Components installed with synthetic monitoring

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Several types of components are installed with activation of the synthetic monitoring plugin, including tables and user roles.

Roles installed

Role

Description

Contains roles

Synthetic monitor viewer[sn_sow_synthetics.synthetics_viewer]

Views test configurations and their results.

  • cmdb_read
  • sn_sow.sow_user
  • agent_client_collector_user
  • sn_sow_synthetics.credential_reader

Synthetic monitor editor [sn_sow_synthetics.synthetics_editor]

Creates and edits tests. Views test configurations and their results.

  • credential_admin
  • sn_cmdb_editor
  • sn_sow_synthetics.synthetics_viewer

Synthetic monitor admin [sn_sow_synthetics.synthetics_admin]

Assigns roles. Creates and edits tests. Views test configurations and their results.

  • agent_client_collector_admin
  • sn_sow_synthetics.synthetics_editor
  • sn_sow_itsm_admin.sow_admin_user

Synthetic monitor credential reader[sn_sow_synthetics.credential_reader]

Used internally to read from the Credentials [discovery_credentials] table.

None

Synthetic monitor event writer[sn_sow_synthetics.synthetics_event_writer]

Used internally to communicate with the MID Server.

None

## Tables installed

Table

Description

Check

[sn_sow_synthetics_check]

Configuration information for synthetic checks.

Check Execution Location

[sn__sow_synthetics_check_execution_location]

Execution location configuration for synthetic checks.

Single API

[sn_sow_synthetics_check_single_api]

Additional configuration information and last run results for single API synthetic checks.

Single API Header

[sn_sow_synthetics_check_single_api_header]

Key value pairs of requests headers for single API synthetic checks.

Single API to Policy

[sn_sow_synthetics_check_single_api_policy]

Single API synthetic test data and its corresponding Agent Client Collector (ACC) policies.

Single API Result

[sn_sow_synthetics_check_single_api_result]

Results from each synthetic check run.

sn_sow_synthetics_recommendation_state

Per-endpoint creation state, idempotency_key, error tracking

sn_sow_synthetics_recommendation_telemetry

Aggregate workflow metrics: card_shown, endpoints_discovered, monitors_created, workflow_status

Synthetic Private Locations

[sn_sow_synthetics_private_location]

Definitions of the ACC Agent Proxy Clusters available for synthetic monitoring. Extends the Proxy Agent Cluster [sn_agent_cluster] table.

sn_sow_synthetics_bulk_job

Provides async bulk job tracking.

sn_sow_synthetics_bulk_job_governance

Defines governance metadata for rate limiting and auditing for bulk jobs.

**Parent Topic:**[Synthetic monitoring reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-operations-management/synthetic-monitoring-reference.md)
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