Brad Tilton

3 minute read

This week in our UI Builder Bytes series we’re going to take a look at modals. You can access past posts at the UI Builder Bytes tag. So What is a Modal? A modal (also called a modal window or lightbox) is a web page element that displays in front of and deactivates all other page content. To return to the main content, the user must engage with the modal by completing an action or by closing it.

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

About Break Point is the podcast for ServiceNow admins, developers, and builders of all skill levels. Join your host, Chuck Tomasi, Sr. Developer Advocate for developer discussions. Chuck talks to ServiceNow product managers and developers about the Now Platform features, customers to discuss apps they’ve built, and other interesting people in the ServiceNow ecosystem. Take a break with Break Point. Subscribe Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Stitcher TuneIn RSS Check out the other ServiceNow podcasts.

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

Chuck sits down with Principal Product Manager Chiarng Lin to talk about the Command Line Interface. The discussion covers what it is, who it’s for, design considerations, and what we’re looking forward to - and more. Join us for a lot of great information exchange an a few laughs. Topics 00:00 Introduction 04:40 Fred Luddy 06:39 Command line interface overview 08:09 Features 12:29 The origins of the CLI 13:32 Free or paid?

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

Join the toolbox team as Andrew Barnes demonstrates his favorite Quebec developer feature - script tracer. Discover how this tool can help you uncover the layers of logic quickly. Topics 01:27 Introductions 04:30 Topic introduction 06:20 Problem introduction (screen share starts) 09:52 Debugging with log points and break points 15:00 Turning on business rule debugging 16:39 Looking through the business rules 18:39 Script Tracer demo 22:10 The script tab 24:45 We found the problem!

Peter Bell

3 minute read

Continuing on the journey to explore the GlideQuery Series is Part 3! Time to take out a death star. Simple Aggregate Queries Sometimes we need aggregate queries (MAX, COUNT, etc.). Fortunately, GlideQuery supports these, while also making them easier to use than ever. For example, compare var usersGa = new GlideAggregate(‘sys_user’); usersGa.addAggregate(‘COUNT’); usersGa.query(); usersGa.next(); var userCount = parseInt(usersGa.getAggregate(‘COUNT’)); with var userCount = new GlideQuery(‘sys_user’).count(); Much easier to read!

Brad Tilton

5 minute read

So far in our Now Experience UI Builder series we’ve looked at creating pages, adding components to pages, using data sources to return data from the platform, and then binding that data to our components. As we continue this week we’re going to take a look at client state parameters, client scripts, and events. These are the tools that are going to allow the components on our UI Builder pages to communicate and share data with each other and ultimately make these pages more powerful.

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

Join the TechNow team as they go through everything you need to know about the most efficient way to get work done on the Now Platform: Workspace. In this episode the team will cover: An overview of Workspace, Understanding the personas involved with the Workspace experience, Exploring and configuring Workspace, Insights into the Workspace roadmap. Topics 00:00 Introductions 02:53 Agenda and related topics 04:45 Introduction to workspaces 16:15 Question: Pricing 17:16 Demo 20:35 Guided Setup 23:05 Categories & lists 27:15 Record view 28:20 Form Header 31:10 The ribbon 34:48 Form layout 36:55 The landing page and UI Builder 41:05 Adding a report 45:25 Setting the landing page order 47:02 Playbooks 51:07 Another peek at UI Builder 51:50 Top takeaways 52:18 Q & A 54:55 Event announcements 56:55 Sign off Links Knowledge 2021 Digital Experience Developer Portal Now Experience UI Framework Webinar: TechNow 78: Building Now Experience Components About: TechNow is a monthly show for ServiceNow admins, developers, and builders on a wide variety of platform features.

Brad Tilton

1 minute read

Don’t miss out on the upcoming Virtual Developer Meetups! The ServiceNow Developer Program helps to sponsor 60+ Meetup chapters around the world where you can connect with developers, discuss ServiceNow application development, and learn about new release capabilities. Find an upcoming Meetup here. Why attend a meetup? Developer Meetups are where you’ll get the chance to network, learn from, and bond with a community of like-minded professionals within the ServiceNow developer ecosystem.

Brad Tilton

2 minute read

It’s Now Experience week on the developer blog, and the Now Experience UI Framework had some significant enhancements and new capabilities in the Quebec release. UI Builder The biggest and most obvious of these new capabilities is the new version of UI Builder in Quebec. UI Builder is a WYSIWYG web user interface builder that enables developers to build new pages or customize existing pages for web-based workspace and portal experiences using ServiceNow Experience Components and custom web components.

Chuck Tomasi

2 minute read

On this episode, we will explore setting up and using the new AI Search capability released in Quebec. Crack a beverage and come join us! Topics 03:15 Intros/welcome/beer 07:25 Screen share started 08:00 Audio adjustments 10:00 We now resume our regularly schedule chaos 11:00 First look at AI Search 12:31 Configuring an indexed source 14:25 Field mapping 18:10 Creating a search profile 18:55 Creating the search source 20:02 Synonyms and stop words 21:09 Publishing the search profile 21:35 Checking the index 22:42 Creating a genius result 29:35 Back to the search profile 29:19 Creating a search application configuration 31:47 Search facets 33:50 Testing in UI Builder 37:20 Adjusting the display 38:08 EVAM View Config 40:52 Modifying the view template 48:50 Q: Regular results vs.