Advanced Service Mapping configuration

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title: Advanced Service Mapping configuration
description: Fine-tune Service Mapping collaboration with other components and modules as well as customize data display in service instance maps.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/c\_ConfigureSM.html
release: australia
product: Service Mapping
classification: service-mapping
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Configuring Service Mapping, Service Mapping, ITOM Visibility, IT Operations Management]
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# Advanced Service Mapping configuration

Fine-tune Service Mapping collaboration with other components and modules as well as customize data display in service instance maps.

In addition to the basic setup described in [Configuring Service Mapping](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/service-mapping-setup.md), you can perform optional configurations to meet the needs of your organization.

-   [Enable traffic-based discovery for CI types or specific CIs](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/t_CreateATrafficBasedDiscoveryRule.md)
-   [Tag-based discovery configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/tag_discovery_configuration.md)
-   [Configuration file tracking](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery/tracked-config-files.md)
-   [Fine-tune tracking changes for the change history](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/exclude-changes-from-change-history.md)
-   [Data collection and discovery using Netflow](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/data-collection-netflow-mapping.md)
-   [Data collection and discovery using VPC Flow Logs](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/data-collection-vpc-mapping.md)
-   [Configure Search Assistant for Windows](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/t_ConfigSearchAssistant4Windows.md)
-   [Modify display for CI attributes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/t_ConfigurePropertyDisplay.md)
-   [Configure support for Windows servers with non-English OS](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/t_ConfigureSupport4nonEnglishCIs.md)
-   [Upload the rctrlx.exe file to MID Servers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/upload-rctrlx-file.md)
-   [Fine-tune Service Mapping with MID affinity and IP reuse](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/service-mapping/network-location-mid-affinity-td-discovery.md)