CMDB success advisor

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title: CMDB success advisor
description: The ServiceNow CMDB success advisor is a scoped application that drives business outcomes for targeted business products, including Data Foundations, Hardware Asset Management, and Software Asset Management \(SAM\), by improving Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\) data quality. Use a specialized advisor to resolve data quality issues through guided remediation and identify which data integrations are keeping your CMDB accurate and complete.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/cmdb-sa.html
release: australia
product: Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\)
classification: configuration-management-database-cmdb
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\), Configuration Management, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
---

# CMDB success advisor

The ServiceNow® CMDB success advisor is a scoped application that drives business outcomes for targeted business products, including Data Foundations, Hardware Asset Management, and Software Asset Management \(SAM\), by improving Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\) data quality. Use a specialized advisor to resolve data quality issues through guided remediation and identify which data integrations are keeping your CMDB accurate and complete.

## Get started

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</table>## Troubleshoot and get help

-   [Ask questions and explore other resources for CMDB success advisor in the ServiceNow Community](https://www.servicenow.com/community/data-foundations/ct-p/data-foundations)
-   [Asset and CI mapping guideline](https://downloads.docs.servicenow.com/resource/enus/infocard/predefined-asset-ci-state.pdf)
-   [Search the Known Error Portal for known error articles](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0597477)
-   [Contact Customer Service and Support](https://support.servicenow.com/now)