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title: Network SME AI agent
description: This AI agent investigates network issues and recommends next steps.
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# Network SME AI agent

This AI agent investigates network issues and recommends next steps.

## Workflow

1.  Identify what to investigate.

    The agent uses a provided alert or network identifiers.

2.  Request network data from the relevant vendor agents, such as SolarWinds or ThousandEyes.
3.  Analyze the returned data to identify the likely cause of the network issue.
4.  Return results, including the bottleneck, likely cause, and recommended next steps.

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Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Allow third party to access this AI agent

</td><td>

When enabled, third-party AI agents can use this agent. This value is off \(false\) by default. This setting is defined in the AI Agent configs \[sn\_aia\_agent\_config\] table on the External discoverable field.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Allow AI specialists to access this AI agent

</td><td>

When enabled, AI specialists can use this agent. This value is off \(false\) by default. When set to true, more configuration options for tools become available so that an AI specialist can map inputs and response templates to tool outputs. This setting is defined in the AI Agent configs \[sn\_aia\_agent\_config\] table on the Specialist enabled field.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Manage long-term memory

</td><td>

When enabled, all previous user interactions are used as context for the LLM. This value is off \(false\) by default. This setting is defined by the **sn\_aia.ltm.enable\_long\_term\_memory** system property. For more information, see [ServiceNow Otto AI agents reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/na-aia-reference.md).

</td></tr><tr><td>

Tools

</td><td>

-   **Flow Action**

Retrieve alert metadata for network diagnosis


</td></tr><tr><td>

Allowed user roles The specific user roles that can access this AI agent.

</td><td>

evt\_mgmt\_operator

</td></tr><tr><td>

Data access roles The specific user identity roles that determine which data the AI agent can access and what actions it can take.

</td><td>

evt\_mgmt\_operator

</td></tr><tr><td>

Triggers

</td><td>

Optional. None defined by default. An admin can specify triggers if desired. For more information, see [Add a trigger to an AI agent](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/add-trigger-aia.md).

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Channels

</td><td>

Configure an assistant for Virtual Agent or ServiceNow Otto panel using [Assistant Designer](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/conversational-interfaces/configure-now-assist-va.md).

</td></tr><tr><td>

Used in agentic workflows

</td><td>

[Analyze alert impact agentic workflow](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/it-operations-management/now-assist-itom-agentic-aia.md)

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>For more information, see [ITOM AIOps](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/it-operations-management/itom-health-landing-page.md).

**Parent Topic:**[IT Operations Management AI agents](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/itom-ai-agents-overview.md)