Setting notification preferences in Core UI

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    Summary of Setting Notification Preferences in Core UI

    In the ServiceNow AI Platform, users can customize their notification preferences through the Notifications tab in the System Settings window. This functionality allows individuals to manage personal subscriptions and select preferred channels for receiving notifications, enhancing user experience and control over communication.

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    Key Features

    • Search Functionality: Quickly locate specific notifications using a search bar that offers suggestions as you type.
    • Global Notification Toggle: Enable or disable all notifications with a single switch.
    • Channel Management: Create, edit, or delete notification channels, and toggle their activation status.
    • Notification Categories: Browse notifications grouped by categories, allowing easy access to relevant updates.
    • Personal Notifications: Subscribe to notifications that are significant to you, with the ability to set conditions for delivery.
    • Subscription-Based Notifications: Opt-in for notifications that interest you and easily unsubscribe from non-essential messages.

    Key Outcomes

    By effectively managing notification preferences, ServiceNow users can enhance their productivity and ensure they stay informed about critical updates. The Core UI provides an intuitive interface for adjusting settings and preferences, allowing for a tailored notification experience that meets individual needs.

    You can set your own notification preferences, including personal subscriptions and channels for receiving them. All users can set these preferences through the Notifications tab of the System Settings window.

    With the Notifications tab, you can:

    • Search for a specific notification in the list of your notifications.
    • Use a global switch to enable or disable all your notifications.
    • Enable or disable a particular channel for receiving notifications, as well as create, edit, or delete channels.
    • Control the notifications that you receive and apply conditions to restrict notification delivery.
    • Create personal notifications, which are subscriptions to notifications that are important to you.

    Comparison between notification preferences in Core UI and earlier interfaces

    In new and upgraded instances that use the Core UI interface, the System Settings window is the central location for managing your notification preferences for Next Experience. The Notification Preference User Interface plugin (com.glide.notification.preference.ui) is activated by default.

    Figure 1. Notification preferences in Core UI and UI15
    Examples of notification preferences in Core UI System Settings window and UI15 and earlier interfaces
    In UI15 and earlier interfaces:
    • Users set notification preferences through the Notification Preferences link in the User form (Self service > My Notification Preferences).
    • Admins created user devices and set notification preferences for users through the Notification Preferences link in the User form, accessed through the User Administration module (User Administration > Users).
      Note:

      Admins can revert to the UI15 notification preferences interface by setting the glide.notification.preference.UI.enabled property to false.

    Manage your notification preferences in Core UI

    Note:

    To switch to the Core UI from Next Experience, set the property glide.ui.polaris.core.notification_preference.enabled to true.

    To access your notification preferences, click the gear icon (gear icon) in the banner frame, and in the System Settings window, click the Notifications tab. You can also access the System Settings by navigating to Self Service > My Notification Preferences.

    Figure 2. Notifications tab in System Settings window
    Notification settings in the System Settings window
    In the Notifications tab, use the settings in the following table to manage your notifications.
    Setting Description
    Search Search bar for finding notifications.
    To find a notification:
    • Enter the name of the notification you are searching for. When you type the first three characters, the system automatically returns a list of notifications matching the characters entered.
    • Enter two asterisks to return a list of all notifications in alphabetic order (the notifications are not organized by category).
    Allow notifications Global switch for enabling or disabling all notifications.
    Notification channels List of your channels for receiving notifications. Use this section to:
    • Enable or disable a channel by using its toggle switch. If you disable a channel, notifications are not delivered through that channel.
    • Add channels using the Create Channel option.
    • Modify channel information. Click the channel row or the right arrow (>) next to the appropriate channel to edit or delete it.
    Notifications by category List of notification categories that identify and group related notifications. Each category contains the notifications that you can subscribe to.

    To view the notifications in a given category, click the category row or the right arrow (>) next to the appropriate category. You can:

    • Edit settings for a notification:
      • Enable or disable channels for the selected notification.
      • Apply notification conditions, such as schedules and filters, that affect the delivery of the notification.
    • Create personal notifications, which are subscriptions to specific notifications that matter to you.
    Note:
    Subscription-based notifications are not domain aware and cannot support domain-specific settings.