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Why would you ever extend the syslog table?# Why would you ever extend the syslog table?

November 14, 2022 [servicenow ](/tags/servicenow/)[tables](/tags/tables/)

  Enable AI AnimationTable Guide: [https://www.servicenow.com/content/dam/servicenow-assets/public/en-us/doc-type/legal/custom-table-guide.pdf](https://www.servicenow.com/content/dam/servicenow-assets/public/en-us/doc-type/legal/custom-table-guide.pdf)

Past Post on the Table guide: ?

Post on extending syslog: [https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-forum/anyone-with-experience-extending-the-quot-syslog-quot-table/m-p/1969471](https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-forum/anyone-with-experience-extending-the-quot-syslog-quot-table/m-p/1969471)

Support KB item on the syslog table: [https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0721331](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0721331)

Support KB item on logging in scoped apps and their destinations (but not to extended tables): [https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0714743](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0714743)

Maik’s Log Utility: [https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-articles/just-another-log-helper/ta-p/2315453](https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-articles/just-another-log-helper/ta-p/2315453)

John Anderson’s decade old post on Custom Logging: [http://www.john-james-andersen.com/blog/service-now/custom-logging-with-servicenow.html](http://www.john-james-andersen.com/blog/service-now/custom-logging-with-servicenow.html)

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