Space Management properties

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Space Management Properties

    Space Management Properties enable customers to configure settings for floor plans, parsing, and default space management features. This customization allows users to control visual elements such as logos, titles, and color coding, enhancing the usability of the Space Management interface.

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    Key Features

    • Floor Plan Customization: Include a logo and title for the interactive floor plan, and choose whether to display a compass for orientation.
    • Default Campus Location: Automatically set the user's location as the default campus if available.
    • URL Copying: Enable or disable the copying of URL links from the workbench.
    • Color Settings: Customize highlight colors for selected spaces and apply various colors for filters and availability on the workbench.
    • Search Result Limits: Define the maximum number of search results returned for spaces and tasks in the workbench.
    • GeoJSON Parsing: Control how existing records are treated during geoJSON file parsing, including whether to preserve or overwrite field values and class names.
    • Area Units: Choose between square meters and square feet for the system base area unit in facilities space tables.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing Space Management Properties, ServiceNow customers can streamline the configuration of their space management interface, ensuring that it meets their specific operational needs. Customizable settings promote a user-friendly experience, facilitate better data management, and enhance visual clarity when navigating floor plans and space data.

    Space Management Properties are available to configure floor plan, parsing, and space management defaults settings. You can control default settings like the color for selected space, compass on a floor plan, and logos and titles to appear.

    Space Management organizes properties into these sections:
    • Floor Plan
    • Parsing
    • Space Management

    Navigate to Space Management > Map Configuration > Properties.

    Floor Plan

    Property Description
    The logo to use for the header of the interactive floor plan [facilities.management.fvw.workbench.logo] Click to select a logo that appears in the top, left corner of an interactive floor plan.
    The title to show on the workbench [facilities.management.fvw.workbench.title] The title to show on the workbench.
    • Type: string
    • Default value: Workbench
    Use user's location as the default campus when available [facilities.management.fvw.default.campus] The location of the user is used as the default campus when available.
    • Yes: Use the location of the user.
    • No: Do not use the location of the user.
    Allow copying a URL link when available on the workbench [facilities.management.fvw.allow.copy.url] Allow copying a URL link when available on the workbench.
    • Yes: Allow copying of a URL.
    • No: Do not allow copying of a URL.
    Default to showing the compass on the floor plan [facilities.management.fvw.show.compass] Determines if a compass appears in the top, right corner of a floor plan to provide directional orientation.
    The maximum length allowed for a label before using ellipses [facilities.management.fvw.max.label.length] The maximum number of characters allowed for a label before using ellipses.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 30
    The color to use for highlighting the selected space on the floor plan map [facilities.management.fvw.highlight.color] The color that can be used for highlighting a specific space on the floor plan map.
    • Type: string
    • Default value: #F5F500
    The colors for applying filters to the workbench [facilities.management.fvw.filter.colors] The colors available for applying filters to the workbench.
    • Type: string
    • Default value: #278ECF; #4BD762; #FFCA1F; #FF9416; #D42AE8; #535AD7; #FF402C; #83BFFF; #6EDB8F; #FFE366; #FFC266; #D284BD; #8784DB; #FF7B65; #CAEEFC; #9ADBAD; #FFF1B2; #FFE0B2; #FFBEB2; #B1AFDB
    The colors for availability filtering on the workbench [facilities.management.fvw.availability.colors] The colors for availability filtering on the workbench.
    • Type: string
    • Default value: #71e279; #fcc742; #278efc; #f95050; #00A0A6; #fc8a3d; #00FFFF; #b1afdb
    Maximum number of search results to return per level on spaces tab in workbench [facilities.management.fvw.max.results.per.level] Maximum number of search results to return per level on spaces tab in workbench.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 20
    Maximum number of search results to return per campuses on spaces tab in workbench [facilities.management.fvw.max.results.per.campus] Maximum number of search results to return for campuses on spaces tab in workbench.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 20
    Maximum number of search results to return for other campus on spaces tab in workbench [facilities.management.fvw.max.results.per.other.campus] Maximum number of search results to return for other campuses on spaces tab in workbench.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 20
    Maximum number of search results to return when searching for tasks in workbench [facilities.management.fvw.max.requests.per.search] Maximum number of search results to return when searching for facilities/move requests tabs in workbench.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 200
    Maximum number of spaces per zone to render for the zone edit tab [facilities.management.fvw.max.spaces.per.zone] Maximum number of spaces per zone to render for the zone edit tab.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 50
    Maximum number of tasks to return per level on workbench [facilities.management.fvw.max.requests.per.level] Maximum number of search results to return per level on spaces tab in workbench.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 20

    Parsing

    Property Description
    Specifies whether we should preserve the field values of records when parsing geoJSON files if the record already exists [facilities.management.fvw.geojson.parsing.preserve.fields] Determines how to save the field values of existing records when parsing geoJSON files or to delete them.
    • Yes: Do not change when parsing new map.
      • The building name.
      • The level name, level abbreviation, and the main level flag.
      • The space name and internal name.
    • No: Use values from latest geoJSON file.
    Specifies whether we should preserve the field values of records when parsing geoJSON files if the record already exists [facilities.management.fvw.geojson.parsing.preserve.fields] If the space exists, specifies whether the sys_class_name of a space is preserved when parsing geoJSON files.
    • Yes: Save
    • No: Update
      Note:
      The sys_class_name (fm_bathroom, fm_cubicle, and so on) are only updated if both parsing properties are set to No.
    Specifies whether we should preserve the sys_class_name of a space when parsing geoJSON files if the space already exists [facilities.management.fvw.geojson.parsing.preserve.sys_class_name] Specifies how to handle area parsing.
    • Preserve Existing Area: Saves the area space when the current value is greater than 0.0001 in the Area field in the Space form.
    • Overwrite Area: Always updates the area of a space from an area file.
    • Ignore Area Files: Does not parse any existing area files within the map set.
      Note:
      Regardless of the flags, area roll ups are calculated after parsing.

    Space Management

    Properties Description
    The system base area unit for facilities space tables. Set to true to use meters squared, or false to use feet squared [facilities.management.fvw.area.unit] The system base area unit for facilities space tables. Set to true to use meters squared, or false to use feet squared.
    • Type: true | false
    • Default value: false