Insert an image into your article, incident, or other form record

[heidi_schnakenb]

If you've ever tried to copy and paste an image or screenshot into your incident form, article, or other ServiceNow record, you may have found that it doesn't always work as expected, depending on your browser capabilities, device type, form view, and other factors. The best way to get an image into your forms is to insert the image or attach it. There have been quite a few community conversations around copying and pasting images, but until we can guarantee the same pasted results in terms of formatting and size across all devices, UI types, and browser versions, and all html form fields, the ability to copy and paste images is not a supported function.

The best way to ensure quality and insertion of an image is to use the insert image or the attachment function.

To insert an image into a Knowledge Base article:

1. Within the KB article, click the space where you want the image to appear.

2. On the toolbar, click the Insert/edit image icon.

3. In Type, select Attachment.

4. In Image, click New Attachment Image or Choose File (either option will open your files).

5. Navigate to the desired image and select the image.

6. Click Open.

7. Click Attach.

8. Click OK.

If you need to adjust the size of the image, click the image to bring up the sizing handles and adjust as needed.

Insert an image within an Incident, Change, or Problem form:

Use the attachment option to add an image or screenshot.

1.       Navigate to the Incident, Change, or Problem form.

2.       Click the Manage Attachments paper clip in the top right corner of the form.

3.       Click the Choose Files button to bring up your files.

4.       Select the desired image or screenshot file and click Open.

5.       Click Attach in the Attachments dialog box. The file is then attached to the form.

6.       Click Close to close the dialog box.

For additional information on inserting images and attaching files, please see the following articles:

Copy and paste from Word does not insert images into KB

Using HTML Fields

Uploading Attachments

Adding Media to HTML Fields

We will keep you posted on future efforts to streamline copy/paste capabilities across all possible interfaces and forms.

[jnovack]

Yes, because every time I want to insert an item from my clipboard, I want to save it as a file, click the attach button, find the file, and click upload.

Very helpful and relevant in 2016.

[jean-lucchatton]

I've published a new version that support other tables and not only the incident one

Reference in Share:

- Subject = Attach screenshots to incident from clipboard

- Link = ServiceNow Share

[Rohant Joshi2]

Not sure if any of you faced issue while inserting image on KB article and got a prompt to provide Username and Password.

We are on Istanbul release.

[bianca_vaccarin]

Looks like this is on a developer instance. It could be that your instance went to sleep if it is a stale window? I would post your user case in the Instance Help area of the community and the developer program people can assist.

[krishnasundar]

Hi,

We too facing the same issue in our production instance. Could you please share us the solution you found ??

Thanks !

[Slava Savitsky]

Hi everyone,

The possibility to paste screenshots into journal fields has been suggested as a product enhancement on the Idea Portal:

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=view_idea&sysparm_idea_id=7ef66823dbacc0d014d6fb24399619c1&sysparm_idea_table=x_snc_com_ideation_idea&sysparm_module_id=enhancement_requests

Feel free to vote on it. The more votes it gets, the more likely it is to be implemented soon.

[Bassam]

Hello,

I love the idea of putting pictures in your locations table. I would like to do the same for my company  but I honestly do not how to? 

Can you please guide me in the right direction? 

We want to upload pictures of our properties including the network set up so our IT staff can refer to them when troubleshooting. 

Thank you!