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# Tutorial part 1: Get to know ServiceNow Studio

# Tutorial part 1: Get to know ServiceNow Studio {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 4 minutes to read

This first section covers navigating around ServiceNow Studio, using the search features, grouping tabs by scope, and filtering the files list by app, file type, recent, and bookmarked.

## Use search features in ServiceNow Studio {#ariaid-title2}

Learn how to use ServiceNow Studio search features.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin or delegated_developer

### Procedure

1. Log into your instance as Elsa Timonen.
2. Navigate to AllApp EngineServiceNow Studio.
3. **Optional:** Make ServiceNow Studio a platform favorite by selecting the star next to the module name.
4. Select the search box.  
   You can use the ctrl + / (or command + /) keyboard shortcut to send focus to the search box.

5. Enter <kbd class="ph userinput">employee profile</kbd>.  
   You can filter the top search results by files, tables, or apps.
6. Select Tables, and open the Employee profile table.  
   The Employee Profile table definition opens in Table Builder in a new ServiceNow Studio tab.
7. Reopen the search bar by using the ctrl + / (or command + /) keyboard shortcut.
8. Enter <kbd class="ph userinput">Incident</kbd>, and open the Incident table.
9. Use the search shortcut again and open the employee_profile script include.
10. View the three open tabs in ServiceNow Studio.  
    * Employee Profile table
    * Incident table
    * employee_profile script include

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    ServiceNow Studio has a strong focus on work organization.
11. Group these file tabs by scope by selecting your user profile picture in the top right corner of the screen.  
12. Select Studio Settings, and turn on the Group tables by app scope setting.  
    The open files are now grouped by application scope. Each scope is represented by a different color.

## Navigate the Apps view in ServiceNow Studio {#ariaid-title3}

Find and bookmark your applications in the Apps tab in ServiceNow Studio.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin or delegated_developer

### Procedure

1. Select the Apps icon (![apps icon]()).
2. In the filter box, enter <kbd class="ph userinput">Employee Profile</kbd>.
3. Using the filter icon (![filter icon]()), select Store.  
4. Select the Employee Profile app to load its files.
5. Scroll down and select the Table category to open it.
6. Hover over the Employee Profile table and select Add to bookmarks.
7. Select the more options icon (![more options icon]()), and toggle on the Show parent categories option.  
   This option organizes the file categories into groups with other similar categories. For example, Table and Form are grouped under the Data parent category.
8. In the filter box, enter <kbd class="ph userinput">Employee Profile</kbd>.
9. Select the collapse all icon (![collapse all]()).
10. Expand the Server Development category.
11. Locate and bookmark the Enforce unique user for Employee Profile business rule.

## Navigate the File Categories view in ServiceNow Studio {#ariaid-title4}

Find and bookmark files in the File Categories view.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin or delegated_developer

### Procedure

1. Select the File Categories icon (![file categories icon]()).  
   Note:  
   In this view, until a category is selected, the filter box will search the name of file categories, not file names or metadata.
2. In the filter box, enter <kbd class="ph userinput">flow</kbd>.
3. Under the Automation category, select Flow.  
   Note:  
   All flows across all application scopes are shown.
4. In the filter navigator, select the back icon (![back icon]()).
5. Clear the filter box and enter <kbd class="ph userinput">rule</kbd>.
6. Under Server Development, select Business Rule.
7. Select Open list.
8. In the integrated tab that opens, open the list filter and add a new condition: Table - is - incident.  
   You can use traditional list filtering by opening the file category list view.

9. Select Run.
10. Scroll down and open the incident autoclose business rule.
11. Close all open files by selecting the X on each tab.

## Use bookmarks in ServiceNow Studio {#ariaid-title5}

Bookmarks provide developers with a way to compile a list of files across application scopes, including global platform features.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin or delegated_developer

### Procedure

1. Select the Bookmarks tab.
2. Open the Employee Profile table.
3. Remove the bookmark on the Enforce unique user for Employee Profile business rule by hovering over the file and selecting the X.
4. Confirm the action by selecting Remove.

## Open recently used files in ServiceNow Studio {#ariaid-title6}

Recently opened files keeps a record of a developer's work as they go. Use recent files in combination with bookmarks to navigate back to files quickly and keep the number of open files down to reduce clutter and increase
focus.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin or delegated_developer

### Procedure

1. Select the Recent tab.
2. Find and open the incident autoclose and Enforce unique user for Employee Profile business rules from the recent files list.

## Change a file in ServiceNow Studio {#ariaid-title7}

Update files as you work in ServiceNow Studio. Save and close or keep tabs open as you work.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin or delegated_developer

### Procedure

1. Open the Enforce unique user for Employee Profile business rule tab.
2. In the When to run section, select Insert.
3. Attempt to close the Enforce unique user for Employee Profile business rule tab.  
   Note:  
   There is a red dot on the tab indicating that there are unsaved changes to this file.
4. **Optional:** Select Close tab to close the tab without saving your changes.
5. **Optional:** Select Cancel to keep the file open.

## View scope and create a new update set in ServiceNow Studio {#ariaid-title8}

View the scope and update set for each application file in the bottom left corner of the file screen. Create new update sets here as needed.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin or delegated_developer

### Procedure

1. On the Enforce unique user for Employee Profile file, select the Default text in the Update Set widget.
2. Select New, and enter <kbd class="ph userinput">bootcamp</kbd> for the name.
3. Select Save.
4. Select Apply.
5. Save the change you made to the Enforce unique user for Employee Profile business rule by selecting Update.
6. Navigate home by selecting the ServiceNow Studio icon.
7. Open the Deployment tab.
8. From the list of update sets, select and open the Application: Employee Profile group.
9. Open the bootcamp update set.
10. View the changes to the Enforce unique user for Employee Profile file under the Customer Updates related list.

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