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title: View Service Portfolio Management sample IT services portfolio content
description: Access, view, and analyze the Service Portfolio Management sample IT services portfolio content to plan and create your service portfolio. Consider the sample structure as a starting point. You can add to it or modify it to suit the specific needs of your organization.
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release: australia
product: Service Portfolio Management
classification: service-portfolio-management
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Install the Service Portfolio Management Sample Content Pack, Configure, Service Portfolio Management, IT Service Management]
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# View Service Portfolio Management sample IT services portfolio content

Access, view, and analyze the Service Portfolio Management sample IT services portfolio content to plan and create your service portfolio. Consider the sample structure as a starting point. You can add to it or modify it to suit the specific needs of your organization.

## Before you begin

Role required: portfolio\_admin, service\_editor, or service\_viewer

## About this task

The Sample IT service portfolio provides usable data in the form of portfolios, taxonomy layers, and taxonomy nodes. It also provides demo data in the form of services, service offerings, incidents, commitments, and more.

You can view the Sample IT service portfolio content with any Service Portfolio Management role. To create portfolios or to manage the taxonomy nodes, you must have either the portfolio\_admin role or the service\_editor role.

You can view the sample content in both the Service Portfolio Management application and in the Digital Portfolio Management \(DPM\) Workspace.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Service Portfolio Management** > **Service Portfolios**.

2.  Select **Sample IT Services Portfolio** to open the portfolio details.

3.  Review the taxonomy nodes.

    A list of sample IT service-related nodes appear including but not limited to the following.

    -   Software Management
    -   Hardware Support
    -   IT Management and Consulting
    -   Network Support
    -   Data Center Management
    -   Software Support
4.  Select a service type taxonomy node.

5.  Review the sample IT service portfolio and its taxonomy nodes to understand the basic structure.

    Look at several service type taxonomy nodes to find the structure that best fits you your needs. You can use them as guidance as you build your own portfolio content structure.


**Parent Topic:**[Install the Service Portfolio Management Sample Content Pack](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/service-portfolio-management/activate-SPM2-content-pack-plugin.md)

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[Using Service Portfolio Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/service-portfolio-management/SPM2-using.md)

[Work with portfolios in Digital Portfolio Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/digital-portfolio-management/dpm-explore-portfolios.md)