and Hyderabad is comprised of trained, experienced professionals with deep product knowledge and real-world experience. The goal of our technical support effort is to help your team resolve issues as quickly as possible.
Customers working for commercial organizations can read this page to learn about obtaining technical support from ServiceNow, including online resources and a technical support phone number. Customers working for government organizations can obtain information specifically for their needs by reading the Customer Support for United States Government Customers knowledge base article.
| Note: ServiceNow Technical Support does not provide assistance with implementations. Please contact the ServiceNow Implementation Services team. |
Support best practices
ServiceNow suggests this technical support pathway for quick solutions:
- Clearly identify the issue or question.
- View the ServiceNow Product Documentation.
- Search the ServiceNow Community. You must create an account in the ServiceNow Community in order to post.
- Search the Knowledge Bases for known errors, useful solutions, and troubleshooting tips
- Open a case using the online Technical Support system in the Now Support (HI) portal.
- Contact the Technical Support team.
ServiceNow Product Documentation
The ServiceNow Product Documentation is the main repository for information about how to use the product. The search functionality returns answers from both the product documentation and the ServiceNow Community. Each article offers comment and ratings functions. Participation and feedback are encouraged. Questions concerning documentation can be registered directly on each page using the Feedback tab.
ServiceNow Community
The ServiceNow Community offers blogs, articles, groups, and events related to ServiceNow usage, administration, and customization. Searching the community returns answers from all parts of the community site.
Knowledge Base
The ServiceNow Knowledge Base contains known errors, useful solutions, and troubleshooting tips to address commonly asked questions. It can be accessed within the Now Support (HI) portal by navigating to Get Help > Knowledge.
ServiceNow monitoring
ServiceNow has a robust monitoring and diagnostics framework based on delivering cloud service to the end-user. This framework helps detect, respond, predict, and prevent issues at each layer of the service dependency. For additional information, see ServiceNow Monitoring - Overview and Insight in the HI Knowledge Base.
Support basics
- Hours: All support tools and materials are available on our websites 24 hours a day. The Technical Support team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including all holidays.
- Online support: Our Technical Support system is available at the Now Support (HI) portal. Customers receive user IDs during the implementation process.
- Phone support: For information, see Contact Us.
Searching for an answer to your issue (Enterprise customers)
Navigate to the Now Support (HI) portal and search through ServiceNow knowledge base articles, known error articles, product documentation, and the community for an answer to your question or issue.
- To find results in public knowledge articles and Community, Search on the landing page before you log in.
- To find results from the Service Catalog, Knowledge bases, and Community, log in to the Now Support (HI) portal and Search from the homepage or in the navigation bar on any page of the portal.
- To view contextual results on the issue record producer form, click Get Help > Create a Case and complete the Description.
Submitting a case
To report an issue, submit a case: Now Support (HI) portal.
Case priority
Case priority for an issue is determined using the guidelines below.
| Priority | Definition |
|---|---|
| P1 | Any defect that causes an instance to be unavailable. |
| P2 | Any defect that causes a critical function to fail. |
| P3 | Any defect that significantly impedes work or progress. |
| P4 | Any defect that does not significantly impede work or progress. |
Response time and SLA
Customers may submit a case with ServiceNow via phone or web and with ServiceNow’s authorized reseller as directed by the reseller. All support requests are tracked online and can be viewed by the customer’s authorized contacts. Response times do not vary if the case was filed via phone or web.
ServiceNow or its authorized reseller, as applicable, will use reasonable efforts to meet the target response times and target level of effort stated in the following table. Support from the reseller may be limited to business hours only.
| Priority | Target Response Times | Target Level of Effort |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | 30 minutes | Continuously, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week |
| P2 | 2 hours | Continuously, but not necessarily 24 hours per day, 7 days per week |
| P3 | 1 business day | As appropriate during normal business hours |
| P4 | N/A | Varies |
Viewing open cases
Customers can view cases they have created at any time. To view open cases:
- Navigate to the Now Support (HI) portal.
- Do one of the following:
- Enterprise and Express customers, go to My Issues, and click the Cases tab.
- Click a case Number for detailed information.
Viewing closed cases
Customers can view cases they have closed at any time. To view closed cases:
- Navigate to the Now Support (HI) portal.
- Do one of the following:
- Enterprise and Express customers, go to My Issues, and remove Active=True by clicking on the breadcrumb.
- Click a case Number for detailed information.
Escalate a case
To escalate a case due to lack of prgress, executive visibility or a business imposed deadline, you may request an escalation by any of the following methods:
- Call ServiceNow Technical Support 24x7x365:
- Use phone numbers on our Support contact page that are most convenient for you. (https://www.servicenow.com/support/contact-support.html)
- Once in contact with Technical Support, request to speak to the Support Manager on Duty to expedite the escalation.
- Request a case escalation directly within the comments section posted to the case.
- Contact the ServiceNow sales account team in order to escalate your case.
The Customer Administrator role
ServiceNow requires customers to designate at least one user as Customer Administrator to create and manage users on the Technical Support portal. For more information, see Customer Administration.
Request Items
For information about requesting an Instance upgrade: Managing Upgrades with the Instance Upgrade Management Dashboard.
For information on how to Request plugin activation: Activating ServiceNow Plugins