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

Page navigation in Service Portal by URL

You can navigate to a portal or a page in Service Portal using a URL.

Service Portal URLs have the following structure:

https://<instance>/<portal suffix>/<guest language>/<keywords>?id=<page id>&lang=<language>&<page parameters>

For example, the URL for a public knowledge base page in Spanish in Service Portal could be https://<instance>/sp/es/faq/what-is-a-cookie?id=kb_article&sys_id=KB0000007.

Note: If you use article versioning with the Knowledge Management - Service Portal (com.snc.knowledge_serviceportal) plugin, you must add the article version number to the URL to open a knowledge article in the base system or knowledge portals. For example, instead of accessing an article using the URL https://<instance>/sp?id=kb_article&sys_id=KB0000005, you must include the article version number: https://<instance>/sp?id=kb_article&sys_id=KB0000005%20V1.0. To learn more, see Article versioning.

Referencing a page ID

Widgets and widget instance options reference Service Portal pages using the page ID. For example, a link to the sc_home page within a widget HTML template might appear as follows:

<div><a href="?id=sc_home">${Order something...}</a></div>

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ElementDescription
instanceUnique, secure web address for each instance. The default format is `https://.service-now.com`.
portal suffixSuffix established for the portal. For example, `/sp`.
guest languageThe language ID of the portal language. For example, `es` for Spanish. The page returns in the language specified if the language is active and the user accessing the page is a guest user.
keywordsHuman readable keywords that improve search engine optimization \(SEO\) and click-through rates for public pages. Human readable URLs also help users understand what to expect on a page for public and non-public pages. For example, `https:///kb/en/faq/what-is-a-cookie?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0000007`. For more information, see Add human readable keywords to page URLs.
idThe ID of the page to navigate to within the portal frame. For example, `?id=index`.
languageThe language ID of the portal language. For example, `lang=es` for Spanish. The page returns in the language requested if the language is active and the user accessing the page is a guest user or an authenticated user without a language preference set.
page parametersAdditional parameters are required by some pages to load dynamic content by looking up a record \(table, sys\_id\). Find the `$sp.getParameter` calls in a widget server script to see the parameters that a widget uses. For more detail on this method, see GlideSPScriptable - Scoped. If you don’t include these additional parameters when required, you might get a `You are either not authorized or record is not valid` error message.