Embedded Widget in ServiceNow Service Portal

Embedding a widget within another widget could easily be done in ServiceNow Service Portal. In this piece, we will be exploring the widget HTML element and spModal class to develop parent and nested widgets: Fictional Character Change Request widget that embeds Selected Fictional Character widget, and a modal page that holds the Fictional Characters widget. …

Execute Asynchronous Functions in ServiceNow Widget

Executing a single or multiple asynchronous functions and use their responses once they are all completely processed could easily be performed in ServiceNow widget using AngularJS $q constructor. In this piece, let us create a basic widget that performs both a single asynchronous call to a Scripted API, and multiple asynchronous calls to distinct Scripted APIs …

Auto-Refresh Data in ServiceNow Widget

While there are several options to auto-refresh data in our widget, we would prefer to programatically use the $watch method and/or $interval wrapper of AngularJS the following text will discuss. In this piece, we will create a basic widget that will use the $watch method to auto-refresh the "Current Date/Time" value, and the $interval wrapper …

Communication Between Service Portal Widgets in ServiceNow

In this piece, we assume that you have read already our previous notes on Service Portal Widget in ServiceNow .  This time, we will add another widget that communicates with our User Information widget in our previous piece. Our new widget, Select User will simply provide a facility to select a user to be displayed in …

Service Portal Widget in ServiceNow

When I have started to explore ServiceNow a year ago, I have studied Service Portal widget before all others. And I have started realizing how powerful ServiceNow is with Service Portal widget along with other features of the platform. It is unfortunate however, that only now that get a chance to write some notes on …