Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
This property defines the unique instance ID used for identification purposes across the ServiceNow platform. |
| What area does it affect? |
Instance Management |
| What does the default mean? |
The default value is "800f1fa11b4e42d0168f4089bd4bcb5b", which is the baseline setting used unless it is changed. |
| When should you review it? |
Review this property when setting up integrations or managing multiple instances. |
Out of the box property record
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name |
instance_id |
| Sys ID |
b78de59e8d30021087de63ac7f1f00c5 |
| Type |
string |
| Application |
Global |
| Default value |
800f1fa11b4e42d0168f4089bd4bcb5b |
| Description |
Instance ID |
| Updated |
2024-05-25 03:39:08 |
Sources
Official references and nearby text excerpts where this property appears.
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... be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. 184 Field Description ◦Sandbox ◦Development ◦Testing ◦Staging ◦Production Instance URL Web address of your ServiceNow instance. Instance ID The instance_id sys_property for the instance. Note: The Instance ID is automatically generated when you complete all of the other fields and select Validate. Application Application scope of the environment. Instance credential ...
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... ? responses.acknowledgementsGr : responses.surveyInstancesGr; var numSent = 0; while (record.next()) { var email = record.user.email + ''; var link = responses.mode === 'acknowledgements' ? gs.getProperty('glide.servlet.uri') + record.getLink(true) : gs.getProperty('glide.servlet.uri') + 'sp?id=take_survey&instance_id=' + record.getUniqueValue(); var message = body + '\n' + link; var slackId = emailToSlackIdMap[email]; if (slackId) { sendMessage(slackId, message); numSent += 1; } } return { sent_count: numSent }; })(responses, ...
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... Rubrik SLA Domain. See also: [cmdb_ci_rubrik_sla_domain] account_id The ID of the AWS account associated with the EC2 instance. account_name The name of the AWS account associated with the EC2 instance. instance_id The ID of the EC2 instance in the AWS context. instance_name The name of the EC2 instance in the Rubrik context. © 2026 ServiceNow, Inc. All rights reserved. ServiceNow, the ...
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... respective companies with which they are associated. 140 Column Required column name Type Choice columns if applicable Description and example internal backup services. Backup source id can include host_id, vcenter_id, instance_id, db_id. Examples: AdvWrks2008R2Backup 4 Last backup attempt glide_date_time Date and time of the last backup attempt made for a device. Examples: 2024-06-18 09:53:37 5 Last successful backup glide_date_time Date and ...
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... backup that were executed. Backup Source ID Backup service record for a device, which identifies the device in external or internal backup services. Backup source id can include host_id, vcenter_id, instance_id, db_id. Job Definition ID Identification number assigned to a data backup job. Recovery Point Objective Amount of time that can elapse between backups and the amount of data lost. Execution ...
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