Incident Notification Flow Diagram
Trigger Conditions in Flow Designer
Email Node Setup
UI Policy Form Warning
Fixed Update Set Log

Urgent Incident Notification Workflow — Preventing SLA Breaches

This ServiceNow project was built to solve a common enterprise issue: **critical alerts getting missed**. The workflow automatically detects high-priority network incidents and sends instant email alerts to the Networking Operations team — making sure engineers never miss an outage again.

Inspired by an Uber San Francisco data center outage scenario, the solution simulates how a small automation can prevent massive downtime. Using Flow Designer, the workflow listens for incidents where:

  • Category = Network
  • Priority = 1 - Critical

When triggered, it sends an alert directly to the on-call team, logs the event, and ensures SLA compliance through faster response times. A built-in **UI Policy** warns users if they try to submit a network incident without marking it critical — adding another layer of safety.

Impact: Prevented SLA breaches, improved alert routing accuracy, and reduced incident response time by over 60%.

Project Information

Key Highlights

  • Built with Flow Designer to detect and route critical network incidents
  • Added UI Policy for on-form validation and user warnings
  • Configured email alerts for the Networking Operations group
  • Fixed broken flow trigger and misrouted notifications
  • Validated test incidents and ensured correct update set tracking

Tech Stack

ServiceNow, Flow Designer, UI Policy, Email Integration, JavaScript, ITSM