Configuring entity view action mapper

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title: Configuring entity view action mapper
description: The Entity View Action Mapper \(EVAM\) allows you to map specific actions to entity views, enabling customized behavior and streamlined work-flows. Learn how to define, configure, and apply mappings to enhance user interactions with data in the platform.
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release: brazil
product: Entity View Action Mapper \(EVAM\)
classification: entity-view-action-mapper-evam
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Entity view action mapper, Manage instance data sources, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
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# Configuring entity view action mapper

The Entity View Action Mapper \(EVAM\) allows you to map specific actions to entity views, enabling customized behavior and streamlined work-flows. Learn how to define, configure, and apply mappings to enhance user interactions with data in the platform.

## Configuration overview

-   [Create an EVAM action definition](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/entity-view-action-mapper-evam/define-evam-action.md)

    You can associate a declarative action with a view template. EVAM also enables user interactions to trigger a server script or UXF client action.

-   [Create an EVAM definition](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/entity-view-action-mapper-evam/define-composite-dataset.md)

    Define the list of data sources to render. The EVAM definition is the main record for an EVAM configuration.

-   [Create a multi-data source list display in Entity View Action Mapper](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/entity-view-action-mapper-evam/tutorial-create-evam.md)

    Use EVAM to take in different data sources, configure views, and show them in a card display view.