All domain support features are activated with a plugin called Domain Support - Domain Extensions Installer. Administrators can request activation of this plugin.

Before you begin

To purchase a subscription, contact your ServiceNow account manager. The account manager can arrange to have the com.glide.domain.msp_extensions.installer plugin activated on your organization's production and sub-production instances, generally within a few days.

If you do not have an account manager, decide to delay activation after purchase, or want to evaluate the product on a sub-production instance without charge, follow these steps.

Role required: admin

About this task

If the Domain Support - Domain Extensions Installer plugin is already active, content in the Domain Support - Domain Extensions Installer plugin will not be installed to avoid potential conflict with an existing implementation.

Domain separation replaces Company Separation. Starting with the Helsinki release, the Company Separation plugin can no longer be activated. However, if company separation is already active when you activate domain separation, both plugins are active at the same time. You can control the company separation activation status with the glide.db.separation.field property.

Note: Domain paths are used for all customers on Helsinki and later. Domain numbering is no longer used. Customer Service and Support can assist in the upgrade.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > System Applications > All Available Applications > All.
  2. On the All Applications page, select Request Plugin to open the Activate Plugin form on Now Support.
    Admin view of Activate Plugin form to capture details for activating the CSM Workspace plugin on a selected instance. For the text description, refer to the Activate Plugin form table.
  3. On Now Support, select the link to access the Now Support Service Portal Service Catalog.
    Message informing customers about new service portal with a link provided.
  4. Select your instance.
  5. Select Actions > Activate Plugin.
  6. On the Activate Plugin form, provide the following information.
    Table 1. Activate Plugin form
    Field Description

    What is your target instance

    Instance on which to activate the plugin.

    Which plugin would you like to activate

    Name of the plugin to activate.

    Note: If the system does not list the plugin you want or if you are activating the plugin on an OEM or on-premise instance, select the Plugin I'm looking for is not listed check box and then enter the name of the plugin.

    Select Maintenance Date and Time

    The date and time to activate the plugin.

    Note: Plugins are activated in two batches, once in the morning and once in the evening, on every business day in the US Pacific time zone. If the plugin must be activated at a specific time, enter the request in the Reason/Comments field.

    For example, see the following form to activate the CSM Workspace plugin on an instance named My Instance.

    Figure 1. Activate Plugin form
    Admin view of the form to capture details of the CSM Workspace plugin on a selected instance. For the text description, refer to the Activate Plugin form table.
  7. Select Submit.
    For additional details about requesting a plugin, see Requesting a Plugin from the Service Catalog [KB0751715] article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.

Result

Activating the Domain Extension Installer plugin enables these features:
  • Domain separation is based on the Domain [sys_domain] table.
  • Delegated administration lets each domain have separate policy.
  • All records are part of the global domain.
  • The current user's domain determines the domain to use when viewing or operating on a record in a different domain.