Diagrams View
Comprehensive guide to the features of the Designer Diagrams View.
A – Search – this searches diagram titles and folders for the given search term
B – Global menu – from here you can access the user guide, contact support or configure global settings as a designer admin
C – My diagrams section – Shows diagrams created by the user, categorized by their sharing status
D – New button – allows creation of new diagrams or folders (Folders are managed by Designer admins)
E – Diagrams by workflow state – Shows all diagrams in their respective state of the approval workflow
F – All diagrams section – Shows all diagrams that are visible to the current user in the folder structure configured by designer admins
G – Approval workflow status indicator and controls – Allows to advance the diagram in the configured approval workflow and options to request a diagram update and set it to archived or obsolete
H – Diagram Category – Allows categorization of the diagram, e.g. 'Process Maps', 'Infrastructure Diagrams', etc. – List can be customized by an administrator
I – Blueprint and Target Date – Diagrams can be set to blueprints 'As-Is', 'Transition', 'To-Be'. A target date can be set for the 'Transition' and 'To-Be' blueprints.
J – Contributors and Consumers – Select one or more users to contribute to your diagram and select one or more groups that are allowed to read (present) the diagram
K – Related Element – You can select an element from any ServiceNow table to state that the diagram is related to that specific element
L – Content Section – Shows all elements from the repository that are used on the diagram and future elements that exist only visually but have ServiceNow table assigned and can be committed
M – Comment Section – You can leave comments related to the diagram here, e.g. relevant comments to collaborate on the diagram. Comments are visible to everyone that can read the diagram
N – Commit Button – Only visible if the 'x_inpgh_des.commit' role is assigned to the current user. Allows committing the selected future elements to the repository
O – Future Elements – Elements and relationships that can be committed to the repository
P – Diagram Version Overview – Shows all diagram versions and indicates any approved version
Q – Present Button – Opens the selected diagram in presentation mode
R – Edit Button – Opens the selected diagram in Designer for further modeling/editing
S – Diagram Context Menu – Provides further options like Copy URL, Export, Print, Clone, Delete
T – Checkout Switch – Indicates if the diagram is checked out
U – Private Mode Switch – Indicates if the diagram is set to private
V – Diagram Preview Pane – Shows an interactive preview of the diagram in presentation mode with all in presentation mode available controls
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