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

Display global search in a workspace experience

Show or hide the search functionality in your workspace.

Before you begin

Role required: ui_builder_admin

About this task

You can control whether the search functionality is visible to the users of your workspace experience. If you choose to display a search option, you can define what search results are returned by choosing a source for the search.

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Workspace experience utility settings.

Before you can edit the experience settings, you must be in the correct application scope. If you're in a different scope, the experience settings are read-only. To change your application scope, go to the main header, select the application picker (

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Application picker.\), and then select the application scope that you want. For more information about the application scope, see [Learn about security and roles](security-roles.md).

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Now Experience Framework > UI Builder.

  2. Open an experience to work in or create an experience by selecting Create > Experience.

    For more information, see Configure how users interact with your applications in UI Builder.

  3. Open or create a page in your workspace experience.

  4. Select Experience settings in the upper-right.

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Arrow pointing to the Experience settings link on the experience view page.
  1. Scroll down to Global search.
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Global search settings for workspace experiences.
  1. Select the Show global search option.

  2. Click Save.

  3. Click Advanced settings to go to the ServiceNow AI Platform® and edit the JSON values of the record.

Parent Topic:Configure UI Builder workspace experiences