ServiceNow, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING WIDGET CUSTOMIZATION VIA EXTENSION POINTS

Abstract:

The present approach relates to updating a customer-extended application in such a manner that customer extensions of certain widgets in the application are preserved thorough the update. A cloud-computing system may facilitate customer extension of a widget of an initial version of the application by providing a first subset of script associated with one or more extension point hooks, such that the first subset of the script may receive customer script to extend the widget. In this manner, customers may extend aspects of the widget by modifying the script via the one or more extension point hooks to cater those extensible widgets to specific customer needs in a manner that can be maintained as updates occur over time, which may allow the customer to save time and resources that would otherwise be consumed by modifying the application after the enterprise upgrades the application.