Comments on: What you may not know about Forms, Form Sections, and Views

By: Venkata Ramesh

Venkata Ramesh — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:09:34 +0000

Hi that is really helpful to understand form section I am trying to hide the Configuration section on cmdb_ci_solar_server table through client script, the actual problem I am facing hear is two sections are there with Configuration name for two different views one is for Default view another is for Compliance.

When I ran that script Default view section is hidden but Compliance one is not hiding please I believe that names for sections are different but I am not find the names, please let me know how can we fix this issue.

By: genna

genna — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:29:01 +0000

In reply to Mark Stanger. Oh. There shouldn't be a limit. Oh well.

By: Mark Stanger

Mark Stanger — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:27:47 +0000

In reply to genna. Standard ServiceNow forms only support a 2-column layout currently.

By: genna

genna — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:26:08 +0000

HI, how do I create 3 columns of a number of fields aligned to each other? I am only able to make 2 splits, 3rd column goes at the bottom.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:35:09 +0000

In reply to Mark Stanger. Thx for that tip: I added "Self Service" as view, and then you get errors. After adding "ess", you see that it is automatically translated to Self Service

By: Mark Stanger

Mark Stanger — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:18:07 +0000

In reply to Martijn. You can use an existing view for extra tables without issue. Just be sure to use the true existing view name when adding the view for the table. For example, if I wanted to use the 'Self service' view for the change request table, I could just specify 'ess' when personalizing and adding the view.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:03:10 +0000

“Views should always be created through the â€˜Personalize Formâ€™ or â€˜Personalize Listâ€™ UI. The only reason you would need to modify a view record is if you want to change the name of the view”
Or if you want to use an existing view for extra tables, for instance creating a Self Service (ess) view for Change Request. (though I’m still trying to figure out how to make that work properly. I have bad experiences in manipulating forms and sections in their applications and getting the information safely on the other site through an update set)

By: Mark Stanger

Mark Stanger — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:21:43 +0000

In reply to Chris.

You can’t arrange all of the tabs in a row, but it’s possible to embed a related list in your form section. I hate embedded lists because they really don’t work the same way as standard related lists and they’re difficult to manipulate with client scripts. I wouldn’t recommend it but here’s the link to show you how it’s done.
http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=Embedded_Lists

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:14:15 +0000

Hi Mark,

Is it possible or have you ever seen a request to align the Related List Sections with the Form Sections? So lets say you’re looking at a change request form and you want to see the ‘approvers’ related list next to the ‘schedule’ section when viewing form in tab view?

By: Mark Stanger

Mark Stanger — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:48:05 +0000

In reply to akshat chawla. The default view/form section of a parent table is automatically used if you access an extension of that table without any default view/form defined. Other than that, there's no way to inherit form sections. They're all explicitly defined for each table.