A list of example URLs that demonstrate ways to open pages in the ServiceNow application.

Open a form with preset values

Schema: https://<baseURL>/nav_to.do?uri=<table name>.do?sys_id=-1&sysparm_query=<field=value>

Description Example
Opens a new Incident form in the standard interface with a priority of 1 and an incident state of Awaiting Problem. https://<instance name>.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=incident.do?sys_id=-1&sysparm_query=priority=1^incident_state=3
You can also use JavaScript to access GlideSystem methods. The following example creates the same type of incident as above, and also populates the caller ID with the current user ID. https://<instance name>.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=incident.do?sys_id=-1&sysparm_query=priority=1^incident_state=3^caller_id=javascript:gs.getUserID()

Open an existing record with preset values

Schema: https://<baseURL>/nav_to.do?uri=<table name>.do?sys_id=<sys_id>

Description Example
Opens the incident record with the sys_id 966c9a414f5593001f6eac118110c75c https://<instance name>.service-now.com/incident.do?sys_id=966c9a414f5593001f6eac118110c75c
Opens the incident record with the number INC0010001 https://<instance name>.service-now.com/incident.do?sysparm_query=number=INC0010001

View a list of incidents

Schemas for the following examples:
  • https://<baseURL>/nav_to.do?uri=<table name>_list.do
  • https://<baseURL>/<table name>_list.do
Description Example
Opens a list of all incidents with (example 1) the navigation frame. https://<instance name>.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=incident_list.do
Opens a list of all incidents without the navigation frame. https://<instance name>.service-now.com/incident_list.do

View a list of attachments

Schema: https://<baseURL>/nav_to.do?uri=<table name>_list.do

Description Example
Opens the Attachments table in list view. https://<instance name>.service-now.com/sys_attachment_list.do

View a filtered list

Schema: https://<baseURL>/nav_to.do?uri=<table name>_list.do?sysparm_query=<field=value>

Description Example
Returns a list of active incidents with high escalation in the standard interface. https://<instance name>.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=incident_list.do?sysparm_query=active=true^escalation=2

Return a file

Schema: https://<baseURL>/nav_to.do?uri=<table name>_list.do?sysparm_<sysparmTypeOrField=value>&CSV

Description Example
Returns a comma-separated value file of records in the Incident table that meet the query conditions. https://<instance name>.service-now.com/nav_to.do?uri=incident_list.do?sysparm_query=active=false&CSV