Set Platform Analytics dashboards as home for all users

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read set-pae-dashboards-as-home-for-all-users.md
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You can set dashboards as home for all users. By default, the most recent dashboard a user has visited is the dashboard they see when they log in to ServiceNow.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > User Administration > User Preferences.

  2. Create a user preference with the name my_home_navigation_page.

  3. Give the preference the description Set all homepages to dashboards.

  4. Select the System check box to create an instance-wide default.

  5. Leave the User field empty.

    Steps 4 and 5 make the preference universal.

  6. Set the Type to string.

  7. Set the value to $pa_dashboard.do.

  8. Select Submit.

    [Omitted image "user-pref-all-homepages-db.png"] Alt text: User preference form with description, name, type, and value filled in. User field is blank.

Result

All users see the last dashboard that they visited when they log in to ServiceNow.

What to do next

Set a specific dashboard as home for all users

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