<h2>Install and configure the Service Request Playbook application</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="concept" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Install and configure the Service Request Playbook application" /><meta name="abstract" content="Install the Service Request Playbook application, which enables public sector end users to submit and track non-emergency service requests and provides government agents with a pre-defined process for handling and resolving these requests. 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You can then configure the features available for submitting requests and routing requests to agents.</p> <div class="p">As a user with the admin role, complete the following configuration tasks to set up the <span class="ph">Service Request Playbook</span>, after you install the <a class="xref" href="../task/install-public-sector-digital-services-core.html" title="You can install the Public Sector Digital Services Core application (com.sn_public_sector_digital_services_core) if you have an admin role. The application includes demo data.">Public Sector Digital Services Core</a> application. <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="configuring-service-request-playbook__table_cmk_mdm_fwb" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap"><span class="table--title-label">Table 1. </span>Configuration tasks for <span class="ph">Service Request Playbook</span></span></caption><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d27302e76">Task</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d27302e79">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e76 "><a class="xref" href="../task/install-psds-service-request-playbook.html" title="You can install the Service Request Playbook application (sn_gsm_srvc_req) if you have the admin role.The application includes demo data and installs related ServiceNow Store applications and plugins if they aren’t already installed.">Install Service Request Playbook application</a></td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e79 ">Install <span class="ph">Service Request Playbook</span> (com.sn_public_sector_digital_services_core) from the <span class="ph">ServiceNow® Store</span>.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e76 "><a class="xref" href="psds-configuring-awa.html" title="Use the ServiceNow Advanced Work Assignment (AWA) application to route and assign public sector service requests, such as non-emergency requests, to designated agents.">Automatically route service requests using Advanced Work Assignment</a></td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e79 ">Use the <span class="ph">ServiceNow</span> <span class="ph">Advanced Work Assignment</span> (<span class="ph">AWA</span>) application to route and assign public sector service requests to designated agents.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e76 "><a class="xref" href="../task/psds-configure-engagement-messenger.html" title="Configure certain Engagement Messenger settings to enable public sector end users to create and track non-emergency service requests from Engagement Messenger. With Engagement Messenger, public sector users can access self-service and chat features from third-party web applications outside of the ServiceNow environment.">Configure Engagement Messenger for Service Request Playbook application</a></td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e79 ">Configure certain <span class="ph">Engagement Messenger</span> settings that enable public sector end users to create and track non-emergency service requests from <span class="ph">Engagement Messenger</span>.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e76 "><a class="xref" href="psds-configuring-va.html" title="Set up ServiceNow Virtual Agent so that conversation designers (topic authors) can create and modify automated conversations for public sector use cases. Also enable your end users to run Virtual Agent in the Government Service Portal and get help with self-service tasks.">Enable public sector end users to create a service request using <span class="ph">Virtual Agent</span></a></td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e79 ">Use <span class="ph">Virtual Agent Designer</span> to <a class="xref" href="../administer/virtual-agent/task/publish-virtual-agent-topic.dita/publish-virtual-agent-topic.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">publish</a> the pre-built conversation topic, <span class="ph uicontrol">Create a Service Request</span>, which enables end users to submit a service request using the <span class="ph">Virtual Agent</span> chatbot.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e76 "><a class="xref" href="../task/psds-srp-configure-similar-records.html" title="The Similar Records Activity UI uses the name and description of existing cases to display a list of cases associated with the current case, allowing an agent to determine whether the current case is a duplicate of an existing case. Similar records can also provide helpful information about a current case.">Configure the Similar Records Activity UI in Service Request Playbook</a></td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e79 ">View a list of similar requests by location, without having to search for the requests or leave the playbook.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e76 "><a class="xref" href="psds-configure-mobile-agent-for-service-request-playbook.html" title="Install the Customer Service Mobile and Service Request Playbook plugins to enable government service agents to track non-emergency service requests on the Mobile Agent. You can then configure the roles.">Configure Mobile Agent for Service Request Playbook</a></td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d27302e79 ">(Optional) Install the Customer Service Mobile and <span class="ph">Service Request Playbook</span> plugins to enable government service agents to track non-emergency service requests on the <span class="ph">Mobile Agent</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </body></html></div>