Enable Shopping Cart and Add to Wish List options in Employee Center

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read

    • Modify the Main Menu configuration of the Employee Center to provide the Shopping Cart and Add to Wish List options while requesting catalog items.

    Before you begin

    Enable the wish list feature for catalog. For information about enabling the wish list, see Saving catalog items to a wish list.

    Role required: admin

    About this task

    The Shopping Cart and Add to Wish List menu options that are available by default on the Service Portal are not available in the Employee Center. You must enable these options in the Employee Center to allow employees to add catalog items to the Shopping Cart and Wish List.

    If these features are not required, then consider disabling these options in Service Catalog for a seamless experience in the Employee Center. To enable or disable the shopping cart option in Service Catalog follow the first three steps mentioned in the Enable the Shopping Cart Widget topic and for information on enabling or disabling the Wish list option in Service Catalog, see Saving catalog items to a wish list topic.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Service Portal > Portals.
    2. Search for and select Employee Center.
    3. If you are prompted with the message To edit this record click here, then click here.
    4. Open the Main menu by clicking the preview this record icon (Preview this record icon).
    5. Change the values for enable_cart and enable_wishlist to True. 
      {
	"enable_cart":{
		"displayValue":"true",
		"value":true
	},
	"auto_update_cart":{
		"displayValue":"true",
		"value":true
	},
	"exclude_search_on_homepage":{
		"displayValue":"true",
		"value":true
	},
	"enable_wishlist":{
		"displayValue":"true",
"value":true
    6. Click Update.

    Result

    The Shopping Cart and Add to Wish List options appear on the Employee Center.