The ServiceNow® UI Builder application is a web user interface builder for building pages for workspaces and portals or custom web experiences with Next Experience Components. UI Builder was enhanced and updated in the Xanadu release.

UI Builder highlights for the Xanadu release

  • Explore a searchable library of videos, guided tours, and product documentation to develop and practice UI Builder skills.
  • Take guided tours to learn about features and complete tasks in UI Builder step-by-step.
  • Improve usability in low-light conditions by using dark theme.
  • Design pages that look good and function well across a variety of form factors such as laptops, tablets, and mobile devices using responsive authoring.
  • Fetch information from multiple data sources and more easily bind the data to components of your choice with a new multi-table data resource right from UI Builder.

See UI Builder for more information.

New in the Xanadu release

Set screen conditions declaratively
Control the visibility of pages using a condition builder as an alternative to writing a script.
Configure contextual sidebar with tabs
The Contextual sidebar component now uses the Tabs component as a foundation instead of viewports for simplified configuration as a vertical set of tabs.
Control page layout for different device sizes
Create tailored pages that are appropriate for different size screens.
Retrieve data from varied sources for a component
More easily add data from different data sources to a single component based on field mappings.
Support for multiple forms on a page
Add multiple forms and form controllers to a single page.

Activation information

UI Builder is active by default. You can update to the latest version of UI Builder by downloading it from the ServiceNow Store.

Browser requirements

Internet Explorer isn't supported for UI Builder.