Guided Decision activity
Choose a decision tree from your Guided Decisions framework to step agents through how to proceed with a task.
Roles and availability
This activity is available with a subscription to App Engine or Customer Service Management (CSM). For more information on how to enable this activity for use in Playbooks, see Activate Playbooks for Customer Service Management (CSM).
Inputs
Open the activity properties panel and configure your activity to add values for the following inputs. If the input value varies, use the pill-picker to show where to get the value. To learn more about the pill-picker, see Dot-walking examples.
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Input |
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Description |
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Label |
String |
Title to display as activity and playbook card. |
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Description |
String |
Information to display about activity usage or outcome. |
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Run condition |
Condition Builder |
Conditions that must be met to run an activity or stage. You can use data from prior activities to build conditions.Note: Select Show additional options to see this field. |
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Start Rule |
Choice |
Under Schedule > Start Rule, select a start rule for when your stage should start running:- When process starts: Your stage starts running as soon as the playbook starts.
Under Schedule > Start Rule, select a start rule for when your activity should start running:- When stage starts: Your activity starts running as soon as its stage starts running. Your stage starts running when your playbook is triggered.
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Start with delay |
True/False |
Option to wait for a duration of time before running an activity or stage. When enabled, this input displays the Start with delay input properties.Note: Select Show additional options to see this field. |
After configuring the required inputs for your activity, you can also choose to configure additional inputs. In the side panel, select Show additional options to display these advanced inputs. For more information, see Activity experience.
| Input | Type | Description |
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| Decision Tree | Reference | The Decision Tree [ga_decision_tree] record whose decision inputs and guidance you want to show to agents in the Workspace playbook. For more information on how to set up the Guided Decisions framework, see Configuring Guided Decisions. |
| Task | Reference | The triggering Case [sn_customerservice_case] record. |
Outputs
There are no outputs for this activity.
--- title: Guided Decision activity description: Choose a decision tree from your Guided Decisions framework to step agents through how to proceed with a task. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/build-workflows/workflow-studio/guided-decision-activity.html release: brazil product: Workflow Studio classification: workflow-studio topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 2 breadcrumb: [Interactive activities, Playbooks reference, Playbooks, Workflow Studio, Build workflows] --- # Guided Decision activity Choose a decision tree from your Guided Decisions framework to step agents through how to proceed with a task. ## Roles and availability This activity is available with a subscription to App Engine or Customer Service Management \(CSM\). For more information on how to enable this activity for use in Playbooks, see [Activate Playbooks for Customer Service Management \(CSM\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/build-workflows/workflow-studio/activate-process-automation-designer-for-csm.md). ## Inputs Open the activity properties panel and configure your activity to add values for the following inputs. If the input value varies, use the pill-picker to show where to get the value. To learn more about the pill-picker, see [Dot-walking examples](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-user-interface/dot-walking-examples.md). <table id="table_ajt_sr3_plb"><thead><tr><th> Input </th><th> Type </th><th> Description </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> Label </td><td> String </td><td> Title to display as activity and playbook card. </td></tr><tr><td> Description </td><td> String </td><td> Information to display about activity usage or outcome. </td></tr><tr><td> Run condition </td><td> Condition Builder </td><td> Conditions that must be met to run an activity or stage. You can use data from prior activities to build conditions.**Note:** Select **Show additional options** to see this field. </td></tr><tr><td> Start Rule </td><td> Choice </td><td> Under **Schedule** > **Start Rule**, select a start rule for when your stage should start running:- **When process starts**: Your stage starts running as soon as the playbook starts. - **After specific stages**: Your stage starts running after specified stage\(s\) have finished running. Under Schedule > Start Rule, select a start rule for when your activity should start running:- **When stage starts**: Your activity starts running as soon as its stage starts running. Your stage starts running when your playbook is triggered. - **After specific activities**: Your activity starts running after specified activities have finished running. </td></tr><tr><td> Start with delay </td><td> True/False </td><td> Option to wait for a duration of time before running an activity or stage. When enabled, this input displays the [Start with delay input properties](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/build-workflows/workflow-studio/start-with-delay-properties.md).**Note:** Select **Show additional options** to see this field. </td></tr></tbody> </table>## Advanced inputs After configuring the required inputs for your activity, you can also choose to configure additional inputs. In the side panel, select **Show additional options** to display these advanced inputs. For more information, see [Activity experience](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/build-workflows/workflow-studio/activity-definitions.md). |Input|Type|Description| |-----|----|-----------| |Decision Tree|Reference|The Decision Tree \[ga\_decision\_tree\] record whose decision inputs and guidance you want to show to agents in the Workspace playbook. For more information on how to set up the Guided Decisions framework, see [Configuring Guided Decisions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/customer-service-management/setting-up-guided-decisions.md).| |Task|Reference|The triggering Case \[sn\_customerservice\_case\] record.| ## Outputs There are no outputs for this activity.
| title | Guided Decision activity |
| description | Choose a decision tree from your Guided Decisions framework to step agents through how to proceed with a task. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/build-workflows/workflow-studio/guided-decision-activity.html |
| release | brazil |
| product | Workflow Studio |
| classification | workflow-studio |
| topic_type | reference |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 2 |
| breadcrumb | Interactive activitiesPlaybooks referencePlaybooksWorkflow StudioBuild workflows |