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# Configure a Wizard layout playbook

# Configure a Wizard layout playbook {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
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* Updated June 8, 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 minutes to read

Build a wizard-driven Playbook to present a playbook as a guided, step-by-step experience that walks end users through a process one activity at a time. The Wizard layout adds numbered step navigation and forward and back
controls to a standard playbook.

## Before you begin

Role required: playbook.admin, pd_author, or playbook.write and ui_builder_admin or admin

Have an activated playbook with the activities you want end users to complete in sequence. The activities and their order in the playbook directly map to the wizard's steps, so order the activities in Workflow Studio before
you start. For more information, see [Create a playbook](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/cqO52uRHkrW~czttqGe0QQ "Create a playbook to set up an automated business process. Use Playbook builder in Workflow Studio to add stages, activities, triggers, and runtime permissions, then activate the playbook to make it available to agents and fulfillers.").

## About this task

A wizard-driven Playbook uses the Playbook Horizontal Wizard bundle to render a playbook as a sequential wizard at runtime. Each playbook activity is a wizard step. End users move forward and back through the activities using
explicit navigation controls, and completion rules make sure that required information is provided before they proceed.  
Use a wizard layout when end users benefit from explicit guidance through a multi-step process, when activities must be completed in a specific order, or when limiting distraction by focusing the user on one step at a time matters more than letting them move freely between activities.  
Note:  
For complex playbooks with branching logic, consider a Guided Decision Playbook instead. For playbooks where users should see and interact with multiple activities at once, consider a Focused or Stacked layout.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllNow Experience FrameworkUI BuilderExperiences.
2. Go to UI Builder, and create or open an Experience to host the playbook so end users can access it from the Playbook Experience, and create a page.  
   For more information, see [Create a page in UI Builder](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-page&version=australia&pubname=australia-application-development&ft:locale=en-US).
3. Open the page that you created, and then in the panel select Add content.
4. Add the Playbook Horizontal Wizard layout bundle to the page so the playbook renders as a wizard experience at runtime.
   1. Select Components.
   2. Search for Playbook.
   3. Select the Playbook Horizontal Wizard layout bundle.
   4. Select Add.

   {#configure-wizard-layout-playbook__substeps_xyx_wlg_5jc}  
5. Select the Playbook Wizard component on the canvas.
6. Update step titles or descriptions in the component configuration panel to match the intended end user flow.
   1. Select the Playbook Wizard component on the canvas.
   2. Set the Playbook property to the playbook you created earlier.
   3. Review the generated wizard steps, which are created from the playbook activities.
   4. Update step titles or descriptions as needed to match the intended end user flow.
   {#configure-wizard-layout-playbook__substeps_jcc_lng_5jc}
7. Verify navigation behavior.
   1. Confirm that users can move between steps using the provided navigation controls.
   2. Verify that required fields or completion rules are enforced before users proceed.
   {#configure-wizard-layout-playbook__substeps_vnd_tng_5jc}
8. Select Preview to review the wizard layout as an end user.
9. Select Save and then select Publish to publish the UI Builder page.

## Result

End users see the playbook as a guided wizard, with clear step-by-step guidance and navigation that walks them through the process from start to completion.

## What to do next

* Test the wizard layout as an end user.
* Refine step labels or layout configuration based on feedback.
* Reuse the wizard layout pattern for other multi-step playbooks.
{#configure-wizard-layout-playbook__ul_dll_rgy_g3c}

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