SERVICENOW-CIS-DISCOVERY Discovery Pattern Design Practice Question
When using the 'Parse Variable' step to extract data, which component is required to capture a specific substring from a larger variable using a capture group?
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Regular Expression
A Regular Expression (Regex) with parentheses for capture groups is the correct method to extract specific data from a string variable.
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Regular Expression
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Regex is the standard for pattern matching and capturing substrings from text.
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Delimited Parsing
Why it's wrong here
Delimited parsing expects structured separators, not capture groups.
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XML Path
Why it's wrong here
XML Path is used for XML documents.
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JSONPath
Why it's wrong here
JSONPath is for JSON data, not arbitrary string patterns.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official ServiceNow exam blueprint
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