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Learning ServiceNow

You're reading from   Learning ServiceNow Get started with ServiceNow administration and development to manage and automate your IT Service Management processes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785883323
Length 358 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sylvain Hauser Sylvain Hauser
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1. The Interface FREE CHAPTER 2. Lists and Forms 3. UI Customization 4. Understanding Data and Relationships 5. Tasks and Workflows 6. UI and Data Policies 7. User Administration and Security 8. Introduction to Scripting 9. The Server-side Glide API 10. The Client-side Glide API 11. Server-side Scripting 12. Client-side Scripting 13. Debugging 14. Pro Tips

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...

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