Get Started with Remote Tables
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Get Started with Remote Tables

Learn about remote tables and how to use them to retrieve external data.

Achievements

By completing this Course you will achieve the following:

About this Course

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In this course, Amit Gujarathi, Senior ServiceNow Consultant at Cognizant, defines remote tables and explains how to use them to retrieve external data from third-party sources or other ServiceNow instances. Amit has over six years of experience with ServiceNow and is a 2022 ServiceNow Community MVP. He created the TechnoMonk YouTube channel and the TechnoMonk website.

Who should attend

Developers and system administrators who need to obtain and store information in memory will benefit from Amit's tips on using remote tables.

Key principles learned

Amit provides an explanation of remote tables with the technical details necessary to implement them. Amit walks through, step by step, how to create an application that uses a remote table and calls an external API to pull data. Lastly, Amit shows how to create a report showing statistics based on the retrieved data.

Application of learning

Course lessons consist of two videos. The first video defines and explains remote tables. The second is a demo of how to use remote tables. The course assumes a knowledge of:

The advice presented in this course is from a ServiceNow community member and reflects their specific situation. The advice may not be applicable to all clients. Consider your situation and follow at your discretion to ensure proper compliance with all ServiceNow subscription licensing and service contracts.

Objective

  • Define remote tables and how to use them to retrieve external data
  • Recognize the components of remote tables
  • Learn how remote tables work with both third-party sources and other instances
  • View external data in lists and forms
  • Understand the external data life cycle
  • Build useful and informative applications using remote tables

You will learn

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