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Service Portal properties

Service Portal properties control aspects of the portal experience for admin and end users.

The most commonly used Service Portal properties are set on the Service Portal properties page. Some less commonly used properties are available only from the System Properties [sys_properties] table.

You can access the properties listed in the following table by navigating to All > Service Portal > Properties.

PropertyDescription

Default 404 page (page ID or sp_page sys_id) for Service Portal

glide.service_portal.default_404_page

Set the default page that your users see whenever a page can’t load properly.- Type: string - Default value: 404 - Learn more: Assign a default error page The string must match the name of the page exactly.

Show a message to admin users in Service Portal pages if a browser error is encountered

glide.sp.show_console_error

- Type: true \| false - Default value: true

Maximum number of stream entries displayed in Service Portal (activity widget, conversation widget, and so on)

glide.service_portal.stream_entry_limit

Limit the number of entries users can see in the ticket conversation widget. Users only see the most recent entries and can’t go further back in the history than the maximum allowed amount.- Type: integer - Default value: 100

Duration (in seconds) info and error messages persist in the Service Portal before auto-dismissal

glide.service-portal.notification_timeout.seconds

Set the duration in seconds that non-critical notifications remain on the screen before they are auto-dismissed. If set to 0, messages do not auto-dismiss and require that a user close them. - Type: integer - Default value: 5 Critical notifications should be tagged with the `sn-sticky-notification` HTML class attribute to prevent them from being automatically dismissed. If the glide.ui.accessibility preference is enabled, messages don’t auto-dismiss, regardless of the system property value. To set this preference, see Enabling accessibility features.
Default sort order for announcementsglide.service_portal.announcement.default_sort_orderDefine the sort order for banner announcements. - Type: choice list - Default value: Start Date Descending Options include: - Start Date Ascending: The oldest start date appears first. - Start Date Descending: The most recent start date appears first. - End Date Ascending: The oldest end date appears first. - End Date Descending: The most recent end date appears first.
Enable debug runtime informationglide.sp.debugControls whether the Angular.js flag $compileProvider.debugInfoEnabled is set to true or false. This option allows debug runtime information in the compiler, such as adding binding information and a reference to the current scope on to DOM elements. This property is turned off by default to improve performance on the instance. - Type: true \| false - Default value: false

If user criteria [com.glide.service-portal.user-criteria] is enabled, the following properties also appear in the Service Portal properties page:

You can access the properties listed in the following table in the System Properties [sys_properties] table.

PropertyDescription
glide.service_portal.enable_acls_for_encoded_query_in_list

Option to always enforce read ACLs for filter conditions specified in Simple List widget instances. If false, the Enforce field-level Read ACLs on Filter query terms option in Simple List widget instances determines whether to enforce the ACLs.

glide.service_portal.enable_human_readable_urlsOption to allow configuring human readable keywords in portal page URLs for the instance. - Type: true \| false - Default value: true - For more information, see Add human readable keywords to page URLs.
glide.service_portal.enforce_cross_scope_check_in_formOption to enforce validating cross-scope privileges to a table when the form widget fetches data from a table.- Type: true \| false - Default value: true - For more information, see Form widget.
glide.service-portal.notification.thresholdSpecify how many notifications should appear before users have the option to clear all notifications at once. - Type: integer - Default value: 5
glide.service_portal.sso.early_redirect.portals

Redirects users to the SSO Identify Provider (IdP) login page without first redirecting them to the portal login page. Provide a comma-separated list of portal suffixes.Note: If your portal uses a customized version of the Login widget, you must update the sp_sso_early_redirection UI macro as needed to redirect users to the SSO Identify Provider (IdP) login page without trying to load the portal page first.

glide.sp.portals.language_selector_enabledAllows any user to choose and view content in their preferred language.This property contains a list of portal sys IDs separated by commas. By default, the sys IDs for the Knowledge \(/kb\), Customer Support \(/csm\), and Customer Service \(/csp\) portals are included. For any portal specified, the language selector appears in the portal header if any languages are installed and active on the instance in addition to English. - Type: string - Default value: 2086b814c3221200f3897bfaa2d3aea8,89275a53cb13020000f8d856634c9c51,45d6680fdb52220099f93691f0b8f5ad - For more information, see Enable a language selector in portal headers.
glide.sp.starting.page.ignore.listIgnores intermediate pages used during SSO authentication in order for users to be directed to their starting page rather than an intermediate page. Provide a comma-separated list of page IDs.- Type: String - Default value: login\_with\_sso,idp\_disco
glide.sp.theme.parse_scssOption to allow compiled SCSS files to be loaded as links to improve repeat page view performance. If set to false, SCSS files are included inline in the page HTML instead. - Type: true \| false - Default value: true
sp_allow_perf_debug_option_for_portalsSpecify the portals to evaluate using the Performance Analyzer by providing a comma-separated list of portal suffixes. For users with the sp\_admin or admin roles, the Performance Analyzer icon \(
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Open Performance Analyzer\) appears on pages in the specified portals.- Type: String
- Default value: sp - For more information, see Evaluate the performance of a portal page.

Parent Topic:Service Portal reference