Page navigation in Service Portal by URL
- UpdatedJan 30, 2025
- 2 minutes to read
- Yokohama
- Service Portal Designer
You can navigate to a portal or a page in Service Portal using a URL.
Service Portal URLs have the following structure:
https://<instance>/<portal suffix>/<guest language>/<keywords>?id=<page id>&lang=<language>&<page parameters>| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| instance | Unique, secure web address for each instance. The default format is
https://<instance name>.service-now.com. |
| portal suffix | Suffix established for the portal. For example, /sp. |
| guest language | The language ID of the portal language. For example, es for
Spanish. The page returns in the language specified if the language is active and
the user accessing the page is a guest user. |
| keywords | Human readable keywords that improve search engine optimization (SEO) and click-through rates for public pages. Human readable URLs also help users understand what to expect on a page for public and non-public pages. For example, https://<instance>/kb/en/faq/what-is-a-cookie?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0000007. For more information, see Add human readable keywords to page URLs. |
| id | The ID of the page to navigate to within the portal frame. For example,
?id=index. |
| language | The language ID of the portal language. For example, lang=es
for Spanish. The page returns in the language requested if the language is active
and the user accessing the page is a guest user or an authenticated user without a
language preference set. |
| page parameters | Additional parameters are required by some pages to load dynamic content by
looking up a record (table, sys_id). Find the If you don’t include these additional parameters when required, you might get a You are either not authorized or record is not valid error message. |
For example, the URL for a public knowledge base page in Spanish in Service Portal could be
https://<instance>/sp/es/faq/what-is-a-cookie?id=kb_article&sys_id=KB0000007.
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