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what is the difference between serviceportal and Now Experience UI Framework (workspace builder)in orlando

bsrikanth
Tera Contributor

I am learning servicenow new orlando work space builder using this link
https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/guide/orlando/now-experience/cli/development-flow/
can anyone tell me the difference between the service portal and UI Framework using node environment.
Is portal is going to replaced by this new CLI framework.

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Ashutosh Munot1
Kilo Patron
Kilo Patron

HI,

Service Portal is like a Portal where you can order items and track your ticket, approve tickets.

 

UI framework is for Agent workspace where you can edit your agent workspace where you work on records like Incident,problem,alerts,etc.

 

Thanks,
Ashutosh

olivierbousquet
Tera Expert

Hi Bsrikanth,

The difference is ... huge.

For Service Portal :

- ServiceNow provides a framework with its own UI concepts (widgets, pages, etc),

- ServiceNow provides available components based on those concepts,

- You can assemble those components to create your own components,

- You can take advantage of AngularJs to enrich your pages,

- It is possible to create single page app in it.

For Now Experience UI :

- ServiceNow provides another framework with its own UI concepts (widgets, pages, etc.)

- ServiceNow provides available components based on those concepts,

- You can assemble those components to create your own components,

- It is compatible with recent standard Web Components concept (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components), very powerfull,

- It is possible to create workspace in it,

- It is clearly the future of ServiceNow UI if you need to develop brandnew UI solutions,

- It is not clear wether you can use other frameworks (Angular, React) in it,

- It is also young = time will tell how long it will take it to be mature for non-ServiceNow developers usage, wether now or in later releases.

 

I hope it helps,

Best regards, Olivier.

 

Vishakha
Mega Guru

Hi,

Service Portal:

Service Portal is a portal framework that allows administrators to build a mobile-friendly self service experience for users. It interacts with parts of the Now Platform, so users can access specific platform features using Service Portal. It is an alternative to the Content Management System(CMS) based on more modern technologies.

Now Experience UI Framework:

The Now Experience Design System and UI Framework have been created to provide a clean, modern way for Developers and Designers to craft cohesive, consumer-grade user experiences on the Now Platform. It is built using the latest web standards, including Web Components, and is designed to be enduring and backward compatible. You can read more about the motivation behind the Now Experience from the team that built it.

 

Kindly mark it as helpful and correct, if applicable.

Thanks and Regards,

Vishakha

Mark210
Kilo Explorer

Hello!

 

I have been researching this myself.

 

Currently, it appears that Now-Components and the new Now Experience UI Framework is only limited to Agent Workspace. I have beent trying to find resources on now learning, on-demand seminars, and a few other avenues to no avail. I am expecting more information should be released/coming.

 

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/guide/orlando/now-experience/ui-framework/getting-started/...

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/libraries/orlando/now-components