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title: Automation Center use cases
description: Automation Center enables you to manage your automations from one central place.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Automation Center use cases

Automation Center enables you to manage your automations from one central place.

You can create automations in the following ways:

-   Using Automation Center.
-   Using ServiceNow flows as automations.
-   Using third-party automations.

All automations irrespective of where they’re created are stored in the cmdb\_ci table before being displayed in the Automation Center dashboard.

When flows are tracked as automations, the data is populated in the cmdb\_ci\_flow\_automation table. From the cmdb\_ci\_flow\_automation table, it’s reflected in the cmdb\_ci\_automation table. This data is then reflected in the automation\_attribute table. The automation field in the automation\_attribute table is referenced in the cmdb\_ci table. It is from here that the data is displayed in the Automation Center dashboard.

ServiceNow Robotic Process Automation data is populated in the cmdb\_ci\_rpa\_process table. All third-party Robotic Process Automation data is stored in the cmdb\_ci\_base\_rpa\_process table. The data from these two tables is then reflected in the automation\_attribute table. The automation field in the automation\_attribute table is referenced in the cmdb\_ci table. It is from here that the data is displayed in the Automation Center dashboard.

ServiceNow robot data is populated in the cmdb\_ci\_rpa\_robot table. All third-party robot data is stored in the cmdb\_ci\_base\_rpa\_robot table. The data from these two tables is then reflected in the automation\_attribute table. The automation field in the automation\_attribute table is referenced in the cmdb\_ci table. It is from here that the data is displayed in the Automation Center dashboard.

\[Omitted image "cmdb-table.png"\] Alt text: CMDB tables in Automation Center

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