Add Employee Center to Now Assist in Virtual Agent

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title: Add Employee Center to Now Assist in Virtual Agent
description: Add Now Assist in Virtual Agent to the Employee Center display experience to enable AI agent conversations during agentic workflow processes.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/enable-na-va-ec.html
release: australia
product: Journey Designer
classification: journey-designer
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Generate onboarding ramp-up plan agentic workflow, AI in Journey designer, Use, Journey designer, Employee Journey Management, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
---

# Add Employee Center to Now Assist in Virtual Agent

Add Now Assist in Virtual Agent to the Employee Center display experience to enable AI agent conversations during agentic workflow processes.

## Before you begin

Role required: virtual\_agent\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Conversational Interfaces** > **Assistants**.

    The Assistants page appears.

2.  Select **Now Assist in Virtual Agent \(default\)**.

3.  On the navigation panel, select **Display experience**.

    The Choose how to display page appears.

4.  In the Portals widget, select **Employee Center** from the **Add portal** drop-down list.

    The Add chat experience dialog box appears.

5.  Select the **Allow the search bar to open into a full-page chat experience** check box.

6.  Select **Add**.

7.  Select **Save and continue**.


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