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# Service Catalog home page configuration

# Service Catalog home page configuration {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Zurich
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* Updated July 31, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

The home page for a Service Catalog provides the primary front end for ordering items within that catalog. You can configure various elements of the pages within the Service Catalog.  
Important:  
The functionality found in homepages, arranging information from your instance to tell a story about your data, is found in dashboards on new instances. On upgraded instances with Next Experience enabled, users can view existing homepages if they have a direct URL, but they can't create or edit them. Responsive dashboards and Analytics Center dashboards take over homepage functionality.{#c_ManagingTheHomepageForACatalog__deprecation}

Use the [Homepage
deprecation help tool](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=homepage-deprecation-help-tool&version=zurich&pubname=zurich-now-intelligence&ft:locale=en-US) to convert the homepages on your instance to responsive dashboards.{#c_ManagingTheHomepageForACatalog__deprecation-tool}  
For more information, see:

* [Dashboards in the Analytics Center](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=analytics-center-dashboards&version=zurich&pubname=zurich-now-intelligence&ft:locale=en-US).
* [Working with responsive dashboards](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_ResponsiveDashboards&version=zurich&pubname=zurich-now-intelligence&ft:locale=en-US).
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Administrators and catalog administrators can design a home page in any of the following ways.

* Customizing the catalog home page.
* Adding, removing, and arranging categories.
* Enabling content types.
* Using catalog properties to provide additional control over behavior and appearance.
* Using renderers to define the appearance of categories.

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Note:  
End users can access the catalog through the customizable user home page, or with content management pages that use content blocks for categories.
* **[Configure search and navigation](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/xqKJ1Oe1YvDc9AFXyvcWlA)**   
  You can use service catalog properties to configure search and navigation within the service catalog homepage.
* **[Configure preview](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/epTiGlWuroCjsAI9PAn3YQ#t_ConfigureMoreInformationDisplays)**   
  Configure the number of items that have the Preview section expanded to display item details. You can also change the default number (5) of items and categories that display, and hide the Exists in categories information.
* **[Create a renderer](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/I3Hl4VTa3DwIS4G7QAPMSw#t_CreatingOrModifyingRenderers)**   
  Create or modify renderers using UI macros to provide the rendering instructions. Renderers define a specific look and feel for a catalog or category.
* **[Customize a catalog homepage](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/T1_NucLRBWvwRipZMa_OOg#t_CustomizingTheHomepageForACatalog)**   
  Customize a catalog homepage to provide end users with access to catalogs from one homepage.
* **[Customize the multi-catalog homepage](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/m9TJ2MtLYHFS1I9BVsjKUA)**   
  Customize the multi-catalog homepage to provide end users with access to multiple catalogs from one homepage.
* **[Show item details in sections or pop-ups](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/w4UjZGlzsm88GBmuPKmc7Q)**   
  By default, a service catalog category displays the first two items with the preview section expanded to show item details. You can change the number of items that are previewed, or change the preview to appear in a pop-up window.