Device Actions Do Not Display

Troubleshooting Steps

Check the Computer (Configuration Item) OS Domain

For your Configuration Items, ensure the OS Domain is populated correctly by showing the FQDN. 

To check the OS Domain:

1. In ServiceNow, navigate to Configuration > Base Items > Computers

2. Click the Settings icon (cog) at the top left corner of the Computers list. 

3. In the Personalize List Columns window that opens, select OS Domain from the Available list.

4. Click the right-facing arrow to move OS Domain to the Selected list.

5. Click OK.

The OS Domain column will now be displayed in your Computers list. You can now verify that the OS Domain is the FQDN.

If the domain is not showing as the FQDN, you will not be able to edit the domain field on the form. To do this, you can use a Recast script to parse the domain from the LDAP source and populate the domain fields. The script is available at https://github.com/Recast-Software/Shift-Left.

Check Shift Left Permissions

If you're still experiencing issues, make sure that Shift Left has the necessary permissions. Shift Left requires the following Read/Write or Read Only permissions for the listed system tables:

Read/Write Permissions

  • incident: Add work note
  • ecc_queue: Add mid server command line call for each RecastProxy.CommandLine call
  • sys_dictionary: Add buttons to incident form

Read Only Permissions

  • sys_user_role
  • sys_user_has_roles
  • sys_user: Source field (parses user domain); Username
  • ecc_agent: Check mid server status
  • cmdb_ci_computer: Device name; OS_domain