Set the on-click behavior of a widget
You can configure what happens when a user clicks on a widget.
Before you begin
Role required: pa_power_user, pa_admin, or admin
About this task
By default, when a user clicks on a widget, the detailed Analytics Hub for the widget indicator appears. You can configure a widget to direct users to a different URL instead.
Note: For equivalent functionality in Platform Analytics data visualizations, see Chart interactions in a data visualization.
Procedure
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Navigate to All > Performance Analytics > Widgets.
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Select the widget you want to configure.
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In the On-click behaviors related list, click New and create a new record.
If you create more than one On-click behavior record for a single widget, only the record with the lowest Order value is used.
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In the Label field, enter the text that appears for this option when a user clicks on the widget.
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In the Type field, select URL.
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In the Value field, enter the URL that you want to direct users to when they click on the widget.
Only URLs relative to the instance URL are allowed. The value must begin with a / character, such as
/incident.do. -
Click Submit.
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---
title: Set the on-click behavior of a widget
description: You can configure what happens when a user clicks on a widget.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/set-widget-on-click.html
release: australia
product: Performance Analytics
classification: performance-analytics
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Performance Analytics widgets, Reporting, dashboards, and Performance Analytics in the Core UI, Platform Analytics]
---
# Set the on-click behavior of a widget
You can configure what happens when a user clicks on a widget.
## Before you begin
Role required: pa\_power\_user, pa\_admin, or admin
## About this task
By default, when a user clicks on a widget, the detailed Analytics Hub for the widget indicator appears. You can configure a widget to direct users to a different URL instead.
**Note:** For equivalent functionality in Platform Analytics data visualizations, see [Chart interactions in a data visualization](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/dv-chart-interactions.md).
## Procedure
1. Navigate to **All** > **Performance Analytics** > **Widgets**.
2. Select the widget you want to configure.
3. In the **On-click behaviors** related list, click **New** and create a new record.
If you create more than one On-click behavior record for a single widget, only the record with the lowest **Order** value is used.
1. In the **Label** field, enter the text that appears for this option when a user clicks on the widget.
2. In the **Type** field, select **URL**.
3. In the **Value** field, enter the URL that you want to direct users to when they click on the widget.
Only URLs relative to the instance URL are allowed. The value must begin with a / character, such as `/incident.do`.
4. Click **Submit**.
| title | Set the on-click behavior of a widget |
| description | You can configure what happens when a user clicks on a widget. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/set-widget-on-click.html |
| release | australia |
| product | Performance Analytics |
| classification | performance-analytics |
| topic_type | task |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Performance Analytics widgetsReportingdashboardsand Performance Analytics in the Core UIPlatform Analytics |