Setting notification preferences in Core UI
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Summary of Setting notification preferences in Core UI
ServiceNow users can manage their notification preferences through the Notifications tab in the System Settings window within the Core UI interface. This centralized location allows users to control how and when they receive notifications by setting personal subscriptions, managing notification channels, and applying delivery conditions.
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The Core UI notification preferences replace the older UI15 method, streamlining user control and enabling a more intuitive experience for Next Experience users. Administrators retain the option to revert to the UI15 interface if needed via system properties.
Managing Notification Preferences
Users access notification preferences by clicking the gear icon in the banner and selecting the Notifications tab or navigating to Self Service > My Notification Preferences. Key capabilities include:
- Search: Quickly find specific notifications by typing at least three characters or use double asterisks to list all notifications alphabetically.
- Allow Notifications: A global toggle to enable or disable all notifications at once.
- Notification Channels: Manage channels through which notifications are delivered, such as email accounts or voice systems. Users can enable/disable channels, create new ones, or edit and delete existing channels.
- Notifications by Category: View and manage notifications grouped by related categories. Users can subscribe to notifications, enable or disable channels for specific notifications, and apply conditions such as schedules and filters to customize delivery.
- Personal Notifications: Create custom subscriptions to notifications that are important to the user, allowing proactive control over notifications received.
Notification Channels and Conditions
Users can add, modify, or delete notification channels to tailor how they receive alerts. Channels represent delivery methods like email or voice messages. Additionally, users can set notification conditions and filters to refine when and how notifications are sent, including enabling or disabling email digests and individual notifications by channel.
Important Considerations
- Subscription-based notifications are not domain aware and do not support domain-specific settings.
- To enable Core UI notification preferences in Next Experience, ensure the property
glide.ui.polaris.core.notificationpreference.enabledis set to true. - Administrators can switch back to the UI15 notification preferences interface by setting
glide.notification.preference.UI.enabledto false.
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.
- Users set notification preferences through the Notification Preferences link in the User form ().
- 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 (). 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
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 () in the banner frame, and in the System Settings window, click the
Notifications tab. You can also access the System Settings by navigating
to .
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Search | Search bar for finding notifications. To find a notification:
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| Allow notifications | Global switch for enabling or disabling all notifications. |
| Notification channels | List of your channels for receiving notifications. Use this section to:
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| 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:
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