When adding a widget to a portal page, you can use a Kbot floating button, or create a custom one. The latter allows you to fine-tune its position on the page and set the way it looks.

Prerequisites

Before your start working on the custom button, make sure the following conditions are met:

• Virtual Agent for IT Help Desk is installed on your ServiceNow instance.

• The button is set for the whole portal.

References

• To view the Kbot UI script, go to this page (replace ven03673 in this link with your host).

• To learn more about building custom widgets, view the official ServiceNow documentation.

Key points

To create a custom widget button:

• Hide the default Kbot widget button.

• Create a custom ServiceNow widget with a button.

Hiding the default button

To hide the default button, select the associated option in the Customizing the widget section of the Guided Setup:

Creating a new widget

1. Open the Service Portal Configuration. To do so, either find Service Portal Configuration in the navigation tree, or go directly to https://<your-host>.service-now.com/sp_config.

2. Select Widget Editor.

3. Click Create a new widget.

4. Enter your widget name and ID. Enter a comprehendible name so you can find the widget in the list easily.

5. Set the following parameters for your widget:

HTML template

<div ng-click="c.showKbotWidget()" class="button_class">
<!-- your widget template -->
  My test widget to show dialog
</div>

CSS-SCSS

.button_class {
	border: 1px solid red;
  background:green;
  color: white;
}

Client script

api.controller=function() {
  /* widget controller */
  var c = this;
	c.showKbotWidget = function() {
		Kbot.get().Widgets.execute('service-now-chat', 'showWidget')
	}
};

As the result, you should get the following:

6. Save the widget.

Adding the widget to a portal

1. Open the Service Portal Configuration. To do so, either find Service Portal Configuration in the navigation tree, or go directly to https://<your-host>.service-now.com/sp_config.

2. Select Designer.

3. Search for Index — to add the widget to the main page of your portal.

4. Select the Index page.

5. Find your widget by entering its name in the search field in the upper left of the window.

6. Drag and drop it to the area where you want to place the button.

7. Save the changes.

Now you can click Preview to see how the page will look with the button.