--- title: Case Playbook for Onboarding description: Use the Case Playbook for Onboarding to manage the process for taking on new customers or enrolling customers for new products. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/customer-service-management/csm-case-type-onboarding.html release: australia topic_type: concept last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 14 breadcrumb: [Applications, Playbooks in Customer Service Management, Agent tools, Organize agent workspaces, Configure, Customer Service Management] --- # Case Playbook for Onboarding Use the Case Playbook for Onboarding to manage the process for taking on new customers or enrolling customers for new products. The onboarding playbook provides the activities and tasks that agents can perform during the onboarding process. Agents can also create and assign tasks as needed and use the playbook to communicate with the customer. Use the Case Playbook for Onboarding for cases that were created by using the onboarding case type. This playbook is available for both CRM Workspace and CSM Agent Workspace. In the CSM Workspaces, the playbook appears in the **Playbook** tab on the case record. **Note:** If you have the admin role, you can configure a playbook to use compact mode in CRM Workspace. Use the compact mode to move the playbook from a tab in the Workspace to a tab in the contextual side panel. ## Case Playbook for Onboarding application The Case Playbook for Onboarding application \(com.sn\_csm\_onboarding\_caseflow\) is available from the ServiceNow® Store. For more information, see [Playbook plugins](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/setting-up-csm-playbooks.md). ## Case Playbook for onboarding a PAD process definition The Case Playbook for Onboarding 3.0 includes a new Process Automation Designer \(PAD\) process definition called **onboarding\_playbook\_v1**. This process definition contains the optimized stages and activities for the onboarding playbook. Process definitions are stored in the Process Definitions table \(sys\_pd\_process\_definition\). As an admin, you can view a list of processes by doing the following task: 1. In the application navigator, enter **sys\_pd\_process\_definition.list**. 2. [Configure the list](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-user-interface/c_PersonalLists.md) to show the **Name** field. Only one PAD process per playbook can be active at a time. ## Case Playbook for Onboarding features The Case Playbook for Onboarding 3.0 includes the case features and workspace enhancements that are listed in the following table.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Create an onboarding case using the Case Playbook for Onboarding | Feature that opens the onboarding playbook and initiates the first activity in the Initiate stage, which is gathering the customer information. The agent can complete and save this activity to create the record. For more information, see [Create a record using a playbook](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/csm-playbook-create-record.md). |
| Focused activity view | Feature that determines how the stages and activities appear in the playbook. The Case Playbook for Onboarding uses the [Select a playbook activity view](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/playbook-select-activity-view.md), which enables agents to see - The end-to-end life cycle of the onboarding workflow in the playbook life-cycle panel. - The current stage is expanded and the current activity is highlighted within the playbook life-cycle panel. - The current activity that is displayed in the playbook work area. |
| Contextual side panel | Feature that displays the following information: - Activity stream - Ribbon information, such as the case overview, customer details, timeline, and SLAs - Dynamic related records The activity stream and ribbon information are available in CRM Workspace only. For more information about using the contextual side panel, see the following topics: - [Using activity stream in the contextual side panel](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/csm-playbooks-using-activity-stream.md) - [Viewing the ribbon information in the contextual side panel](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/csm-playbooks-viewing-ribbon-info.md) - [Viewing dynamic related records in the contextual side panel](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/csm-playbooks-viewing-rel-records.md) |
| Activity visibility | Feature that enables you to control the activity visibility: - Hide the activities in a stage that the logged-in user can't access. - Hide the pending activities in a stage. For more information about configuring this feature, see [Configure playbook stage and activity visibility](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/playbook-config-activity-visibility.md). |
| Compact mode | Mode that moves the playbook from a tab in the Workspace to the contextual side panel. Agents can complete the playbook activities in the side panel while they are viewing the other tabs in the record page. This mode is available in CRM Workspace only. Users with the admin role can configure a playbook to use compact mode in the playbook component configuration in UI Builder. |
| Dynamic related records | Feature that displays the records in the contextual side panel. These records dynamically change based on the context of the current record or playbook activity. From the **Related Records** tab in the contextual side panel, agents can - Filter the list of related records - Open the list in a new tab - Create new records The dynamic related records feature is available in CRM Workspace only. For more information, see [Viewing related records in the contextual side panel](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/csm-playbooks-viewing-rel-records.md). |
| SLA widget | Activity cards in the playbook work area that can display an SLA widget. The widget appears on the activity card when the playbook activity has an SLA. The widget includes the activities in the following stages: - Pre-approval \(duration is 3 days\) - Data capture \(duration is 5 days\) - Due diligence \(duration is 15 days\) - Resolution \(duration is 20 days\) The color of the widget indicates the time remaining for the SLA: - Green: 0–50% - Yellow: 50–75% - Orange: 75–99% - Red: 100% or breached |
| Stage | Activity | Activity Details |
|---|---|---|
| **Initiate** Guides the agent in collecting customer and case information and sending a case for pre-approval. | Collect customer information | When an agent creates an onboarding case, the workspace opens the Create New Onboarding Case form, launches the onboarding playbook, and uses the first activity to gather customer information. The agent enters the information about the channel, account, contact, consumer, product, and service. For more information about the products and services, see [Service definitions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/csm-service-definitions.md). Agent actions: **Continue**: Creates the onboarding case and adds the case number to the record tab. It also marks the first activity as complete and moves to the second activity. |
| Add additional members | Activity that agents can use to add additional members to the onboarding case: 1. Select **Add new** to open the Create New Related Party form in a new tab. 2. In the **Type** field, select the related party with the correct entity type, such as a beneficiary who is a customer contact. 3. Select the **User**. 4. Select **Save** to add the user to the Member Information list on the activity card. Agent actions: - **Assign to me**: Available if the case is not yet assigned. Assigns the case to the logged-in user. - **Add new**: Adds a user to the Member Information list. - **Send for Pre Approval**: Completes the Initiate stage and moves to the Pre-approval stage. | |
| Notify customer | Activity that displays the details of the email that was automatically sent to the customer at the completion of the Initiate stage. | |
| **Pre approval** Automates the pre-approval process for the customer. | Check approval status | Activity that includes a list of approvals and approvers. **Note:** This activity shows the list of approvals if an approval workflow is manually configured for an onboarding case. The approval workflow configuration is not provided in the base system. If no approval workflow is configured, this activity completes automatically. |
| Update customer information | Agents can use this activity to verify the account, contact, or consumer information for the onboarding case. Agent actions: **Save**: Saves any changes made to the customer information. | |
| Complete pre approval | Agents can use this activity to provide additional information and add notes or attachments. Agent actions: - **Request info**: Requests additional information from the customer. This action changes the state of the case task to Awaiting Info. - **Post**: Posts the comment or the work note to the case task record activity stream. - **Initiate Data Capture**: Marks the activity and the Pre approval stage as complete. | |
| Notify customer | This activity displays the details of the email that was automatically sent to the customer at the completion of the Pre approval stage. | |
| **Data capture** Organizes the collection of customer information. | Verify document checklist | This activity displays a document checklist. Agents can check off the necessary documents and provide comments or work notes. If the customer type changes after the case is created, a new checklist of the appropriate type replaces the original checklist. Agent actions: - **Request info**: Request additional information from the customer. This action changes the state of the case task to Awaiting Info. - **Post**: Posts the comment or the work note to the case task record activity stream. - **Submit for Review**: Marks the activity and the Data capture stage as complete. |
| Notify customer | This activity displays the details of the email that was automatically sent to the customer at the completion of the Data capture stage. | |
| **Due diligence** Displays case tasks for completing due diligence. | Perform background check | Agents can use this activity to perform background checks on the customer. Agent actions: - **Request info**: Request additional information from the customer. This action changes the state of the case task to Awaiting Info. - **Post**: Posts the comment or the work note to the case task record activity stream. - **Review Complete**: Marks the activity as complete. |
| Initiate legal verification | Agents can use this activity to initiate the legal verification process for a customer. Agent actions: - **Request info**: Request additional information from the customer. This action changes the state of the case task to Awaiting Info. - **Post**: Posts the comment or the work note to the case task record activity stream. - **Review Complete**: Marks the activity as complete. | |
| Review credit history | Activity that the agents can use to review a customer's credit history. Agent actions: - **Request info**: Request additional information from the customer. This action changes the state of the case task to Awaiting Info. - **Post**: Posts the comment or the work note to the case task record activity stream. - **Review Complete**: Marks the activity and the Due Diligence stage as complete. | |
| Notify customer | This activity displays the details of the email that was automatically sent to the customer at the completion of the Due Diligence stage. | |
| **Resolve** Manages the case resolution activities. | Propose resolution | Activity that displays the fields from the Resolution Notes section on the Case form. Agents can add the resolution details and select **Propose solution**.If the customer rejects the resolution, the agent can return to the Resolve stage and propose another solution. Agent actions: - **Propose solution**: Propose the solution to the customer and mark the Resolve stage as complete. - **Change solution**: This action appears after the agent proposes a solution. |
| Notify customer | This activity displays the details of the email that was automatically sent to the customer at the completion of the Resolve stage. | |
| **Close** Manages the case close activities. | Notify customer | Activity that displays the details of the email that was automatically sent to the customer at the completion of the Close stage. |
| Close case | When the customer accepts the resolution, the Resolve stage completes and the Close stage is also marked as complete. |