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

Generate an encoded query string through a filter

You can generate an encoded query string through a filter on any list and paste the string into a URL query or a reference qualifier.

Before you begin

Role required: none

Procedure

  1. Open a list of records.

  2. Construct the filter.

  3. Click Run.

  4. Right-click the end of the filter breadcrumb and select Copy query from the context menu.

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Copy the query
If you are in split mode in List v3, right-click the blue filter text in the left pane.
  1. Copy the query to your system clipboard.

  2. Use the query string to Navigate to a record or module using a URL or an Reference qualifiers.

    When you use the CONTAINS operator on a list filter, the system translates the filter to a LIKE query. For example, if you filter for active records with numbers that contain 123, the URL is https://InstanceName.service-now.com/incident_list.do?sysparm_query=active%3Dtrue%5EGOTOnumberLIKE123.

Parent Topic:Encoded query strings

Related topics

Reference qualifiers

Navigate to a record or module using a URL