Extension SN Launcher: supercharge your workflow on ServiceNow instance

Cheng2
ServiceNow Employee

on ‎10-23-2023 03:48 AM

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When developing on a local dev env or working on any ServiceNow instance, efficient navigation between application menus, records, and scopes, quickly searching documentation are critical for productive workflows.


SN Launcher empowers developers to rapidly search across all application menus, instantly access desired records, history operations, switch application scopes, and lookup documentation - all accelerating development cycles. By optimising lookup and navigation, SN Launcher enhances developer productivity within the ServiceNow platform 🙌

 

Key features:

🔍  Fuzzy search and navigate instance menus in a command bar
🚀  Action mode

  • search by sysid (activated by inputting valid sysid or choose find record action manually)
  • shortcut go to record list or new record page (activated with valid input or choose goto action manually)
  • switching between application scopes
  • history entries
  • search ServiceNow developer documentation
  • search Next Experience components

⌨️  Always ready for input, mouse free navigation
🌙  Dark mode

 

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Happy building 🚀

Comments
Peter Bodelier
Giga Sage
‎10-23-2023 03:53 AM

Hi @Cheng2,

 

Looks good, but I guess it's a simplified version of snUtils by @Arnoud Kooi ?

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Cheng2
ServiceNow Employee
‎10-23-2023 04:14 AM

Thanks @Peter Bodelier,

 

This extension is specifically focused on providing a fast and fuzzy search capability that searches across all application menus, scopes, histories, records, frequently used entries, and shortcuts to search developer documentation and components, it aims to optimise the search experience. I think snUtils offers a more extensive toolkit covering more use cases.

Feedbacks are more than welcome anytime you get a chance to give a try.

 

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Peter Bodelier
Giga Sage
‎10-23-2023 04:40 AM

Thanks for the additional explanation.

I'll give it a try, and will come back to you with additional feedback. Mainly wondering whether the 2 extensions are going to bite eachother 😉

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Cheng2
ServiceNow Employee
‎10-23-2023 05:09 AM

Cheers @Peter Bodelier.

 

As the author of this extension, I see it as more of a complement to other tools. My original motivation was that I'm personally a big fan of intuitive command bar interfaces and keyboard/mouse-free navigating 😀. I also often find myself in situations where I don't know exactly what I'm looking for, just a few fuzzy clues, that's where fuzzy search comes in super handy!

 

Hope you have a good experience with it.

Peter Bodelier
Giga Sage
‎10-23-2023 05:15 AM

@Cheng2,

 

So far it's working great. I had to setup the keyboard shortcut manually after installing, but that's it.

I love your interface, it's more readable than snUtils, and it works very intuitive.

So far I don't see any problem using both tools next to eachother.

However, since Arnoud is now also your colleague, it may be a good idea to collaborate and provide us with one tool that gives us the best of both worlds. 🙂