There are a multitude of different scripts you can write in ServiceNow, and the times at which they run will often dictate which is best. However, all of these scripts will fall under two categories. These are client-side scripts and server-side scripts.
These two script types will be explored further in subsequent chapters, but we will look at the basic definitions here:
- A client-side script will run in front of the user, based on the data that was delivered to the user on the web page, usually to a form or a list, in that no form submissions are required. These scripts can only use the data loaded as part of the web page to run their scripts with (if they only run on the client side), as that is the only data available. ...
