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Disabling the sidebar navigations on a record in service operations workspace

Badrinarayan
Kilo Sage

 

Step 1 – Select the Service Operations Workspace

  • Once UI Builder is open, you will see a list of available workspaces
  • Look for "Service Operations Workspace" from the list
  • Click on it to open it
  • This workspace is specifically used by service agents and operators to manage incidents, cases, and on-call schedules

Step 2 – Open an SRP Record

  • Inside the Service Operations Workspace, navigate to an SRP (Service Record Page) Record
  • This is the page that displays detailed information about a specific service item like an Incident or Case
  • Click on any record to open it

Step 3 – Navigate to the Tab Sidebar

  • Once the SRP record is open, look at the layout of the page
  • You will notice a Sidebar on the side of the record that contains multiple tabs
  • These tabs are the navigation items that agents use to switch between different sections like On Call Scheduling, Escalations, etc.
  • Click on the "Tab Sidebar" section to select it

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Step 4 – Click on Edit Content

  • After selecting the Tab Sidebar, you will see an option called "Edit Content" which will be highlighted
  • Click on Edit Content
  • This option allows you to manage what appears inside the sidebar tabs

Step 5 – You will be Redirected to "SOW – Sidebar Tabs Top" Page Collection

  • After clicking Edit Content, ServiceNow will automatically redirect you to a page called "SOW – Sidebar Tabs Top"
  • This is a page collection — think of it as a master list that controls all the tabs shown in the sidebar
  • Here you will see all the sidebar navigation items that are currently active and visible in the workspace

Step 6 – Select the Item You Want to Remove

  • Browse through the list of sidebar items shown in the page collection
  • Identify the one you want to disable or hide from the sidebar
  • For this example, we are selecting "On Call Scheduling" to remove it from the sidebar
  • Click on it to open its details

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Step 7 – Open the On Call Escalations SNC Record

  • After selecting On Call Scheduling, it will open the related SNC (ServiceNow Configuration) record
  • In this case, it opens the "On Call Escalations" SNC record
  • This record controls the behavior and visibility of that particular sidebar tab

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Step 8 – Go to Settings and Uncheck the Active Field

  • Inside the SNC record, look for the "Settings" section
  • You will find a field called "Active"
  • By default, this checkbox will be checked (enabled), which means the tab is visible in the sidebar
  • Uncheck the Active checkbox to disable the tab
  • Click Save to apply the changes

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Step 9 – Verify the Changes

  • Go back to the Service Operations Workspace
  • Open any SRP record and look at the sidebar
  • You should now see that "On Call Scheduling" is no longer visible in the sidebar navigation
  • This confirms that the tab has been successfully disabled

 

 

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