<h2>Customizing Configurable Workspace with declarative actions</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="concept" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Customizing Configurable Workspace with declarative actions" /><meta name="abstract" content="Engage with your Configurable Workspace forms, fields, lists, and related list pages by adding custom actions." /><meta name="description" content="Engage with your Configurable Workspace forms, fields, lists, and related list pages by adding custom actions." /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2024-01-17T13:21:18-06:00" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2025-01-30" /><meta name="page-type" content="workspace-legacy" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="declarative-actions-landing" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Customizing Configurable Workspace with declarative actions</title></head><body id="declarative-actions-landing"> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Customizing <span class="ph">Configurable Workspace</span> with declarative actions</h1> <div class="body conbody"><p class="shortdesc">Engage with your <span class="ph">Configurable Workspace</span> forms, fields, lists, and related list pages by adding custom actions.</p> <p class="p">Declarative actions enable work to flow on forms and lists throughout your configurable workspace experience. Use actions to add custom functionality that extends pages without taking ownership.</p> <p class="p">With declarative actions, you form a smoother upgrade experience by creating the necessary records needed in your own application scope instead of customizing a base system UI Builder page.</p> <div class="section" id="declarative-actions-landing__section_t4f_jl2_d1c"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Declarative actions in the navigation filter</h2> <div class="p">The navigation filter lists the options for declarative actions that you can create to customize your pages: <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="declarative-actions-landing__table_exj_nl2_d1c" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d163973e68">Option</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d163973e71">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">Create New Action</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">Create a brand new list, related list, form, field decorator, or attachment action from scratch.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">Action Configurations</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">Action configurations tie groups of actions to your configurable experience.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">Form Action Layouts</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">Multiple form layout items and groups are combined in a single table-based layout for configuration.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">Form Action Layout Items</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">Form action layout items define the look and feel of individual action buttons that appear in the action bar component on the form.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">Form Action Layout Groups</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">Form action layout groups combine multiple actions in the same button on forms by using split buttons or menu buttons.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">Form Actions</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">Form actions define what happens after an action button is selected on forms.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">List Actions</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">List actions define actions that appear within the action bar at the top of lists.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">Related List Actions</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">Related list actions define actions that appear within the action bar at the top of related lists.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">List Action Groups</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">List action groups combine multiple actions in the same button on lists by using split buttons.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">Field Decorators</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">Field decorators define actions that appear within fields as icons.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e68 ">Attachment Actions</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d163973e71 ">Attachment actions define actions that appear within form actions.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body></html></div>