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Personal blog about Next Experience UI Builder.

ServiceNow Browser Extension: UI Builder Dock available in Google Web Store here.

I found myself struggling to navigate effectively across the most-used locations in ServiceNow during my workday; slash commands of SN Utils are not always a solution for me, and favorites in the backend are not always accessible with a few clicks.

So I decided to solve this in the extension.

Basic usage


When you open the extension outside UI Builder, you’ll see a list of cards.

Clicking on the card will take you to the respective target table (a.k.a. Fix Scripts) or direct destination (a.k.a. Studio).

More items might appear in the future, but I’ll try not to change the order or colors so it’s easy to find this or that always in the same place.

Filter usage – All fields


There is an input on top. If you type something there, this string will be used as a filter after you click on the card.

By default, the string will be used as “STARTSWITH,” but if you use an asterisk (*) at the beginning, it will be used as “LIKE.”

Clicking on the card will open new tab for given destination applying the string for all the defined fields.

Filter usage – Selected field


If you don’t want to search in all those fields, you can type your filter string and then click on your preferred field on the card.

Then you’ll see a new tab opened for given destination, filtering only with the use of that field.

Accessing Quicklinks form UI Builder


If you are in UI Builder and would like to access Quicklinks as well, you can toggle them with the use of the icon in the top right corner 💪

Conslusion


I picked the most used destination according to my preferences; if you miss something, feel free to tell me, I’ll be happy to update the list. 😎

🚀Edit v5


I realized I was missing an option for creating new records, and I did not like the way the card grew when the filter string was typed. I changed that a little bit and added a button for creating new records.

Therefore, from 1.0.3 right away to 1.0.5 🤷‍♂️😊

Enjoy.

Jan

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