If an onboarding is cancelled, do we have a way to revert it?
onboarding_lifecycle.png
Reviewing lifecycle event · assessing rescind 1m 29s
Read lifecycle event configuration4 tables
Checked cancellation on activity sets
Located Enable Rescind on the LE type
Mapped counter-process activities11
Compared rescind vs cancel scope
Rescind is your revert mechanism
ServiceNow's native Enable Rescind cancels open activities and fires counter-process activities to undo completed work — badges, access, equipment.
Scope check
Which completed work needs active reversal?
1
Security & IT only — badges, access, devices
2
Every onboarding stage
rescind_design.pdf
2 event types · 11 activities
Review plan
Plan ready — approve to start the build
Build the Rescind Activity Sets and counter-activity configs.
Building Rescind Activity Sets & configs 8m 42s
Viewed 4 Tables Modified Files Ran 4 Scripts Saved 24 Records Viewed 1 Store App Browsed ServiceNow UI
P1 Created Rescind Activity Sets2
P2 Built fulfiller activity configs11
P3 Wired rescind activities to forward11
P4 Set sequencing & display order
P5 Validated in ServiceNow UI0 errors
Rescind configuration is live
2 Rescind Activity Sets and 11 counter-activities — each wired to its forward activity and routed to the owning Security & IT groups.
Onboarding — Rescind Config
update set · sn_hr_le
Open
12 records saved
11 counter-activities wired
New request Service Catalog · 2m ago
New Hire Equipment — Cost Center field returns no options
RITM0048213 · Priority 3
Resolving catalog maintenance request 3m 12s
Reproduced the submission errorportal
Traced the Cost Center variable
Found broken reference qualifier
Corrected qualifier & republished item
Verified a clean submissionpass
Request resolved
The Cost Center reference qualifier was filtering on a retired field. Fixed the qualifier, republished the item, and confirmed a clean submission.
RITM0048213 — Resolved
Service Catalog · Closed Complete
Open
Reference qualifier corrected
Submission verified in portal
Run a health scan of my CMDB. Report back any broken relationships / dangling CIs.
Scanning CMDB integrity 2m 14s
4 steps · 12,480 CIs
61 issues found across the CMDB
38 broken relationships and 23 dangling CIs — grouped by class, owner, and remediation step in the report.
cmdb_health_report.pdf
14 pages · 61 findings
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Now fix these broken CIs & give me an output report.
Remediating CMDB issues 3m 42s
3 steps · 61 CIs updated
All 61 issues resolved
Applied as tracked change records — re-scan came back clean.
Broken relationships re-linked 38/38
Dangling CIs reconciled 23/23
cmdb_remediation.pdf
9 pages · 61 fixes
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Your ServiceNow instance
acme.service-now.com · HR Service Delivery