Limitations of GTD
Learn about the limitation of the Guided Tour Designer.
The GTD does not currently support the following areas.
- Standard Forms and Lists UI
- Flow Designer
- Agent Workspace
- Pop-up windows
- Connect Chat and Embedded Help on the GTD sliding panel
- Select2 elements
- SVG elements
- Custom Tags
- Standard UI pages that have custom UI elements, such as Contextual search.
- Service Portal
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Service Portal pages that contain IFRAMES
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The Service Portal Branding Editor, which also contains IFRAMES
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Select2 elements
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SVG elements
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Custom Tags
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Seismic components (shadow dom).
For example: sn-search-combobox - AI search box, sn-search-results-container - AI search results, ci-chat-components.
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Tours when loaded in the Next Experience UI.
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- Workspace
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Only the following app shell experiences are supported:
- Breadcrumb App shell
- ACE Unified Nav App shell
- Workspace App shell
- Custom App shell
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Experiences with an empty app shell are not supported.
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Tours that start in a custom app shell and go to the Polaris app shell are not supported.
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Not recommended to create tours on Workspaces in UI16
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Variants
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Callouts inside iframes in a workspace
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Guided Tours that start in a standard UI or workspace and go to a service portal
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Guided Tours are only supported within a page, if a link opens in a new tab the tour does not continue
Note: Admins must add the right action for the callout on elements that can open in a new tab.
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Guided Tours are not supported in mobile view
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Callouts on elements inside visualisation components or par widgets
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- Technical limitations
- Elements that are loaded in DOM by scrolling the page effect Guided Tours. The admin must inform the user to scroll further when the form is present.
- If there is no click action on the elements that are selectable while creating the tour, place the callout on the parent element.
---
title: Limitations of GTD
description: Learn about the limitation of the Guided Tour Designer.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/platform-user-interface/adoption-services/limitations-of-guided-tour-designer.html
release: brazil
product: Adoption Services
classification: adoption-services
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-11-06"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Explore Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Adoption services, Configure user experiences]
---
# Limitations of GTD
Learn about the limitation of the Guided Tour Designer.
The GTD does not currently support the following areas.
- **Standard Forms and Lists UI**
- Flow Designer
- Agent Workspace
- Pop-up windows
- Connect Chat and Embedded Help on the GTD sliding panel
- Select2 elements
- SVG elements
- Custom Tags
- Standard UI pages that have custom UI elements, such as Contextual search.
- **Service Portal**
- Service Portal pages that contain IFRAMES
- The Service Portal Branding Editor, which also contains IFRAMES
- Select2 elements
- SVG elements
- Custom Tags
- Seismic components \(shadow dom\).
For example: sn-search-combobox - AI search box, sn-search-results-container - AI search results, ci-chat-components.
- Tours when loaded in the Next Experience UI.
- **Workspace**
- Only the following app shell experiences are supported:
- Breadcrumb App shell
- ACE Unified Nav App shell
- Workspace App shell
- Custom App shell
- Experiences with an empty app shell are not supported.
- Tours that start in a custom app shell and go to the Polaris app shell are not supported.
- Not recommended to create tours on Workspaces in UI16
- Variants
- Callouts inside iframes in a workspace
- Guided Tours that start in a standard UI or workspace and go to a service portal
- Guided Tours are only supported within a page, if a link opens in a new tab the tour does not continue
**Note:** Admins must add the right action for the callout on elements that can open in a new tab.
- Guided Tours are not supported in mobile view
- Callouts on elements inside visualisation components or par widgets
- **Technical limitations**
- Elements that are loaded in DOM by scrolling the page effect Guided Tours. The admin must inform the user to scroll further when the form is present.
- If there is no click action on the elements that are selectable while creating the tour, place the callout on the parent element.
| title | Limitations of GTD |
| description | Learn about the limitation of the Guided Tour Designer. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/platform-user-interface/adoption-services/limitations-of-guided-tour-designer.html |
| release | brazil |
| product | Adoption Services |
| classification | adoption-services |
| topic_type | concept |
| last_updated | 2026-11-06 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Explore Guided ToursGuided ToursAdoption servicesConfigure user experiences |