Is there a way to clone a widget from one instance into another?

[Maxwell3]

Hello all,

Is there a way to clone the widget from one instance into another? When I drag the 'announcement' widget onto my page, i cannot see the widget in 'edit' mode but in 'preview' mode all I see is this: {{::c.options.title}}, where the widget is supposed to be. I have two instances, on my other instance the widget works fine. I tried to copy and paste the HTML, CSS, Client Script and Server Script from the working widget into a cloned widget into my other instance, but it still does not display. 

Is there some other issue that I should be more concerned about? I really need this widget to function properly on this instance.

[SanjivMeher]

See if dependencies are added to the widget. Also you can take an export XML from the other instance and import it.

[Maxwell3]

Thank you for the reply Sanjiv, I checked the dependencies and I added 'Angular-ellipsis' to the widget. I could try importing and exporting the widget. I am having the same issue another widget as well, could it be a setting in the instance? When I drag and drop the widgets into the page in edit mode, the widgets are not visible and they are uneditable, but when I go into preview mode, this is what I see. I have copy/pasted the code from my other instance and I still get the same errors.

[SanjivMeher]

You need to check the widget HTML. I think you also need to pass some input to it to make it work

[ad1000]

Hi Vutana,

Not sure if you were able to resolve your issue; I had a similar problem with copying/pasting all of the widget elements HTML, CSS, Client & Server Script + Angular dependencies, Angular Templates.

My issue was that I created the new widget in a completely different Application scope from my original.

This is a hint you should check out your scope:

             When I drag and drop the widgets into the page in edit mode, the widgets are not visible and they are uneditable, but               when I go into preview mode, this is what I see. I have copy/pasted the code from my other instance and I still get the same                     errors.

    

Once I changed my scope to the correct application for the Service Portal widget I was attempting to edit; my edits were saved.

Here's a link to ServiceNow's product documentation if you need to search for how to change your scope: https://docs.servicenow.com/

All the best!