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Issue:
If you’ve ever built a workspace in ServiceNow with tabbed forms, you might’ve run into this: you leave a required field empty, hit Save, and the error message shows up inside the tab instead of in the main page body.
It’s confusing for users and easy to miss, especially when the error is tucked away in a tab that’s not even visible.
Resolution:
Turns out, this is a known behavior when forms are embedded in tabs without the correct setup. ServiceNow explains it in KB1585120: if the data resource is not configured properly, validation messages won’t show up where users expect them — in the body of the page.
Make sure the data resource (CONTROLLER or CLIENT_STATE) has the parameter "Display form errors as page alerts" set to true.
