Service Portal properties
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Summary of Service Portal properties
Service Portal properties are essential for configuring user experiences in ServiceNow. They allow administrators to customize the portal for both admin and end users. Most commonly used properties can be set directly from the Service Portal properties page, while others are available through the System Properties table.
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Key Features
- Default 404 Page: Set a specific page to display when a page fails to load (glide.serviceportal.default404page).
- Admin Error Messages: Control visibility of error messages for admin users (glide.sp.showconsoleerror).
- Stream Entry Limit: Limit the number of entries displayed in the ticket conversation widget (glide.serviceportal.streamentrylimit).
- Notification Timeout: Define how long info and error messages persist before auto-dismissal (glide.service-portal.notificationtimeout.seconds).
- Announcement Sort Order: Set default sorting for banner announcements (glide.serviceportal.announcement.defaultsortorder).
- Debug Information: Enable or disable debug runtime information for performance tuning (glide.sp.debug).
- User Criteria Management: Manage permissions for portal access based on user criteria instead of roles (glide.serviceportal.usercriteriaenabled).
Key Outcomes
By effectively configuring these properties, ServiceNow customers can enhance the user experience within their portals, ensuring relevant content is displayed accurately while maintaining performance. This customization supports user engagement and operational efficiency, ultimately leading to a more effective service delivery experience.
Service Portal properties control aspects of the portal experience for admin and end users.
The most commonly used Service Portal properties are set on the Service Portal properties page. Some less commonly used properties are available only from the System Properties [sys_properties] table.
You can access the properties listed in the following table by navigating to .
| Property | Description |
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Default 404 page (page ID or sp_page sys_id) for Service Portal glide.service_portal.default_404_page |
Set the default page that your users see whenever a page cannot load
properly.
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Show a message to admin users in Service Portal pages if a browser error is encountered glide.sp.show_console_error |
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Maximum number of stream entries displayed in Service Portal (activity widget, conversation widget, and so on) glide.service_portal.stream_entry_limit |
Limit the number of entries users can see in the ticket conversation widget.
Users only see the most recent entries and cannot go further back in the history
than the max allowed amount.
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Duration (in seconds) info and error messages persist in the Service Portal before auto-dismissal glide.service-portal.notification_timeout.seconds |
Set the duration in seconds that non-critical notifications remain on the screen before they are auto-dismissed. If set to 0, messages do not auto-dismiss and require that a user close them.
Critical notifications should be tagged with the If the glide.ui.accessibility preference is enabled, messages do not auto-dismiss, regardless of the system property value. To set this preference, see Enabling accessibility features. |
| Default sort order for announcements glide.service_portal.announcement.default_sort_order |
Define the sort order for banner announcements.
Options include:
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| Enable debug runtime
information glide.sp.debug |
Controls whether the Angular.js flag
$compileProvider.debugInfoEnabled is set to true or false.
This option allows debug runtime information in the compiler, such as adding binding
information and a reference to the current scope on to DOM elements. This property
is turned off by default to improve performance on the instance.
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| Property | Description |
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Enable use of User Criteria records instead of Roles fields for Service Portal entitlements glide.service_portal.user_criteria_enabled |
Define permissions for Service Portal widgets, widget instances, pages, and search sources.
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List of roles (comma-separated) that bypass User Criteria validation in Service Portal glide.sp.entitlement.override |
Allow users with a specific role to see any page, widget, widget instance, or
search source regardless of user criteria.
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You can access the properties listed in the following table in the System Properties [sys_properties] table.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| glide.service_portal.enable_acls_for_encoded_query_in_list |
Option to always enforce read ACLs for filter conditions specified in Simple List widget instances. If false, the Enforce field-level Read ACLs on Filter query terms option in Simple List widget instances determines whether to enforce the ACLs.
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| glide.service_portal.enable_human_readable_urls |
Option to allow configuring human readable keywords in portal page URLs for the instance.
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| glide.service-portal.notification.threshold |
Specify how many notifications should appear before users have the option to clear all notifications at once.
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| glide.sp.portals.language_selector_enabled | Allows any user to choose and view content in their preferred language. This property contains a list of portal sys IDs separated by commas. By default, the sys IDs for the Knowledge (/kb), Customer Support (/csm), and Customer Service (/csp) portals are included. For any portal specified, the language selector appears in the portal header if any languages are installed and active on the instance in addition to English.
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| glide.sp.theme.parse_scss | Option to allow compiled SCSS files to be loaded as links to improve repeat page view performance. If set to false, SCSS files are included inline in the page HTML instead.
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