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Find forgotten ServiceNow delegations before approvals stall
For ServiceNow administrators who want every active delegation checked for leavers, missing end dates and loops, by asking their AI assistant.
On this page
Connector
Connect ServiceNow, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
Holiday delegations that never end
Delegations in ServiceNow are set up for a holiday and forgotten. Months later approvals still go to someone who has left, a delegation has no end date or two people delegate to each other, and nobody notices until an approval goes unanswered.
Without PopdockAI
- Export the delegation table
- Check each user and delegate is still active
- Spot missing end dates and long delegations by eye
- Miss two people delegating to each other
With PopdockAI
- Every delegation in effect on the date is read
- Inactive users and delegates are flagged
- Missing end dates, overlong delegations and loops are found
- Read only, with fixes for an administrator to make
The prompt
Use this prompt
Copy it into any AI tool connected to PopdockAI. Swap the values in braces for your own.
**Objective:** List the delegations in effect on `{as-of-date}` (default today) and flag risky ones, including any longer than `{max-days}` days (default 30).
**Step 1: Pull the delegations**
Call `servicenow-get-delegate` with starts.to `{as-of-date}` and ends.from `{as-of-date}`. Then call it again with only starts.to `{as-of-date}` to catch delegations with no end date.
**Step 2: Check the people**
For every distinct user and delegate call `servicenow-get-user` with name set to them and note active.
**Step 3: Apply the rules**
Flag a delegation when:
* the delegate is inactive (approvals are going to nobody)
* the delegating user is inactive (the delegation should have been removed with the account)
* it has no end date
* it runs longer than `{max-days}` days
* it delegates approvals, and the delegate is also a delegator back to the same user (a loop)
**Step 4: Report**
A table: user, delegate, starts, ends, approvals, assignments, notifications, length in days, flags. Then a count per flag.
**Rules & Guidelines:**
* Read-only. Do not call `servicenow-add-delegate`, `servicenow-update-delegate`, `servicenow-update-user` or any other add- or update- tool.
* This tool set cannot identify a delegation record for editing, so recommend fixes for a ServiceNow administrator rather than proposing writes.
**Validation:**
* If no delegations are in effect, say so and stop.Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
ServiceNow administrators
Clean up forgotten delegations
Get a flagged list of delegations to end or fix, with a count per issue.
Audit active ServiceNow delegations and flag any with no end date.
IT governance
Keep approval routing trustworthy
Make sure approvals are not routed to inactive people or caught in delegation loops.
Are any ServiceNow approvals delegated to inactive users or in a loop between two people?
IT service managers
Prevent stalled approvals
Find long running delegations before a missed decision holds up a change.
Which ServiceNow delegations active on December 1 run longer than 21 days?
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You optionally give a date and a maximum length, and your AI assistant audits every active delegation. It recommends fixes and changes nothing.
01
Ask
You optionally give a date and the longest delegation you accept.
02
Read
It reads every delegation in effect, including those with no end date.
03
Check
It confirms each user and delegate is still active and applies the rules.
04
Report
You get a table with length in days, flags and a count per flag.
What PopdockAI provides
The tools behind the answer
Ready made tools for ServiceNow and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.
servicenow-get-delegate
servicenow-get-user
This report is built from Get data tools only. PopdockAI applies the row, field and parameter rules your admin sets, and every query is written to the audit trail.
The outcome
Approvals stop going to people who have left
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