---
sourceDocument: Australia ServiceNow AI Platform user interface
sourceDocumentLink: https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/r/platform-user-interface

 Release :

    - australia

ft:locale :

    - en-US

ft:publication_title :

    - Australia ServiceNow AI Platform user interface

ft:clusterId :

    - platux

bundleId :

    - platux

workflow :

    - Platform


---

# Enable the Shopping Cart widget

# Enable the Shopping Cart widget {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
* 
* Updated March 12, 2026
* 
* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

The shopping cart widget is enabled automatically for instances upgrading to Istanbul, however, there are several ways to
manually enable or disable the widget.  
To enable the shopping cart for a catalog item:

1. Navigate to a catalog item on the Service Catalog page in Service Portal.
2. CTRL+right-click a catalog item widget to open the [widget instance
   options](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/9notELGQ_yMNrL~1WH2hQA "Create unique instances of widgets by configuring the options for each instance.").
3. Select or clear the Show Add Cart Button option to enable or disable the shopping cart for that particular catalog item.
{#enable-shopping-cart__ol_w4p_h4q_4x}  
Figure 1. Catalog item cart option  
To enable the shopping cart in the portal header:

1. From the Service Portal configuration page, select the Portal editor.
2. Select the SP Header Menu in the portal hierarchy.
3. In the Additional options section, make sure the enable cart value is set to true.

       {
       	"enable_cart": {
       		"displayValue": "true",
       		"value": true
       	}
       }

   Set
   the value to false to hide the shopping cart.
{#enable-shopping-cart__ol_hpk_5rq_4x}  
Figure 2. Shopping cart in the header menu
**Related tasks**   

* [Enable automatic updates to the shopping cart](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/mqt2TYJZmpyRhfGB_0UicA "Automatically update the shopping cart across all sessions when users make changes from multiple tabs and platforms.")