PreSales 1.2.0

Welcome to PreSales - created and maintained by Sascha Wildgrube.

Features

The PreSales app helps to track (ServiceNow-related) presales engagements and to create drafts for effort estimates.

Disclaimer

PreSales is NOT an officially supported ServiceNow product.

PreSales does NOT come with any kind of warranty. If you use it, you own it!

System Requirements

Installation

  1. Create an account on GitHub - if not done already.
  2. Create a personal access token for your GitHub account.
  3. Add credentials to access GitHub - use "Basic Auth".
  4. Fork the repository https://github.com/saschawildgrube/servicenow-devtools.
  5. Go to Studio and import the DevTools application from source control.
  6. Perform all installation steps for the DevTools application documented here: https://www.wildgrube.com/servicenow-devtools/ 
  7. Fork the repository https://github.com/saschawildgrube/servicenow-presales.
  8. Go to Studio and import the PreSales application from source control.
  9. The InstallApp() function must be executed.
    Run the following script as a background script in scope x_snc_pre_sales:
  10. x_snc_devtools.InstallApp("x_snc_pre_sales");

Reference

Configuration Options

Roles

Script Includes

  • AppGetDependencies

    Retrieves information about the app's dependencies to other apps and required versions.

  • AppGetProperty

    Gets a system property of this application.

  • AppInstall

    This script installs PreSales.

  • AppSetDefaults

    Sets all system properties to default values.

  • AppSetProperty

    Sets a system property of this application.

  • Debug

    Produces a log output in the application log using the DevTools Debug function.

  • DevTools

    Implements the extension point for DevTools.

  • DevToolsGetApplicationStatus

    The function DevToolsGetApplicationStatus is called by the DevTools extension point instance class and returns the application status object with additional status information to be displayed on the "DevTools Application Overview" page.

  • DevToolsGetFormatConfig

    The DevToolsGetFormatConfig function is called by the DevTools extension point instance class and returns an object with field formatting information.

  • DevToolsGetInstancePipelineName

    The function DevToolsGetInstancePipelineName is called by the DevTools extension point instance class and returns the pipeline name of an instance based on the given actual name.

  • DevToolsGetLinkDirectory

    The DevToolsGetLinkDirectory function is called by the DevTools extension point instance class and returns an extended (or modified) link directory object that serves as the basis for the DevTools Link page.

  • DevToolsGetParentRecord

    The DevToolsGetParentRecord function is called by the DevTools extension point instance class and returns a parent record for the given record if it can be determined.

  • DevToolsRenderDebugDump

    The function DevToolsRenderDebugDump is called by the DevTools extension point instance class and returns additional debug information provided by the application.

  • Estimate

    Processes the input from the questionnaire and returns a list of tasks with efforts and the confidence score.

  • GetEstimationRules

    Returns an object with estimation rules.

  • HtmlRenderPageEstimate

    Renders the estimate page.

  • HtmlRenderPageHome

    Renders the homepage for the instance.

  • IsActive

    Returns true if the application is active, otherwise false.

  • Log

    Produces a log output in the application log.

  • LogError

    Produces an error log output in the application log.

  • LogWarning

    Produces a warning log output in the application log.

License

Copyright 2023 by Sascha Wildgrube

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")

You may not use PreSales except in compliance with the License.

You may obtain a copy of the License at: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

Release Notes

1.2.0 - 2023-11-06

  1. DevTools 1.74.0 is now required.
  2. Added support for requirements to conform with the Web Content Accessibility Guideline.
  3. The field "Mobile Capabilities List" was mandatory even when hidden. This has been fixed.

1.1.0 - 2023-11-02

  1. Added support for the Now Mobile and Mobile Agent mobile apps.

1.0.0 - 2023-10-10

First baselined version