Field watcher in Next Experience

[Eivind Sandnes]

Is there a secret way of making the Field Eatcher work in Next Experience?

My client is on SD Patch 3 but the watcher doesn't pop up like it used to.

Even clicking the bug-icon as stated here doesn't work: https://docs.servicenow.com/en-US/bundle/sandiego-application-development/page/script/debugging/concept/c_FieldWatcher.html

Is this a known error?

[Sagar Pagar]

Hi @Eivind B. Sandnes,

To enable the field watcher in San Diego instances, you have to switch back to UI16.

You can switch back to UI16 through toggle button "Disable Unified Navigation". You can enable this by enabling the system property - glide.ui.polaris.on_off_user_pref_enabled

For more details. please go through my article - Enabling Toggle button to switch Next experience UI

Thanks,
Sagar Pagar

[Eivind Sandnes]

It still doesn't make the watcher show in Next but it is a nice workaround for troubleshooting.

Thanks!

[Sagar Pagar]

Hi @Eivind B. Sandnes,

Once you switch back to UI16, you can enable the Field watcher in developer options.

Thanks,
Sagar Pagar

[Eivind Sandnes]

But it doesn't stay enabled once you switch back to Next, which is what I want. Does it on your instance?