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Product type Course

Published in Aug 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788628730

Length 1330 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

ServiceNow

Concepts

IT Service Management

Authors (3):

Tim Woodruff

Martin Wood

Ashish Rudra Srivastava

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Table of Contents (39) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

Preface

1. Module 1 FREE CHAPTER

Learning ServiceNow

2. The Interface

3. Lists and Forms

4. UI Customization

5. Understanding Data and Relationships

6. Tasks and Workflows

7. UI and Data Policies

8. User Administration and Security

9. Introduction to Scripting

10. The Server-side Glide API

11. The Client-side Glide API

12. Server-side Scripting

13. Client-side Scripting

14. Debugging

15. Pro Tips

16. Module 2

ServiceNow Cookbook

17. Getting Started with Service-Now

18. Performing Core Configuration and Management Tasks

19. Building Data-Driven Application

20. Configuring Alerts and Notifications

21. Building and Configuring Reports

22. Creating and Configuring Workflow Activities

23. Auditing and Diagnosing Service-Now

24. Module 3

Mastering ServiceNow

25. ServiceNow Foundations

26. Developing Custom Applications

27. Server-Side Control

28. Client-Side Interaction

29. Getting Things Done with Tasks

30. Events, Notifications, and Reporting

31. Exchanging Data – Import Sets, Web Services, and other Integrations

32. Securing Applications and Data

33. Diagnosing ServiceNow – Knowing What Is Going On

34. Packaging with Applications, Update Sets, and Upgrades

35. Making ServiceNow Beautiful with Service Portal and Custom Interfaces

36. Bibliography

Configuring service portal UI

The service portal in ServiceNow Helsinki is rather new; not available in Geneva or earlier versions. It is generally used as a front page for IT, and allows users (even those without any permissive roles in ServiceNow) to submit tickets for IT (or other departments) to handle. The service portal is effectively a replacement for the CMS, and includes many enhancements over the old Jelly-driven CMS application, but many companies will still be on a legacy CMS until they have a reason to convert/upgrade to the service portal for their self-service interface.

To create your own Service Portal, start by navigating to System Definition| Plugins to activate the Service Portal for Enterprise Service Management plugin (ID: com.glide.service-portal.esm) plugin by searching for it from the list, then right-clicking on it, and choosing Activate/Upgrade. Since this is your personal instance, go ahead and load demo data.

After activation, refresh the page again, and navigate...