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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

View the Reports list

View a list of reports and create reports from the Reports list.

Standard platform Access Control Lists (ACLs) govern access to reports in the reports list. For information about the ACLs used to control access to reports, see Access control list rules.

Note: On instances with Unified Analytics enabled, and on new Australia instances, both Core UI reports and Platform Analytics experience visualizations are found in the Platform Analytics library. For more information, see Exploring the Data Visualizations library.

You can sort and filter the search results using the standard report list controls, by selecting tabs, column headings, or the favorites icon (

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Module star select\).

Navigate to All > Platform Analytics > Library > Data Visualizations to open the Reports list. Select the gear icon (

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Gear icon\) next to the **New** button to configure the columns displayed in the Reports list.
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Report list configuration window

You can filter the Reports list with the following tabs:

TabDescription
My reportsReports that you created.
GroupReports that have been shared with you and with the groups that you are a member of.
GlobalReports that are available to everyone.
AllAll reports that you have access to (Global, Group, and My reports).

Select the star icon (

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Favorites icon.\) to show only your Favorites in the Reports list. Select the X next to **Favorites filtering is on** to show all reports you are allowed to see.
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The reports list - only favorites shown

If you have the report_admin or admin roles, you also see these columns on the Reports list.

ColumnDescription
ScheduledIndicates that the report is scheduled to run in the future. You can schedule regular emailing of reports.
PublishedIf the report is published, this column shows a check mark (
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True\).|

Parent Topic:Using reporting

Viewing favorite reports

You can show either all reports or only those reports marked as favorites. Reports can be marked favorite both automatically and manually.

To toggle between showing only favorite reports and showing all reports, click the favorites icon (

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Module star select\) in the list header.

Note: Favorites filtering is persistent. If you chose to show only favorites the last time you viewed the Reports list, then only favorites are shown the next time. Click the favorites icon or the Favorites filtering is on button to show all reports you have the rights to view in the selected category. The My reports category is selected by default when you open the Reports list.

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Report favorites

A report is automatically marked as a favorite when you open it. You can manually mark a report as a favorite by clicking the star icon beside the report title.

To turn off the automatic marking of reports as favorites, disable the user preference glide.ui.nav.auto_favorite. For more information, see User preferences .

View report owners

Report owners are not shown by default on the reports list, but you can add a column to show the user who created the report. Usually, the creator is the owner. The owner is also the person responsible for the process - the meaning of the data underlying the visualization.

Before you begin

Role required: report_admin

Note: On instances with Unified Analytics enabled, and on new Australia instances, both Core UI reports and Platform Analytics experience data visualizations are found in the Platform Analytics library. Navigate to All > Platform Analytics > Library > Data Visualizations. For more information, see Exploring the Data Visualizations library.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Platform Analytics > Library > Data Visualizations.

  2. Select the Personalize List icon

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to show the Edit columns option.

  1. Move Created by up the list so that it is visible.
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How to add the Created by column to a list of report visualizations
  1. Select Apply.

Reports list URL parameters

You can add parameters to the Reports list URL to filter the list before it loads.

Note: On instances with Unified Analytics enabled, and on new Australia instances, both Core UI reports and Platform Analytics experience data visualizations are found in the Platform Analytics library. Navigate to All > Platform Analytics > Library > Data Visualizations. For more information, see Exploring the Data Visualizations library.

Reports list URL structure

The URL structure is https://<instance-name>.service-now.com/report_home.do?<parameter_name>=<parameter-value>.

For example, the URL https://yourbusiness.service-now.com/report_home.do?jvar_selected_tab=MyReports returns the Reports list with the My Reports tab selected.

Parameters

The following parameters are available for Reports list URLs:

ParameterPossible values
jvar\_selected\_tabShows the Reports list with the specified tab selected. Use these values:- myReports - groupReports - globalReports - allReports
jvar\_search\_tableFilter reports created on a specified table. For example, the parameter `jvar_search_table=incident` shows only the reports created on the incident table.
jvar\_list\_order\_by

Sorts the list on one of these columns: - type - title - table - modificationDate - scheduled - published - createdBy

For example https://yourbusiness.service-now.com/report_home.do?jvar_list_order_by=table returns the list sorted by the source table of the report.

Note: Use jvar_list_sort_direction to specify ascending or descending order.

jvar\_list\_sort\_directionSpecifies the direction of the sort. - asc — Sorts the list in ascending order - desc — Sorts the list in descending order
sysparm\_reportqueryFilters the reports with names that contain the specified value, for example: `sysparm_reportquery=Active` returns reports with the string `Active` in the title.
jvar\_search\_created\_bythe user who has created the report for example: `https://yourbusiness.service-now.com/report_home.do?jvar_selected_tab=allReports&jvar_search_created_by=itil` returns the reports created by the user with user name itil.
sysparm\_queryEnables you to filter on any condition in platform condition builder format. For example, `https://yourbusiness.service-now.com/report_home.do?sysparm_query=titleSTARTSWITHPRB&table!=incident`. For more information, see Condition builder.